Posts Tagged ‘love’
There are really very few BIG DEALS
Are you tense, anxious, worried, or stressed out? Does guilt, regrets or remorse bother you? Then you’re making a big deal out of something. A “Big Deal” is a situation or event that appears to be life-altering but we often create these out of trifles because we have got into the habit of reacting with…
Read MoreToday is the first day of the rest of my life
Did you make a mistake yesterday? Did you do something you really wish you hadn’t done? No one on this planet can go back in time and change what has happened even five minutes ago. If necessary, we may have to apologize or make amends and then, we must completely release the error. This day—this…
Read MoreWould you rather be happy or right?
Sometimes we may feel a need to prove our self “right,” to win a disagreement to make the other person realize that we are knowledgeable or important. We may need to be right because we don’t have enough self-worth to accept that we might be wrong; we may not understand that it’s ok to be…
Read MoreWherever you are, be there
Life is always better if we can stay focused on THIS moment. We cannot change a thing we did just 5 minutes ago; we cannot control any person or event in tomorrow. Our mind and actions in this precise moment are all that we can realistically hope to control. God lives in eternity but he…
Read MoreUn-returned love is not wasted but flows back to soften and purify the heart of the lover
Love is an active and healthy concern for a person’s well-being; a desire to good for others. When we bestow love to someone, the acts and feeling of love flow from us to them. Nothing about the definition requires or even suggests that we will receive love as a reciprocal act. It’s not about us.…
Read MoreLIVE and LET LIVE
Actually living is more than just existing – more than being a passenger along for the ride. Living is not blindly accepting what the world tells us is important but developing our personal values, commitments, and priorities; it encompasses action, not procrastination; it demonstrates love and service, not indolence and inertia. Living implies that we…
Read MoreLife gives us pain but misery is optional—and self-inflicted.
Pain includes grief, sadness, and mourning; Misery embraces fear, worry, anxiety, anger, resentment, remorse, envy, jealousy, self-pity, pride and most guilt. Misery can start with untreated pain that has become infected or it can be initiated and propagated by selfishness, self-centeredness or self-righteousness. Life gives us pain. Loving other people makes us vulnerable to pain.…
Read MorePEOPLE BELIEVE WHAT I DO MORE THAN WHAT I SAY
Which is more important: actions or words? Making promises, talking about values, criticizing others for the very faults we show are as smoke in the wind—here for a very short time and then gone. Words are easy; action is more difficult but is the only way to achieve results. Living with honesty, loyalty, integrity and…
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