Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not. (Mokokoma Mokhonoana)
You can turn every ugly and damaging drama into a genuine blessing by seeing it differently. No one is suffering on purpose. We learn to give up the pleasure we feel in self-righteously blaming others. Healing happens when we see things differently. The question is: do you want suffering or peace? It’s that simple
You can turn every ugly and damaging drama into a genuine blessing by seeing it differently. No one is suffering on purpose. We learn to give up the pleasure we feel in self-righteously blaming others. Healing happens when we see things differently. The question is: do you want suffering or peace? It’s that simple. (Donna Goddard, Waldmeer)
I allow the deities of compassion to fill me with light for the highest good
I allow the deities of compassion to fill me with light for the highest good. (Amy Leigh Mercree, The Compassion Revolution: 30 Days of Living from the Heart)
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. (William Penn)
In the mystifying world that was Victorian parenthood, obedience took precedence over all considerations of affection and happiness, and that odd, painful conviction remained the case in most well-heeled homes up until at least the time of the First World War
In the mystifying world that was Victorian parenthood, obedience took precedence over all considerations of affection and happiness, and that odd, painful conviction remained the case in most well-heeled homes up until at least the time of the First World War. (Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life)
In return, society rewards those who give it what it wants. That is why how much money people have earned is a rough measure of how much they gave society what it wanted
In return, society rewards those who give it what it wants. That is why how much money people have earned is a rough measure of how much they gave society what it wanted (Ray Dalio)
What we love we are
What we love we are (Robert Lowell)
Truth is a fundamental principle that is needed for any form of building or construction. So also is honesty
Truth is a fundamental principle that is needed for any form of building or construction. So also is honesty (Sunday Adelaja)
Sometimes we need someone to just listen. Not to try and fix anything or offer alternatives, but to just be there… to listen. An ear that listens can be medicine for a heart that hurts
Sometimes we need someone to just listen. Not to try and fix anything or offer alternatives, but to just be there… to listen. An ear that listens can be medicine for a heart that hurts (Steve Maraboli)
Har’ icyumba satani atemerewe kujyamo n’umutima wawe kereste wowe umwemereye – Dr Paul Gitwaza
Har’ icyumba satani atemerewe kujyamo n’umutima wawe kereste wowe umwemereye – Dr Paul Gitwaza