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
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