To be told of the awaiting Divine Reward has its place, but being human a little human praise is never out of place.
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Illusions do not dress the effort. The merit of the effort addresses and dresses the work.
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Sometimes we wander like lost sheep in search of a shepherd. The quality of our thought will spark the shepherd’s way toward us.
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Ancient memories must be put to rest. They must be assuaged, changed to victory and not be allowed to haunt unsuspecting generations forever.
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Philosophies are born and discarded time and again because they cannot and do not hold up. What is held to is because the staying power is sustained.
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In all things there is compensation. There is something given when something is taken away or outgrown. Not always sad but sometimes even a cause for rejoicing.
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Time is a healer, a mistifying, calculating mystery that can pay untold dividends. It is money in the bank.
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It is hard to move encrusted thinking. But the boundaries of thought must be enlarged or man’s progress stagnates.
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Events are for growth. They are not a comfort station. Happiness is not a constant affair.
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Go for broke, but do not dismantle what you do not intend to stay around and rebuild.
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Eternity is a long time, sweetheart, to mortgage a life. A long time.
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If we would see thought as constant prayer, would we elevate our thinking?
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Within the pain is the lesson. Learn it well and learn it forever. It makes eternity much easier.
2 responses to “Soul Research. . . .”
I will print and fold these wisps of sage into my family Bible, and that is a great compliment.
Ruth, as one writer to another, it is a great compliment. Thank you.