Inspirational thoughts

“A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” Jane Austen

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway

“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” -Amelia Earhart

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.” Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)

Germinal (Émile Zola)

“If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.”

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Viktor Frankl

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
We all suffer…the question is, do you embrace it out of love for Jesus with a spirit of trust and Faith? And do you lean into Christ with “daily” prayer to gain the necessary graces for this to happen?

“Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my superfluous and unnecessary desires, I subdue my proud and wanton will and chastise it with obedience, and with God’s help I attain freedom of spirit and with it spiritual joy.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Obedience to God’s plan, fasting your pride, vanity and laziness, and dedicating serious time to prayer= deep joy and peace.  God notices and blesses this effort to imitate his son!

“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” Fyodor Dostoevsky

There is no better ideal, no greater desire…than following in the footsteps of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!