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Sunday Inspiration: Thoughts

Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you are a saint.
—Saint Paisios the Athonite

Sunday Inspiration: Progress

If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.
—C. S. Lewis

Sunday Inspiration: Being Kind

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
—Eric Hoffer

Sunday Inspiration: Give Light

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
—Desiderius Erasmus

Sunday Inspiration: Grief and Gratitude

Somewhere near the intersection of Grief and Gratitude is a scenic overlook where you can glance back over the terrain you have already traveled, then catch a glimpse of the journey still to come and look forward to the trip.
—Barry Howard

Sunday Inspiration: What We Believe

The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
—Bob Goff

Sunday Inspiration: Opinion

Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world.
—Bill Bullard

Sunday Inspiration: Being Heard

Being Heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistiguishable.
—David W. Augsburger

Sunday Inspiration: Telling the Truth

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
—George Orwell

Sunday Inspiration: Drawing Back

Stand at the brink of the abyss of despair, and when you see that you cannot bear it anymore, draw back a little and have a cup of tea.
—Saint Sophrony of Essex