Author: Anne

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IF ONLY IT WERE SO SIMPLE

If only it were all so simple!  If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them.  But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.  And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn  He was a Russian novelist, philosopher, historian, short story writer and political prisoner. Quote is from the book: THE GULGG ARCHIPELAGO 

REFLECTION:

  • Each of us possess good and evil. Which one are you feeding today?
  • Is there someone you have labeled as “evil”? 
  • Can you find the part of you that is like them? (Even it they represent a 10 … on scale of 1 -10 and you may be a 1 on the same scale). Does this open your heart to more compassion … empathy?

FAST OR FAR?

If you want to go fast, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together.

Author unknown but quote attributed to an African Proverb.

REFLECTION:

  • Are you going it alone?  Is it because you want to get done faster?
  • Can you go further if you did it together?
  • Are you going together? Is it because you want to go further?
  • Is this something you need to do alone? 
  • Discern the best action for this situation … alone (fast) or together (far) and act.

NECESSITY OF COURAGE

One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.  Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.  We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous or honest. 

Quote by Maya Angelou

REFLECTION:

  • How much courage do you have?
  • How can you be more courageous today?