Forgiveness is one of the most powerful tools you have at your disposal as a human being. Forgiveness purifies your heart and liberates your mind. It releases you from the tyranny of past grievances and offenses, rendering them powerless insofar as your expression is concerned. There are no exclusions or limitations in the policy of …
If you do not forgive, you will not be forgiven. There are no exceptions to this rule. All must be forgiven—however spiteful, however cruel, however often they are repeated. If we do not forgive, we shall not be forgiven. That said, forgiving and excusing are two different things. Forgiveness says, “I forgive you completely, without …
Much consideration has been given to the fall of man, which was described biblically and in numerous other ancient religions and mythologies from around the world. The biblical fall centered around the misuse of free will — in the form of disobedience and disagreement with God’s will — and resulted in a loss of man’s innocence, …
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Those who know me will attest to the fact that if there is any credo to which I have lived my life it is this: One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an …
Could it be said of you that you truly love to live? If so, then you have mastered the fine art of letting the very depths of your nature find expression in the world around you. The love of living spiritualizes the commonplace. It is the means by which your personal atmosphere carries the positive …
“The finest triumph of civilization, in every phase of human activity, is the tearing down of walls of separation, aloofness and antagonism between nations, classes and individuals. Commerce has done much, the telegraph, the telephone and wireless have had their part, increased travel and the spread of education have also been factors in sapping to …
Reconciliation by Walt Whitman Word over all, beautiful as the sky, Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage must in time be utterly lost, That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly softly wash again and ever again, this soiled world; For my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself …
You'll know it — as you know 'tis Noon — By Glory — As you do the Sun — By Glory — As you will in Heaven — Know God the Father — and the Son. By intuition, Mightiest Things Assert themselves — and not by terms — "I'm Midnight" — need the Midnight say …
"Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart." - Ralph Waldo Emerson If you take a moment to review the greatest victories in your life, you'll likely notice that they were in large part the product of a focused mind, but more importantly, a flaming heart. The world turns on passion. That said, …
"This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well." ~ Francis Bacon When you are consumed by bitterness, it spreads within you like a disease. Such bitterness may appeal temporarily to others who, fooled by grief, drawn in by sympathy or preoccupied by …
Gregory Hake 