Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.

Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.  Talk health,
happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends
feel there is something in them.  Look at the sunny side of everything.
Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best.
Be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your won.
Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements
of the future.  Give everyone a smile.  Spend so much time improving yourself
that you have no time left to criticize others.
Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.

A tree has both straight and crooked branches; the symmetry of the tree,
however, is perfect.  Life is balanced like a tree.  When you consider
the struggles, difficulties, and sorrows as a part of it,
then you see it as beautiful and perfect.

Life is a song--sing it.
Life is a game--play it.
Life is a challenge--meet it.
Life is a dream--realize it.
Life is a sacrifice--offer it.
Life is love--enjoy it.

Adventure begins with you, personally.  It is in the way
you look at things.  It is the mental stance you take
as you face your day.  It is finding magic in things.
It is talking with people and discovering their inner goodness.
It is the thrill of feeling a part of the life around you.  The attitude
of adventure will open things up for you.  The world will
become alive with new zest and meaning.  You'll become
more aware of the beauty everywhere.  Nothing will seem
unimportant.  Everything will be revealed as having pattern and purpose.

I no longer feel that life is ordinary.  Everyday life is filled with mystery.
The things we know are only a small part of the things we cannot know
but can only glimpse.  Yet even the smallest of glimpses can sustain us.
Mystery seems to have the power to comfort, to offer hope, and to lend meaning in times of loss and pain.  In surprising ways it is the mysterious that strengthens us in such times.  I used to try to offer people certainty in times which were not at all certain and could not be made certain. I now just offer my companionship and share my sense of mystery, of the possible, of wonder.

 

humility is not weakness; it is the epitome of strength.
humility moves a person away from human, personal weakness
and limitation into divine expression, strength, and expansion

when humility enters our souls, we are at last able
to perceive that we do not live alone in the world
but with millions of brothers and sisters, and that hidden
in the heart of each is the same animating spirit.

humble people can do great things with uncommon perfection
because they are no longer concerned about their own interests
and their own reputation, and therefore they no longer need
to waste their efforts in defending them.

There's a difference between interest and commitment. When
you're interested in doing something, you do it only
when circumstance permit.  When you're committed
to something, you accept no excuses, only results.

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