January 9: Thoughts for the Day

Posted on January 9, 2014 by John Swinburn

We have to strive to be gentle and understanding.  It takes effort and courage and patience.  Gentleness and compassion require nerves of steel and a heart of stone. That hard, heart-breaking, rugged effort, that monstrously difficult endeavor, is the only truly meaningful work. It is the only thing that really counts. I have a long way to go.

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"Love not what you are but what you may become."― Miguel de Cervantes
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2 Responses to January 9: Thoughts for the Day

  1. juan says:
    January 10, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    I love the expression that “Gentleness and compassion require … a heart of stone.” That’s an irony and says worlds to me.

  2. Trish says:
    January 9, 2014 at 11:38 am

    Nice thoughts for today, John. I too, have a long way to go!

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