“Faith is the confidence that
what we hope for will actually happen;
it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.”Bible, Hebrews 11:1.
Category: Inspirational Page 19 of 31
Changes are inevitable. Fortunate are those who have the opportunity to effect the changes…
“To ‘let go’ does not mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else.
To ‘let go’ is not to cut myself off, it is the realization I can’t control another.
To ‘let go’ is not to enable but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To ‘let go’ is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To ‘let go’ is not to try to change or blame another, it is to make the most of myself.
To ‘let go’ is not to care for, but to care about.
To ‘let go’ is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To ‘let go’ is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.
To ‘let go’ is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.
To ‘let go’ is not to be protective, it is to permit another to face reality.
To ‘let go’ is not to deny but to accept.
To ‘let go’ is not to nag, scold, or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them.
To ‘let go’ is not to adjust everything to my desires but to take each day as it comes, and to cherish myself in it.
To ‘let go’ is not to criticize and regulate anybody but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To ‘let go’ is not to regret the past, but to grow and to live for the future.
To ‘let go’ is to fear less and to love more.”Author Unknown
By chance, was reminded once again of the term ‘legitimate suffering’, coined by Scott Peck, author of The Road Less Travelled. Incidentally, this was the book that I spent a number of afternoons poring over while trekking in Nepal.
“When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us.”
M. Scott Peck
When you are at the crossroads in life, take heart.
“Most people don’t know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don’t get too comfortable and fall asleep and miss your life.”
Brian Andreas, American Artist and Storyteller
I have long ago reached the conclusion that a single-minded pursuit for self-improvement/perfection by excluding interaction with people must come to a dead end eventually. These sentiments are echoed again here.
“Human beings only learn and evolve through relationship. The only way we can see ourselves objectively is through the reflection of others. We can go off and sit in a cave and meditate for years, but we only really find out what happened in that cave when we come out and get involved with other people. So we need each other if we want to evolve.”
Andrew Cohen