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Self-improvement – Learning
Pope Francis recent speech
Maybe he can’t stand on his feet anymore and suffering has shaped his character but this speech by Pope Francis from a few days ago is simply AMAZING!
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“You can have flaws, be anxious and even be angry, but don’t forget that your life is the greatest business in the world. Only you can stop it from failure. You are appreciated, admired and loved by many. Remember that being happy is not having a sky without storms, a road without accidents, a job without effort, relationships without disappointments.
“Being happy is to stop feeling a victim and become the author of your own destiny. It’s going through deserts, but being able to find an oasis deep in your soul. It’s to thank God every morning for the miracle of life. It’s kissing your children, cuddling your parents, having poetic moments with your friends, even when they hurt us.
“To be happy is to let live the creature that lives in each of us, free, joyful and simple. It’s having maturity to be able to say: “I made mistakes”. Having the courage to say “I’m sorry”. It’s having a sensitivity to say “I need you”. Is having the ability to say “I love you”. May your life become a garden of opportunities for happiness… that in spring I can be a lover of joy and in winter a lover of wisdom.
“And when you make a mistake, start over. Because only then will you fall in love with life. You will find that being happy doesn’t mean having a perfect life. But she uses tears to irrigate tolerance. Use your defeats to train your patience.
“Use your mistakes with the serenity of the sculptor. Use pain to tune into pleasure. Use obstacles to open the windows of intelligence. Never give up … Above all, never give up on the people that love you. Never give up on happiness, because life is an amazing show. “.
POPE FRANCIS
My Pondering
Thought he Catholic church isn’t perfect either, we can learn from the fine imperfect people who make her and represent God well. This is quite an inspiring speech.
Experience… -Oscar Wilde
Between saying and doing,… – Iris Murdoch
How to master body language
My Pondering
Nice info pic…I’ve read the stat about body language, tone and words numerous times over the years. I totally get the importance of BL and tone but it seems to me that the actual words should be higher, like about 1/3 each in importance. Try changing the word when conversing with some and you will see what I mean. The actual text rises to nearly 💯 when in written form unless in bold, CAPS, italics, emojis 🙌 so then maby 80%.
What say you?
You will never do anything… Aristotle
I always entertain… Robert Frost
Bach, music and overcoming pain
Did you know?
Johan Sebastian Bach lost his little daughter and then three sons and then his wife. Then he remarried and then he and his second wife, Anna-Magdalena, lost four more daughters and three sons. Eleven beloved children…
Many researchers have wondered: how Bach managed to handle these losses?
How did he not stop breathing, how did his heart not stop?
And most importantly, how could he continue to write music?
Kantati, cello suites, masses, concerts… The most beautiful music the world has heard.
Do you know how he did it?
At the end of the his music, he always wrote “Soli Deo gloria” (Glory to God alone) and in the beginning, “Lord help.” Therefore, you can pray during Bach’s music because the music itself is prayer. You could, then, consider Bach’s music a conversation between man and God.
How do you deal with pain?
Worship is the best solace.
If it’s to be, it starts with me…
G – H – I: Honor & Harmony
““Two things I ask of you, Lord; do not refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.”
Proverbs 30:7-9 NIV