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The path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.

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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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Language Philosophy Power Reality
Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.
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Beginning Possible Suffer Transformation
Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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Good Life Moment Wrong
It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
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Compassion Deep Discover Empathy God Philosophy Soul Vulnerable Weak
In the end what matters is not how good we are but how good God is. Not how much we love Him but how much He loves us. And God loves us whoever we are, whatever we’ve done or failed to do, whatever we believe or can’t.
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Believe End Fail God Good Himself Love Philosophy Spiritual
Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don’t have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.
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Fire Smart Warm Winter Yourself
You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.
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Connection Humanity Philosophy Yourself
God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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God Philosophy Religious Transform World
Dear Child of God, I write these words because we all experience sadness, we all come at times to despair, and we all lose hope that the suffering in our lives and in the world will ever end.
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End Experience God Hope Live Lose Sad Suffer Time Word World Writing
If you are setting out to be joyful you are not going to end up being joyful. You’re going to find yourself turned in on yourself. It’s like a flower. You open, you blossom, really because of other people.
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Flower Joy People Philosophy Yourself
Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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Deep Discover Humanity Nice Race
I do believe there are monstrous and evil acts, but I do not believe those who commit such acts are monsters or evil.
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Act Believe Commitment Deep Evil Philosophy
Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.
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Children God Sorry Suffer
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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Beautiful Friendship Good Love Togetherness World
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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Attitude Judge Lonely Negative People Philosophy Separate Yourself
There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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Deep Difficult Wake Up

The path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.

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