Imperfections and Failures

“My imperfections and failures are as

much a blessing from God

as my successes and my talents, and

I lay them both at his feet.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Forgiveness is a Spiritual Gift From God

 Forgiveness is a spiritual gift from God. As with all spiritual gifts, we obtain the gift to forgive by asking for it “with a sincere heart, with real intent”[i] (that is, with the real intention to forgive). Our capacity to forgive is linked to our capacity to love; and our capacity to love is linked to our capacity to become like God. Perhaps more than any other virtue, forgiveness—our willingness to thoroughly and “frankly forgive,”[ii] demonstrates redeeming, reconciling, Christlike love.


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Fragrance Clings

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.
 

~Chinese Proverb

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Grandparents Sprinkle Stardust

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do.

Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust

over the lives of little children.
~Alex Haley

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Who, Being Loved, Is Poor

Who, being loved, is poor?
 

~Oscar Wilde

Chicken Soup for the Soul

The Atonement Heals Our Wounds

“The Atonement not only pays for our sins, it heals our wounds—the self-inflicted ones and those inflicted from sources beyond our control. . . It is the ultimate source of our forgiveness, our perfection, and our peace of mind.”

(Bruce C. Hafen, The Broken Heart, Deseret Book, 1989, p. 29.)

 

Elder Hafen’s words: “It is natural to assume that when we don't appear to be doing ‘excellently’ the perfection process is not working. But the exact opposite may be true. Our moments of greatest stress and difficulty are often the times when the refiner's fire is doing its most purifying work.”

(Broken Heart, 97)

A Proper Apology

“A proper apology has three elements:

an acknowledgment of the fault or offense,

regret for it,

and

responsibility for it—

and, if possible,

a way to fix the problem.”

Justifications or excuses

only weaken

a sincere apology.

                                          --Alina Tugend

Man Cannot Live Without Hope

"Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope" -Unknown

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A Picture in a Prayer

A Picture in a Prayer

 Chicken Soup for the Soul