NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 1404

 

• ·       “Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

  ·       “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” – Desmond Tutu

  ·       “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin

  ·       “No man in this world now sees the Father except the Son who came forth from the Father. But if the Son be lifted up, he will draw all men to himself, and whosoever believes this truth of the combined nature of the Son shall be endowed with life that is more than age-abiding.” – Jesus

  ·       To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are. - Eric Hoffer

  ·       “Breaking a bad cycle can sometimes break a system. But breaking a system will always break the cycle. It’s only a difference in degree of certainty.” ~ Alexandra Bracken

  ·       “Be the person who breaks the cycle. If you were judged, choose understanding. If you were rejected, choose acceptance. If you were shamed, choose compassion. Be the person you needed when you were hurting, not the person who hurt you. Vow to be better than what broke you—to heal instead of becoming bitter so can act from your heart, not your pain.” ~ Lon Deschene

  ·       “A dysfunctional family is a family with more than one person in it.” ~ Mary Karr

  ·       Strength isn’t how much we can carry. It’s knowing when to put it down.

  ·       “To pray always for more laborers to be sent forth into the gospel harvest. [Jesus] explained that, when one so prays, he will the more likely say, “Here am I; send me.””

  ·       Celebrate an amazing teacher today! — Brooke

  ·       If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed. - Sylvia Plath