Tuesday, July 19, 2005
borrowing from others
courtesy of noreen:
INDIVIDUALISM
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you.
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy over night.
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today people will often forget tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your individualism.
It was never between you and them anyway.
-Mother Theresa
true dat.
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courtesy of marianne:
"You know what hour it is. This is the time to awake, for our salvation is now nearer than when we first believed; the night is almost over and the day is at hand. Let us discard, therefore, everything that belongs to darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. As we live in full light of day, let us behave with decency; no banquets with drunkenness, no prostitution or vices, no fighting or jealousy. Put on, rather, the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not be led by the will of the flesh nor follow its desires." (Rom 13:11-14)
sometimes we stumble, sometimes we know we're about to stumble and we can catch ourselves but we choose not to. sometimes we get complacent and comfortable and figure, oh He'll forgive us anyway. it'll be okay. this passage above reminds us that we need to be on our toes. though He does forgive us always, we need to try harder, to do better, to be better followers and soldiers of Christ. *sigh* sorry, Lord for my shortcomings... for not stopping when i should, for not doing when i should. for knowing better, but not acting upon it. i'm sorry i get lazy and complacent. please give me the spiritual strength to overcome my evil urges.
speaking of evil, the bible study crew were discussing evil last sunday. and someone felt like they have such evil tendencies. it's so funny that she mentioned that cuz i was totally praying that in church, thinking that I have such evil tendencies too. i think we all have that, but different kinds of evil. some have selfishness, others have lust, others have gluttony... the seven deadly sins, you know? i dunno how we get rid of the evil in our hearts. prayer i suppose. the methodical part of me wants to say that it's like a 12 step aa program, where first you need to recognize and acknowledge that you have that problem, then take steps to erradicate it out of you. but i know it isn't that simple. there's a battle for our souls and sometimes i feel it tugging. then it's my choice. just sometimes, i choose the wrong side. i let the evil take over me. and that's when i feel bad, cuz i know better. and i know i could've done better. so the next time, i try harder to not choose evil. i like our lil bible study community as well as certain other people in my life. they keep me accountable, out of trouble, out of evil. thank goodness... cuz i'm not strong enough to keep myself straight. thanx you guys.
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you.
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy over night.
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today people will often forget tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your individualism.
It was never between you and them anyway.
-Mother Theresa
true dat.
courtesy of marianne:
"You know what hour it is. This is the time to awake, for our salvation is now nearer than when we first believed; the night is almost over and the day is at hand. Let us discard, therefore, everything that belongs to darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. As we live in full light of day, let us behave with decency; no banquets with drunkenness, no prostitution or vices, no fighting or jealousy. Put on, rather, the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not be led by the will of the flesh nor follow its desires." (Rom 13:11-14)
sometimes we stumble, sometimes we know we're about to stumble and we can catch ourselves but we choose not to. sometimes we get complacent and comfortable and figure, oh He'll forgive us anyway. it'll be okay. this passage above reminds us that we need to be on our toes. though He does forgive us always, we need to try harder, to do better, to be better followers and soldiers of Christ. *sigh* sorry, Lord for my shortcomings... for not stopping when i should, for not doing when i should. for knowing better, but not acting upon it. i'm sorry i get lazy and complacent. please give me the spiritual strength to overcome my evil urges.
speaking of evil, the bible study crew were discussing evil last sunday. and someone felt like they have such evil tendencies. it's so funny that she mentioned that cuz i was totally praying that in church, thinking that I have such evil tendencies too. i think we all have that, but different kinds of evil. some have selfishness, others have lust, others have gluttony... the seven deadly sins, you know? i dunno how we get rid of the evil in our hearts. prayer i suppose. the methodical part of me wants to say that it's like a 12 step aa program, where first you need to recognize and acknowledge that you have that problem, then take steps to erradicate it out of you. but i know it isn't that simple. there's a battle for our souls and sometimes i feel it tugging. then it's my choice. just sometimes, i choose the wrong side. i let the evil take over me. and that's when i feel bad, cuz i know better. and i know i could've done better. so the next time, i try harder to not choose evil. i like our lil bible study community as well as certain other people in my life. they keep me accountable, out of trouble, out of evil. thank goodness... cuz i'm not strong enough to keep myself straight. thanx you guys.
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quotable quotes
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"To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the
greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks
nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid
suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change,
grow, live, and love."
~unknown
"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues."
~ Abraham Lincoln
"live a life that others will remember years from now, NOT because it pointed to you but because of how it pointed to the One who made you."
~ Mark Hart, the Bible Geek
"we grow up learning to become self-reliant, but really we need to be God-reliant"
"we could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box"
"never wound hearts that love u, never give them the endless pain, because wounded hearts are like roses that never bloom"
"there comes a time when we have to stop loving someone not because that person has stopped loving us but because we have found out that they'd be happier if we'd let go"
