Friday, January 22, 2016

God is love.



Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: You were created for spiritual JOY. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and spiritual joy, you have not yet begun to live. Thomas Merton

Bad breaks are not at all what you assume they are. Having a negative response to an event, you assume the negativity is in the event when it is only in your negative response. But you don't see this. By breaking your habitual negativity, the same events could happen, but would not be seen as bad breaks. Vernon Linwood Howard

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities,
and
an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
Harry Truman

When you seem to see some twisted form of the original error rising to frighten you, say only, 'God is not fear, but Love,' and it will disappear." ACIM Ch.18.I.7

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life … for if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy – because we will always want to have something else or something more. Brother David Steindl‑Rast

Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. Hannah Arendt

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