a prayer

God,
grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change
the courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference.

Amen

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a healing spirit

“There is a light in this world,

a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter.

We sometimes lose sight of this force

when there is suffering,

too much pain.

Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people

who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.”

― Mother Teresa

 

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humility

I hold myself to be incapable of hating any being on earth.

By a long course of prayerful discipline,

I have ceased for over forty years to hate anybody.

I know this is a big claim.

Nevertheless, I make it in all humility.

—Mahatma Gandhi

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