Darrell J. Pursiful

Sunday Inspiration: The Beginning of Love

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
—Thomas Merton

Sunday Inspiration: Be Angry

We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change; but, in addition to being angry, I’m also hopeful. Because I believe deeply in the ability of human beings to make and remake themselves for the better.
—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Sunday Inspiration: Life is Short

My friends, life is short; and we haven’t much time to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us. So, be swift to love and make haste to be kind.
—Henri Frédéric Amiel

Sunday Inspiration: Ordinary Acts

Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.
—Desmond Tutu

Sunday Inspiration: Choosing to Love

The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others.
—bell hooks

Sunday Inspiration: Despite the Darkness

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
—Desmond Tutu.

Sunday Inspiration: Where Love Is Lost

Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant but not said, most of love is lost.
—Khalil Gibran

Sunday Inspiration: Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.
― Fred Rogers

Sunday Inspiration: Facts

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
—Aldous Huxley

Sunday Inspiration: Throwing Something Back

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
—Maya Angelou

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