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There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.

Tutu Desmond

Within every hopeless situation and every seemingly hopeless person lies the possibility of transformation
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Hope Person Possible Situation Transformation
Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.
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Forgiveness Good Philosophy Understand
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
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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We need other human beings in order to be human. I am because other people are. A person is entitled to a stable community life, and the first of these communities is the family.
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Community Human Life Myself Person Philosophy
Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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Good Life Moment Wrong
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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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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Attitude Judge Lonely Negative People Philosophy Separate Yourself
Life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives
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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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Alone Human Person Relationship
Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
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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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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

There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.

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