We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
TUTU DESMONDMuch depends on your attitude. If you are filled with negative judgment and anger, then you will feel separate from other people. You will feel lonely.
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We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know.
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A person is a person through other persons; you can’t be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.
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Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.
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A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict.
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We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
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Much depends on your attitude. If you are filled with negative judgment and anger, then you will feel separate from other people. You will feel lonely.
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When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
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There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream to find out why they’re falling in.
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It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
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To protect our children, we must talk to them about rape.
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We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
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Human beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime, for the beautiful, for the truthful, and all of us are given the task of trying to make this world a little more hospitable to these beautiful things.
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Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
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Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering–remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.
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You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.
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