Give freely of yourself always to your family, your friends, your community, and your country. The world will pay you back many times over.
04098 – Give Freely
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04031 – Loving People by Halves
There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature.
03913 – In 100 Years…
Have you ever thought about this? In 100 years like in 2123 we will all be buried with our relatives and friends. Strangers will live in our homes we fought so hard to build, and they will own everything we have today. All our possessions will be unknown and unborn,...
03899 – Neighbors to be Loved
One of the biggest things that made me doubt the Evangelical Christianity of my past was actually meeting all the people I was told to fear, distrust, and treat as my “enemy,” only to find that they were incredible, kind, thoughtful, complex and beautiful people loved...
03824 – Choosing Gratitude
In my present season of grief and regret, I am finding that there is no way through apart from gratitude, and that, in fact, thankfulness is my greatest help. Not a plaster of it applied on the wound, not some anesthetic thanks to numb or replace the sadness, but...
03736 – True Friends
True friends are those rare people who come to find you in dark places and lead you back to the light.
03643 – A Day Away
Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence....
03525 – We All Do Stupid Things
A friend once said to some young boys in my presence, "We all do stupid things in our lives. But don't make a career of it."
03435 – Music Opens Doors to Amazing Things!
You start to learn an instrument, then you join a music ensemble, then you make lifelong friends, then you make lifelong memories, then you take your instrument wherever you go and replicate the process. A musical instrument is a key that opens the door to so many...
03251 – Enemies into Friends?
Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?