Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.
A jug fills drop by drop.
- Topic: Action, Consistent, Persistence, Time
- Location: Oregon Coast
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?
Pain is certain, suffering is optional.
Peaces comes from within. Do not seek it without.
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
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