Today I give thanks for the "words to live by" that have come to me over the years. I also give thanks that I have been gifted with the ability to hear the words, the desire to do the words, the patience to falter and to fail in the trying and then to laugh about it...eventually.
I particularly give thanks for my friends and for my un-friends...and for the God of my understanding who keeps reminding me that they are one and the same.
I love sharing my giftees, so here are some of my favorites:
Before one's life can be cleaned up, a single life purpose must take the place of variable conflicting goals, for it is these goals that provide the grounds for incessant mental activity. To reach this state you must come to have one, whole, all-encompassing reason for being alive, and this will be an experience of the heart and not the mere grasping of theory. [NOTE: This quote I copied and made my own many years ago. I do not recall the book or the author, although most likely the author is Hugh Prather, and the sense of it still guides me today.]
By all means, you must find at least one loving, honest friend to ground you, which might even be the utterly accepting gaze of the Friend. -- Fr. Richard Rohr
You must make a decision to be a forgiving person and to forgive in the instant of need. -- Advice from a friend.
You must go beyond reason to love. -- Thaddeus Golas
In the end, all that matters is what you have done for God. -- Author unknown
Thank you.
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