NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 180

• ·       "And when you asked me, 'What must we do to perform the works of God?' I plainly told you: 'This is the work of God, that you believe him whom he has sent.' "
  ·       Kindness implies kinship with strangers. Compassion means having empathy for others. Joy constitutes inner-happiness. Equanimity entails a deep composure and calmness.
  ·       When I have forgiven myself and remembered Who I am,
  I will bless everyone and everything I see.
  ·       "To become mature is to live more intensely in the present, at the same time escaping from the limitations of the present. The plans of maturity, founded on past experience, are coming into being in the present is such manner as to enhance the values of the future."
  ·       “You are braver than you believe, smarter than you seem, and stronger than you think.”—Winnie-the-Pooh
  ·       "Jesus' life is the everlasting comfort of all
  disappointed idealists."
  ·       “Always be yourself and have faith in yourself.”—Bruce Lee
  ·       "The apparent defects of the natural world are not indicative of any such corresponding defects in the character of God."
  ·       “I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.”—Beyonce Knowles-Carter
  ·       “Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart. The rest of it will take care of itself.”  ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
  ·       "Though Jesus taught that faith, simple childlike belief, is the key to the door of the kingdom, he also taught that, having entered the door, there are the progressive steps of righteousness which every believing child must ascend in order to grow up to the full stature of the robust sons of God."
  ·       “Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”—e. e. cumming