Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.
FRED ROGERSOne of my wise teachers, Dr. Orr, told me, ‘There is only one thing evil cannot stand, and that is forgiveness.
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You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.
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The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.
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When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.
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Whatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you’re thinking or feeling unless you share it.
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Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.
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Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.
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The best teacher in the world is somebody who loves what he or he does & loves in front of you.
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Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, just one kind word to another person.
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I hope you’re proud of yourself for the times you’ve said “yes,” when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.
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Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.
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Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.
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Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
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The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted.
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The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
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The connections we make in the course of a life, maybe that’s what heaven is.
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