Sarah147 Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) [quote name='tgoldson' timestamp='1309471110' post='2261199'] The only thing that I have learned is that I don't know very much. my favorite sayings: - Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. - If you want to hear God laugh, tell Him about your plans. - God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called. - Instead of telling God how big your storm is, tell the storm how big your God is. - Prayer may not change things for you, but it will change you for things. - The Will of God never takes you to where the Grace of God will not protect you. - Be who you are and say what you feel, because those that matter don't mind, and those that mind don't matter. [/quote] Fantastic! Be who you are and be that well. -- Saint Francis De Sales Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. -- Thomas Merton[b] [/b] To love God is something greater than to know Him. -- St. Thomas Aquinas I fear only one thing---to keep my own will; take it, my God, for I choose all that You choose.--St. Therese of Lisieux Lord, I want whatever you want, because you want it, the way you want it, as long as you want it. - Prayer of Pope Clement XI [font="Arial"][size="2"]"Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Be holy let us pray." --Mother Teresa[/size][/font] [size="2"]If we really want to love we must learn how to forgive. --Mother Teresa [quote] A clean heart is a free heart. A free heart can love Christ with an undivided love in chastity, convinced that nothing and nobody will separate it from his love. Purity, chastity, and virginity created a special beauty in Mary that attracted God’s attention. He showed his great love for the world by giving Jesus to her. [/size] [size="2"]There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives - the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them. [/size] [size="2"]Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart. [/size] [size="2"] Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your own weakness.[/size] [size="2"]Speak tenderly to them. Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well. [/size] [size="2"]The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give. But the less you have the more free you are. Poverty for us is a freedom. It is not mortification, a penance. It is joyful freedom. There is no television here, no this, no that. But we are perfectly happy. [/size] [size="2"]I pray that you will understand the words of Jesus, “Love one another as I have loved you.” Ask yourself “How has he loved me? Do I really love others in the same way?” Unless this love is among us, we can kill ourselves with work and it will only be work, not love. Work without love is slavery.[/size] [size="2"] Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing. [/size] [size="2"]A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, must empty ourselves. The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service, the fruit of service is peace.[/size] [size="2"] [size="2"][/size]--All from Mother Teresa [/quote][/size] Edited July 1, 2011 by JoyfulLife
Guest GraceMarie Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 There are two ways to live your live, one as though nothing is a miracle or as everything is a miracle
missionseeker Posted July 2, 2011 Posted July 2, 2011 It really is better to have loved and lost than never loved. As corny and cliche and that sounds.
Guest ginaaugusta Posted July 2, 2011 Posted July 2, 2011 Ah... God Never Blinks! The author, Regina Brett, is a columnist in Cleveland (where I live) and she wrote an article about two of my dearest friends who are entering with the Franciscan Sisters TOR--the article explained that they were fundraising to be debt free in order to enter with the sisters........... the outcome of the article[b]: because of it, God stirred a local man's heart in such a way that the next day he wrote a check to pay off both of their remaining combined debts.[/b] Kicker: This man is Jewish. Praise the Lord, huh? He is so good! Life lesson: The Holy Spirit is perfect in His ways!
missionseeker Posted July 2, 2011 Posted July 2, 2011 [quote name='ginaaugusta' timestamp='1309566390' post='2261840'] Ah... God Never Blinks! The author, Regina Brett, is a columnist in Cleveland (where I live) and she wrote an article about two of my dearest friends who are entering with the Franciscan Sisters TOR--the article explained that they were fundraising to be debt free in order to enter with the sisters........... the outcome of the article[b]: because of it, God stirred a local man's heart in such a way that the next day he wrote a check to pay off both of their remaining combined debts.[/b] Kicker: This man is Jewish. Praise the Lord, huh? He is so good! Life lesson: The Holy Spirit is perfect in His ways! [/quote] amesome!!!
Azriel Posted July 2, 2011 Author Posted July 2, 2011 [quote name='ginaaugusta' timestamp='1309566390' post='2261840'] Ah... God Never Blinks! The author, Regina Brett, is a columnist in Cleveland (where I live) and she wrote an article about two of my dearest friends who are entering with the Franciscan Sisters TOR--the article explained that they were fundraising to be debt free in order to enter with the sisters........... the outcome of the article[b]: because of it, God stirred a local man's heart in such a way that the next day he wrote a check to pay off both of their remaining combined debts.[/b] Kicker: This man is Jewish. Praise the Lord, huh? He is so good! Life lesson: The Holy Spirit is perfect in His ways! [/quote] Amazingly amesome! Its these types of stories that help me let go of the anxiety and depression! What a reminder of what God is capable of! One from my Grandfather: On secrets: If you can't say it out loud, its not worth saying.
missionseeker Posted July 2, 2011 Posted July 2, 2011 Dance. Do not be a wall flower. It just makes you miserable and it makes you the type of person people do not want to go out with. You do not look as stupid as you probably think you do. Drink to the point of hilarity (Chesterton), not to the point of vomiting (me.) (never have!) Try new things! You cannot decide you don't like something unless you've actually tried it. It really won't hurt you to try it. Unless you're allergic, but hey, then at least you know for next time! Live by the ocean at least once, if you possibly can! Live in the mountains at least once, if you possibly can! Discover beauty in the ordinary things: clean sink, Christmas trees. etc. Do not wait for someone to apologize to you. Su[i][/i]ck it up and make an effort. (and check the sig)
Lil Red Posted July 2, 2011 Posted July 2, 2011 [quote name='Azriel' timestamp='1309526039' post='2261530'] This is truer than I'd like it to be. But, the pain does remind us of the love as well. [/quote] yes.
aggiornamento Posted July 3, 2011 Posted July 3, 2011 [color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2] I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me. [/size][/font][/color] [color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2] [/size][/font][/color] [color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2][color=#000000][font=Times][size=2][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2]The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.[/size][/font] [font="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size="3"][size=2][b]saint ignatius [/b][/size][/size][/font][/size][/font][/color][/size][/font][/color]
Azriel Posted July 6, 2011 Author Posted July 6, 2011 most of the things we think are just platitudes have an element of truth, otherwise we wouldn't say them all the time: The things we worry the most about never happen. Its always darkest before the dawn.
cmotherofpirl Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 You never see the black swan until it poops on your head
4588686 Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' timestamp='1310353695' post='2265553'] You never see the black swan until it poops on your head [/quote] Nassim Taleb reference FTW!
Vincent Vega Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 You only get out of anything what you put into it.
cmotherofpirl Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 [quote name='Hasan' timestamp='1310353915' post='2265556'] Nassim Taleb reference FTW! [/quote] Nassim [i]Nicholas[/i] Taleb you get 5 points for understanding the reference. Its one of the best lessons we can learn.
4588686 Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' timestamp='1310354153' post='2265560'] Nassim [i]Nicholas[/i] Taleb you get 5 points for understanding the reference. Its one of the best lessons we can learn. [/quote] And you get 10 points for being three kinds of amesome!
BG45 Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 "never give up, never surrender" - Captain Sheridan on Babylon 5 Also from B5, the Centauri Emperor Turhan gave a poignant thing that I think applies to me at least at times, "The past tempts us, the present confuses us, and the future frightens us."
MissyP89 Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 "Family is the most important, constant thing you'll ever have. Hang on tight to them." -- my Mom-Mom "Be honest and be a friend to everyone. Life is less trouble that way. And don't worry so much. It's usually not worth it." -- my Grandma "Some things are just out of our hands. Worrying about them changes nothing. We live and we die, and for all we know, it could be tomorrow. So never go to bed angry. Always tell people you love them. And you can do anything you put your mind to." --Mom "You can't look up at a sky full of stars, or at the leaves when they turn, or at the ocean, and tell me there's not Someone up there who made it all ..." --Daddy "You're not Wonder Woman. And there's no reason to be an island. We're not supposed to carry everything alone." -- my confessor "Just because someone has been an arse to you doesn't mean you have to take it out on God." -- my former confessor "Remember, when you carry your cross, Simon of Cyrene will always come to help you. You just have to wait until the fourth station to find him." -- our very own IrishSalesian "The first thing Jesus did when He got the cross was drop it. But look at what He found the strength to do." -- my friend Jesse
MissScripture Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 If you can't fix it with a hammer, get a bigger hammer. ~Grandpa Bud.
Lil Red Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 [quote name='MissyP89' timestamp='1310356704' post='2265583'] "Remember, when you carry your cross, Simon of Cyrene will always come to help you. You just have to wait until the fourth station to find him." -- our very own IrishSalesian [/quote] okay, it may be the wine talking, but i found this really really hilarious.
MissyP89 Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1310356993' post='2265589'] okay, it may be the wine talking, but i found this really really hilarious. [/quote] It is kind of funny! But when you read it completely seriously, it's pretty profound. The vast majority of the people I love are fallen away or have no religion, and considering I reverted when I was only 17, it was/is a lot to deal with on my own. But sometimes just one at a time, God brings people into my life who will walk along with me. Edited July 11, 2011 by MissyP89
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