- “Pray GOD by HEART, Not by HABIT.” ― Abhishek Shukla, KISS Life “Life is what you make it”
- “Our forgiving love toward men is the evidence of God’s forgiving love in us. It is a necessary condition of the prayer of faith.” ― Andrew Murray, With Christ in the School of Prayer
- “Defeat anger, stop using it as a shield against truth, and you will find the compassion you need to forgive the people you love.” ― Glenn Beck, The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life
- “The only goal in life is to be happy, genuinely, intensely and consistently , regardless of what it looks like to others.” ― Abhishek Shukla, KISS Life “Life is what you make it”
- “Pain is inevitable, yet suffering is optional. It is our heart connections that make all the difference. When we experience mental, physical, emotional, or spiritual pain – love is the one medicine that transcends any synthetic or organic drug we use to suppress pain.” ― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings for Enriching Life
- “The reality of life is love and only love as love creates reality.” ― Wald Wassermann
- “Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now?” ― Kamand Kojouri
- “Bertha knelt in front of me and took both my hands in hers and said, “Your mama loves you very much, Charlie. But sometimes, she just loses her way.” Loses her way? I’d be happy to draw her a map to show her the way back to being my mama again.” ― Barbara O’Connor, Wish
- “Don’t keep those people in your life who are completely negative in approach. Eventually these people will stress you out and be the source of your downfall.” ― Abhishek Shukla, The Reflection “Success or Stress”Choose Wisely
- “Love foremost is the first and most noble of all truths as it underwrites all matters of the universe.” ― Wald Wassermann
- “Rebuilding is something that is practically difficult than starting over from nothing.” ― Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
- “This is what the LORD requires of every man; to do justice, to love mercy and to humbly work with God.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- “We are so fascinated by the complexity and beauty of the various forms in nature, that we have been led away from the formless dimension of Consciousness that lies at our very center. When you look at a person, you see many differences in their unique form, and often we compare, contrast, and judge one another because of the forms that we inhabit. But if you look beyond the various qualities and characteristics of form, and look another person in the eyes, you see a Being, and it is this Being that lies beneath the surface of form that connects us all. That is why the eyes are often referred to as the gateway to the soul, because they allow us to see and feel the presence of another Being, and realize our oneness.” ― Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
- “Look for the person everyone hates, and love them.” ― Criss Jami, Healology
- “I feel that ‘Thank you’ is about the best prayer that anyone could say. A sincere prayer of Thanks expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.” ― Raymond D. Longoria Jr.
- “Everything we perceive to be solid and static is made up of almost entirely empty space.” ― Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
- “It is not in our nature to judge each other but to love one another.” ― Wald Wassermann
- “You push the TRUTH off a cliff, but it will always fly. You can submerge the TRUTH under water, but it will not drown. You can place the TRUTH in the fire, but it will survive. You can bury the TRUTH beneath the ground, but it will arise. TRUTH always prevails!” ― Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
- Let no man pull you low enough to hate him. Martin Luther King Jr
- “The first step to empathy and compassion is realising the similarities between yourself and those that are suffering; the first step to forgiveness is realising that we’re all human and we all share the same capacity for fallibility and foible; the first step to growth is to recognise the value of things that are outside your current mental frameworks so that you can grow into them.” ― Oli Anderson, Personal Revolutions: A Short Course in Realness
- “Forgiveness, compassion, and kindness are the fundamental ingredients of our beloved humanity.” ― Debasish Mridha
- “Isn’t it funny how we make rational excuses for being out of alignment? We say, “Well, this ____ and that ____ happened, so it makes perfect sense for me to be feeling like this ____ and wanting to do this ____.” Yet, to this day, I have never met a happy person who adheres to those excuses. In fact, each time I – or anyone else – decide to give in to “rational excuses” that justify feeling bad – it’s interesting that only further suffering is the result. There is never a good enough reason for us to be out of alignment with peace. Sure, we can go there and make choices that dim our lights… and that is fine; there certainly is purpose for it and the contrast gives us lessons to learn… yet if we’re aware of what we are doing and we’re ready to let go of the suffering – then why go there at all? It’s like beating a dead horse. Been there, done that… so why do we keep repeating it? Pain is going to happen; it’s inevitable in this human experience, yet it is often so brief. When we make those excuses, what happens is: we pick up that pain and begin to carry it with us into the next day… and the next day… into next week… maybe next month… and some of us even carry it for years or to our graves! Forgive, let it go! It is NOT worth it! It is NEVER worth it. There is never a good enough reason for us to pick up that pain and carry it with us. There is never a good enough reason for us to be out of alignment with peace. Unforgiveness hurts you; it hurts others, so why even go there? Why even promote pain? Why say painful things to yourself or others? Why think pain? Just let it go! Whenever I look back on painful things or feel pain today, I know it is my EGO that drives me to “go there.” The EGO likes to have the last word, it likes to feel superior, it likes to make others feel less than in hopes that it will make itself (me) feel better about my insecurities. Maybe if I hurt them enough, they will feel the pain I felt over what they did to me. It’s only fair! It’s never my fault; it’s always someone else’s. There is a twisted sense of pleasure I get from feeling this way, and my EGO eats it right up. YET! With awareness that continues to grow and expand each day, I choose to not feed my pain (EGO) or even go there. I still feel it at times, of course, so I simply acknowledge it and then release it. I HAVE power and choice over my speech and actions. I do not need to ever “go there” again. It’s my choice; it’s your choice. So it’s about damn time we start realizing this. We are not victims of our impulses or emotions; we have the power to control them, and so it’s time to stop acting like we don’t. It’s time to relinquish the excuses.” ― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings for Enriching Life
- “Loss of social standing is an ever-present threat for individuals whose social acceptance is based on behavioral traits rather than unconditional human value.” ― Melissa V. Harris-Perry, Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
- “The ONLY battle is with one’s self, no matter what label one places on conflict, the conflict is always within.” ― Raymond D. Longoria Jr.
- “To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” ― C.S. Lewis
- Forgiveness is just another name for freedom. Byron Katie
- “Discover your deep inner-self and from that place spread love in every direction.” ― Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations
- There is nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness. John Connolly
- “Faith is a leap that must be taken over and over again, where each leap is further than the last.” ― Raymond D. Longoria Jr.
- “If someone talks bad about us, we feel bad. If someone talks good about us we feel good. The question is ,Have we given our remote to others for the way we feel?Live your life in your way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” ― Abhishek Shukla, Feelings Undefined: The Charm of the Unsaid Vol. 1