Value-Connection
To live continually in thoughts of ill will, cynicism, suspicion, and envy, is to be confined in a self-made prison hole. But to think well of all, to be cheerful with all, to patiently learn to find the good in all–such unselfish thoughts are the very portals of heaven; and to dwell day by day in thoughts of peace toward every creature will bring
... See moreJames Allen • As a Man Thinketh
Surround yourself with people who are thoughtful in ways you are not, because they see what you can’t.
But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth; for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
A lesson I need to learn: It’s ok to disappoint other people if you avoid disappointing yourself.
no receipt openeth the heart but a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession.
it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness
Software Engineer Billy Markus on human behavior:
“People are not rational. They are rationalizing. Once you understand this simple fact, all the oddest human behavior will suddenly make way more sense.”
“People are not rational. They are rationalizing. Once you understand this simple fact, all the oddest human behavior will suddenly make way more sense.”
Great God, make your church a magnificent witness to the nations, a wise and understanding people. Mark us with generous faith — a community that follows your commands and avoids evil, a people who single-mindedly love you and their neighbors. May your church be the cause of joy in the world. In Christ's name, amen.