That's my face.
Isn't it beautiful? ;)
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Looking at another person's face is one of the most profound ways by which we can lose ourselves,
and remember another person's innate human value. Making both of us happier.
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"Hearkening to the call of Christ from His Spirit,
or through another's countenance,
or both, we become genuinely honest, simple, solid, true--
often together with someone we may not have trusted before.
[do you want to be that? genuine. honest. simple. solid. true. i sure do.]
"Whether it is felt in His breast or in ours,
the Savior's love can achieve what force cannot
because where force calls forth counterforce,
love calls forth love...
"How then shall we come unto Christ...?
By sacrificing all taking of offense.
By giving up criticism, impatience, and contempt....
By giving these practices their true name,
violence,
and abhorring even their first appearance.
By renouncing war in every form and
proclaiming peace....
"Listen attentively to the teacher whose lectures may be a little dry.
Read with particular care the papers of students who struggle to write.
Befriend the one who feels different, lost, or lonely.
Embrace the child who seems to resist you.
Take seriously the advice of parents who have trouble following that advice themselves.
Invite to dinner those who lack the graciousness or the means to invite you back.
Even 'love your enemies, do good to them which hate you' (Luke 6:27)....
"This kind of love is who we really are....
And anything less
--judging others and withholding our favor from them--
capitulates to Satan."
[Quote from this speech by C. Terry Warner]
{He's founder of Arbinger Institute, the group that wrote The Anatomy of Peace and Leadership and Self-Deception}
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I have seen through personal experience how true this is.
Join me in putting these promises to the test.
Whether you're renewing your previous commitment, or turning over a new leaf.
Let us forget ourselves, and go to work.
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