My words to meditate upon today … on the subject of integrity and honest communication:
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“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.”
– Nathaniel Hawthorne
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“And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
– The Bible; John 8:32
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“Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
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“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.”
– Mark Twain
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pic from Disney’s Pinnocchio.
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Religion4All is an idea: that every human being (no matter their race, religion, sexuality, social status, lifestyle, or any other possible factor) is LOVED by God; just … as … they are.
We all are loved by God, and NO religion or person has a monopoly on it. Every single person on this planet is loved equally by God … SO many are cut off from God because they are told they don’t belong. God loves everyone … we ALL are beautiful creations … we don’t need to cringe when we hear the words “God”, or “religion”, or their judgments … God LOVES us all!
There is no requirement to change in order to be LOVED by God, or to LOVE God. God is LOVE, and LOVE is God … period. There is no one who God loves more than anyone else … there are only those who choose to LOVE more … to love God more, and consequently then to love each other more. In doing so, we grow closer to God … and know God.
By opening our hearts, and minds to God (free of boundaries like religion, or social trends); by LOVING God … we are exactly where we are meant to be. If we maintain that openness, never allowing any person or event to make us close our hearts, we will be guided by God to be who we are meant to be.
In that space of openness we can then live a life of LOVE, and be guided to where we are meant to be … forever in LOVE.
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So, so true and a big explosive issue for my family [luckily 600 miles away!] two weeks ago as truth came out and massive eruptions occured!
Yikes, sorry that happened in your family … it can be a major upheaval to have to “come clean”, and get everything sorted.