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Transformational Truth 3:

“Life is what you make it,” this is very true.

Find beauty and magic in all things,

and the Love that sees you through.

When you look at the world where you live,

seek not your gain, but what you can give.

When a man is poor, and hungers, and thirsts,

serve not yourself til you serve this man first.

When a man is down and seeks shelter from cold, give him shelter.

You’ll receive blessings untold.

Live by the Golden Rule:

Do unto others as you’d have done unto you.

And always remember:

When you destroy, you destroy a part of you, too.

Life is what you make of it!

~ Unknown

“We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.”

- Jane Goodall

“In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life.”

- Jane Addams: was a pioneer American settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage

"How can you follow the course of your life if you do not let it flow?"

-Lao-Tzu

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

~Carl Sagan

"If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him."

- John F. Kennedy

"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

- Saint Basil

"Indeed, a quick glance around this broken world makes it painfully obvious that we don't need more arguments on behalf of God; we need more people who live as if they are in covenant with Unconditional Love, which is our best definition of God."

Robin R. Meyers, Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus

"Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion."

- George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: German philosopher who was a major figure in German idealism

"You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own."

- Michelle Obama

“Wildness is that thread, that magical skein of creativity that runs through the human heart and connects human nature with Nature itself.”

-Cormac Cullinan: a practicing environmental attorney and author based in Cape Town, South Africa

"No one of us can provide all of the light we need.
But every one of us can shed some kind of light."

- Parker J. Palmer: an author, educator, and activist.

"Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality."

- Ian McEwan

"Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new."

- Ursula K. Le Guin