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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power. — William James
As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth.
All who act upon their highest motivations become a power for good. Know that every right thing you do - every good word you say - every positive thought you think - has a good effect. — Peace Pilgrim
It’s the pain and failure that teaches you the best lesson in life and motivates you to rebuild yourself and stand again with a robust faith. —Priti Chaubey
Through the machineries of greed, pettiness, and the abuse of power, love occurs.
To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves, that the line stretches all the way back, perhaps to God; or to Gods. We remember them because it is an easy thing to forget: that we are not the first to suffer, rebel, fight, love and die. The grace with which we embrace life, in spite of the pain, the sorrow, is always a measure of what has gone before.
Without dark clouds in our lives, we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and unteachable if we do not learn from pain.
Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.
One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
