It is difficult to work for constructive change. It’s easier to get angry and lash out and attack. Working for constructive change asks us to engage with those who may view the world differently from us. Working constructively asks us to seek discover new ways of thinking about problems and daring to find solutions that may not have been previously discovered.
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Most people are going to think what they want to think. They are going to believe what they want to believe. There’s not much one can do to convince them of their view of the truth. If, however, they witness your actions, you may inspire them to be better than they ever imagined. Actions matter much more than words.
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It’s amazing what a little bit of love can do. A text, phone call, or email can pick someone up who is feeling blue. It doesn’t take much to turn another’s day around. We don’t have to look much further than our neighborhood or family. Turn off the self light and turn on the love light. The world be shine brighter because of you.
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Which dancing partner are you dancing with today? Is it love? Is it anger? Is it hope? Is it despair? It’s better to sit out the dance if the only dancing partners are going to hold you down. It’s better to dance with partners who lift you up, inspire you, and fire you up for the chase.Â
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I have a beautiful fig tree in my yard. The birds and I are hoping for a bountiful harvest this summer. The harvest won’t happen if I don’t water my fig tree. The same is true of our dreams. The more we water our dreams the greater the chance our dreams will produce a great harvest for us.
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There are many annoyances we encounter each day. How far will we travel today if we stop and get angry at each annoyance? This stuff happens. It happens to everyone. Ignore the annoyances and head on full speed ahead. Don’t look back.
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Whatever your age or condition, what is possible for you? In going after the possibilities we discover and rediscover ourselves. Once we go after possibilities, new possibilities unfold in front of us. The only requirement is for us to let go of what is stopping us from giving all our attention to what is possible for us at the current moment.Â
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It is easy to express our honest feeling about another. It is difficult to be honest about ourselves with ourselves. We’re a mixture of light and darkness. The darkness within has great power when we deny it exists. When we name and expose our darkness to the light it disappears like the morning dew.
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No one can be sure of their journey. How many times I’ve had my best plans knocked away from me and I’ve been disappointed only to discover that something better was waiting for me. If we’re open to our unfolding path we may discover disappointments are the fertile ground of new and wonderful experiences. We experience a freedom that comes from letting go of desperately fighting to hold on to something that offers us a false sense of security. In this new freedom a myriad of opportunities become visible.
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Alone, I can’t stop global warming. Â Alone, I can’t end hunger. Alone, I can’t end wars and terror. I can help my neighbors. I can be a listening ear to one who is suffering. I can recycle. I can make myself a man of peace. When we all do what we can, we are not alone, we are connected and together great things suddenly happen.
