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A man or a woman is known by the company they keep.

Gaur Gopal Das

Our relationships are stronger when they contain a spiritual component. There are three different ways to become good friends with someone.
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Different Friendship Goodness Ourselves Relationship Spiritual Strong
When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.
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Blessing Encouragement God Life Yourself
When things are beyond your control and there is nothing you can do,why worry?
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Action Beyond Control Worry Yourself
We can increase our scope of selflessness beyond our family by serving our community, city or even nation.
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Beyond Community Family Nation Ourselves Service
Think: Is this in my control? If yes, you can do something about it. If no, then you cannot do anything about it. Therefore, in both circumstances, why worry?
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Control Thinking Worry Yourself
One’s ability to appreciate beauty is related to one’s ability to make moral judgments.
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Ability Beautiful Judgement Moral Oneself
At work we tend to compare and compete with others, instead of comparing and competing with ourselves.
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Comparison Competition Ourselves Work
Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.
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Affect Change Strange
This happens with all relationships, not just in marriages. If we are not proactive in our relationships, they start to seem dry and become cumbersome. We have to have respect for the other person, which is reflected in how sensitively we treat them.
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Marriage Person Reflection Relationship Start Treat
We need to understand the hierarchy of connections. Ultimately, we must connect to something above ourselves such as God. This can give us the power to spread happiness and joy around the world.
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Connection God Happiness Joy Need Understand World
The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
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Family Ourselves Practice Selfish
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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Darkness Drive Hate Light Love Yourself
You need an attitude of service. You’re not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.
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Attitude Growth Help Need Service Yourself
Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one that finds the gold.
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Deep Gold Perspective Search
People who meditate develop a habit of practicing sincere gratitude which helps them in all their relationships. It is a relationship-strengthening emotion because it requires us to see how we’ve been supported and affirmed by other people.
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Development Emotion Meditation People Relationship Strength Support
Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.
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Deep Difference Experience Himself Man

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