Life is for service.
FRED ROGERSLove 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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Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.
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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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The connections we make in the course of a life, maybe that’s what heaven is.
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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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One of my wise teachers, Dr. Orr, told me, ‘There is only one thing evil cannot stand, and that is forgiveness.
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Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
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Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.
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Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.
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When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.
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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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Like all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.
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The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted.
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People have said ‘don’t cry’ to other people for years and years, and all it has ever meant is ‘I’m too uncomfortable when you show feelings.
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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 greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
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