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Learning to forgive forces us to move forward in spite of our losses.

Release the regrets of yesterday, refuse the fears of tomorrow, and receive the peace of today.

Obey the Lord, be humble, and you will get the riches, honor, and a long life. Prov. 22:4

You do yourself a favor when you are kind. If you are cruel, you only hurt yourself. Ps 11:17

The highest place in the world is still down at the Lord's feet. Stay humble.

For the Lord gives wisdom. From his mouth come knowledge and understanding. Prov 2:6

There is only one way to bring peace to the heart, joy to the mind, and beauty to life. It is to accept and do the will of God. William Barclay

You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. James 4:14



God cares for us more faithfully and fully than our earthly parents ever could.

When you give to the poor, it is like lending to the Lord, and the Lord will pay you back. Prov 19:17

At the close of life, the question will not be how much have you got, but how much have you given. Not how much have you won, but how much have you done. Not how much have you saved, but how much have you served. Nathan Schaeffer
If you want to feel rich, just count up all the things you have that money cannot buy. Daniel Webster



Each time you view your circumstances as possessing value, regardless of the apparent confusion or hardship, you grow. Cherie Carter Scott

Today is a gift of life. Live it with gratitude and don't let the sun set today without seeing it, hearing it, and enjoying it. Tim Connor.

There is only one way to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it. Dale Carnegie


Let us recognize the fire in our hearts. The fire of the love of God

that can burn away all evil that is concelaed in our hearts.

Faith means taking our eyes off our troubles, our losses, our pain, our difficulties, and redirecting our concentration and focus toward the Lord. Harold Sala

One important thing about being a grownup is the realization that we're not here to please anyone. Rather, we're here to do something good, something that makes us happy, something that could define our life. Because the thing worse than death is a life without a purpose.

Hate has four letters, but so does Love. Enemies has 7 letters but so does friends. Lying has 5 letters, but so does truth. Hurt has 4 letters, but so does heal. Transform every negative energy into an aura of positivity. It's our perception that makes the difference in the way we feel.

Ang sinuman kung si Yahweh buong pusong susundin, buhay niya ay laging pagpapalin. Awit 128:4

Courage is nothing more than fear that said its prayers this morning. Adrian Rogers

When you have a problem, go out and be generous. When you give, you feel empowered, you feel blessed with possessions that you can give away. Why give more than receive? Because at times, we become too full of ourselves that we burst if we take in more and didn't give some away. William Gracian

If we are not governed by God, then we will be ruled by tyrants. William Penn

Faith is the simplest and plainest thing in the world. It is simplly believing in God. Hannah Whitall Smith

A new day like today is not just God's gift to us. We are God's gift to one another with the love we can give and the service we can do to others.

A patient man is better than a warrior, and he who rules his temper, than he who rules a city. Prov 16:32


Learn to live each day as if it were your last. Some day it will be. Billy Graham

It's not the heavy load that breaks us down, but the way we carry it. Stress is not the problem but the way we deal with it. Our Lord wants us to be still and allow Him to direct and lead us. (fr. Kuya Monching)
A little faith says God may do it. A bigger faith says God can do it. But a deep faith says Whatever happens God does what is best.



Love and kindness shown to another person are prayer in action. Terri Meehan


Even when life seems empty of comfort or joy, each day is full of reasons to praise God. It's when our cups are empty that God fills them up.

A stupid past will always be remembered but can never be changed. But a mistake can always be corrected and should never be repeated.


Even a turtle can win a race as long as he never gives up.


God is always true to his promise that whatever He started in you he will take it to completion because He perfectly loves you.
Nothing is hard if the heart has love, nothing is impossible when the heart understands, and nothing is heavy when God is in your heart.


I do not pray for al ighter load, but a stronger back. Philip Brooks

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in giving oneself to others that we truly live. Ethel Precy Andrews

It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life. It is how you handle what happens to you. Zig Ziglar