When we see others as separate, they become a threat. When we see others as part of us, as connected, as interdependent, then there is no challenge we cannot face—together.
TUTU DESMONDOut of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order.
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Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order.
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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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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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I wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.
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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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Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
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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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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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Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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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 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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The path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.
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In the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.
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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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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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