understanding

Things don__ have significance: they only have existence.Things are the only hidden meaning of things.

Every man walks his own path, and every path has its fair share of locked doors. You never know who holds the key to a door you__l need to open one day, so you best treat people as if they are all keyholders.

If you think you know what your purpose is, but can never seem to gain satisfaction from it, then it__ probably not the purpose you__e destined for.

Don__ just pray, but reach out in prayer to get an understanding of God__ plan, of His revelation and vision for your life.

She says that each of us has his or her role in life, and if we know ourselves well enough to understand what that role is, we will be happy doing nothing but what we can do best.

Knowing your purpose on earth is simple, but the task here is to bring about the success of your destiny.

Rather blessings, after counting my misfortunes, I realized how the more blessed I am.

The focus on our destiny and understanding our true self keeps us from not giving up

Long before they had ever met, I think this destiny awaited them. They were not like ships passing in the night. It wasn't like they didn't understand each other. They understood each other better than anyone else, and each was focused solely on the other.

the buddhists say there are 149 ways to god. i'm not looking for god, only for myself, and that is far more complicated.

Sometimes you have to put yourself in other people__ shoes to really understand the hardships of their souls.

Of course we need to accept ourselves as we are, but we can't stop there. We also need to value ourselves enough make needed changes.

Begin. . . where you are, NOT where you want to be. Begin stuck in the doldrums of your false story--if that is where you are. Begin there because, in truth, there is no other place to start from. Tell yourself that you are going to listen for the sound of your own voice--and remind yourself when you forget. And you will forget, over and over again.

Even I don__ know myself... In fact, I don__ know if I really have a self at all, as I__ constantly playing different roles and pretending _ not so much on stage as in real life...

If you could do one thing to improve yourself today, it would be this: Rid yourself of bias. If you can do this, you can learn to listen. If you learn to listen, then you can learn to communicate. If you can communicate, then you can begin to verbalize your feelings. When you verbalize your feelings, then you can release stress and frustrations. When you free yourself of what bothers you, then you can fully give yourself to others. When you come this far, then you have learned to grow spiritually.

Never mistake the uncomfortable feeling of insecurity and the fear of the unknown with the Holy Ghost__ promptings. Sometimes those feelings are simply Satan keeping you stuck where you are because he knows you will have a half-life there. He knows that you will spend half of your life disconnected, discontented and convincing your mind of what its heart will never accept. He knows when you have settled, gave up and didn__ try. Inaction is his greatest weapon, while regret is his second.

I don__ existmetal pressed to pagesspilling blood, inkin vein each thought ragesSunlight shootingthrough a forest of pinesblack top windingand yellow dotted linesI am not hereonly a deep aching,a lightning flashand a tree trunk breakingSheets once alive covered in a deep redmark the presentbut I am not yet deadNothing is hereonly the rain and mistfresh air and soilI do not need to exist.

Blessed are those with cracks in their broken heart because that is how the light gets in.