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Faith is not, contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler’s bet; it’s an act, an intention, a project, something that makes you, in leaping into the future, go so far, far, far ahead that you shoot clean out of time and right into Eternity, which […]
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…goodness cannot adopt the form of blind passions, even in the act of defense and offense, and even when it refuses to tolerate evil… —Benedetto Croce— Willful blindness can’t be good. To shut out any sight from the mind’s eye is to exclude part of life. Any action blindly taken is likely to do unintentional […]
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One faces the future with one’s past. —Pearl S. Buck— We are never divorced from our past. We are in company with it forever, and it acquaints us with the present. Our responses today reflect our experiences yesterday. And those roots lie in the past. Every day is offering us preparation for the future, for […]
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He who does not start life will finish badly, one can tell. —Great Calendar of 1500, quote by… —Philippe Aries— As a species, we’re obsessed with the future. We spend time, energy, and money on horoscopes, almanacs, and sophisticated statistical “predictors,” all of which, we think, will enable us to tell the future. But life, […]
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If you have been put in your place long enough, you begin to act like the place. —Randall Jarell— Others can’t put us in our place all by themselves; we have to go there. Our cooperation is required for snubs and for blame or for glorification. If we don’t choose to accept the role another […]
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It is only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God. —Henry David Thoreau— There is a spiritual presence which can aptly cushion our every fall, bringing comfort and subtle meaning to our lives. However, we’ll not feel this gentle comfort unless we attune ourselves to the others in our company. It’s within another’s […]
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Living well is the best revenge. —Anonymous— Because we’re human, and thus imperfect beings, we’ll often be less than serene. In fact, tension and upset may commonly characterize us. However, the anger and resentment we too frequently feel towards others generally causes the greatest harm to our own lives. Although we may wish ill to […]
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It is not until our own hearts are pierced that we can begin to know the suffering. —Sarah Minturn Sedgewick— Our own painful experiences serve a worthy purpose. They make possible our understanding of another’s pain. In turn, we are able healers to one another because we have shared the experience of pain. Being present […]
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Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it. —Douglas William Jerrold— It’s not wholly true in this world that we make our own luck, but we certainly have a share in it. Opportunity shakes out pretty evenly for most people, but what we do with it, whether we’re willing […]
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Life is not always what one wants it to be, but to make it the best of it as it is, is the only way of being happy. —Jennie Jerome Churchill— The posture we take while preforming our tasks today, and the attitude we project toward those who cross our path, will emphatically influence what […]