Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
TUTU DESMONDWe may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
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Forgiveness is truly the grace by which we enable another person to get up, and get up with dignity, to begin anew.
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Forgiveness does not relieve someone of responsibility for what they have done. Forgiveness does not erase accountability. It is not about turning a blind eye or even turning the other cheek.
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We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.
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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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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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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 fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.
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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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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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We are not responsible for what breaks us, but we can be responsible for what puts us back together again. Naming the hurt is how we begin to repair our broken parts.
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You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.
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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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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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Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.
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We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
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We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
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Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.
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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
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We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
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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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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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The path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.
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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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We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
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God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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