Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need for one another.

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Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need for 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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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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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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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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Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.

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Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.
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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.

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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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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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Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.
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Within every hopeless situation and every seemingly hopeless person lies the possibility of transformation

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Within every hopeless situation and every seemingly hopeless person lies the possibility of transformation
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When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.

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When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.
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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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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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Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.

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Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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We do not heal in isolation. When we reach out and connect with one another—when we tell the story, name the hurt, grant forgiveness, and renew or release the relationship—our suffering begins to transform.

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We do not heal in isolation. When we reach out and connect with one another—when we tell the story, name the hurt, grant forgiveness, and renew or release the relationship—our suffering begins to transform.
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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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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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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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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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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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