We cannot Change the Past but we can Change our Attitude toward it. Uproot Guilt and plant Forgiveness. Tear out Arrogance and seed Humility. Exchange Love for Hate – thereby, making the Present comfortable and the Future promising.
We need to Remember to Teach our children that Solitude can be a much-to-be-desired Condition. Not only is it Acceptable to be Alone, At times it is Positively to be Wished for. In the Silence we listen to Ourselves. Then we ask Questions of Ourselves. We Describe ourselves to Ourselves and in the Quietude we may even Hear the Voice of God.
Joy is a Freedom. It Helps a person to Find his or her own Liberation. The person who is Joyous takes Responsibility for the Time he/she takes up and the Space that he/she Occupies. You Share it. That is What Joy is. When you Continue to Give it away you will Still have so Much more of it.
Each One of us has Lived through some Devastation, some Loneliness, some Weather super storm or Spiritual super storm. When we Look at Each other we must say, I understand. I understand How you Feel because I have been there Myself. We must support Each other and Empathize with Each other because Each of us is more Alike than we are Unalike.
Forgiveness. It’s one of the Greatest gifts you can give Yourself, to Forgive. Forgive Everybody. You are Relieved of carrying that Burden of Resentment. You really are Lighter. You feel Lighter. You just Drop that.
When people see the Laughing Face, even if they are Jealous of it, their Burden is Lightened. But do it First for Yourself. Laugh and Dare to try to Love somebody, Starting with Yourself.
When someone Shows you who They are, Believe them the First time. People know Themselves much better than You do. That’s why it is important to Stop Expecting them to be Something other than Who they are.
You are the Sum total of Everything you have ever Seen, Heard, Eaten, Smelled, been told, forgot – It’s all there. Everything Influences each of us and because of that I try to make sure that my Experiences are Positive.
You should be Angry. You must Not be Bitter. Bitterness is like Cancer. It eats upon the Host. It doesn’t do anything to the Object of its Displeasure. So use that Anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop Talking it.
You can only become Truly Accomplished at something you Love. Don’t make Money your Goal. Instead, Pursue the things you Love doing and then Do them so Well that People can’t take their Eyes off you.
Each of us has that Right, that Possibility, to Invent ourselves daily. If a Person does not Invent herself, she will be Invented. So, to be Bodacious enough to Invent ourselves is Wise.
Your Reputation is the most important thing you will Ever have. Not clothes, nor Money, not the Big cars you may drive. If your Reputation is Good, you can achieve Anything you want in the World.
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