Someone once said to me, 'Are you telling me that chair isn't real, that it's only thought?' I said 'Of course the chair is real. But it comes to you via Thought
Sydney BanksIf we can forgive everyone, regardless of what he or she may have done, we nourish the soul and allow our whole being to feel good. To hold a grudge against anyone is like carrying the devil on your shoulders. It is our willingness to forgive and forget that casts away such a burden and brings light into our hearts, freeing us from many ill feelings against our fellow human beings.
Sydney BanksIf the only thing people learned was not to be afraid of their experience, that alone would change the world.
Sydney BanksLife is like any other contact sport. You may encounter hardships of one sort or another. Wise people find happiness not in the absence of such hardships, but in their ability to understand them when they occur.
Sydney BanksLife is like any other contact sport; youโre gonna get your knocks. But itโs not the knocks that count, itโs how you handle them. If you handle them with anger, distrust, jealousy, hate, this in return is what youโre going to get. But if you handle these knocks with love and understanding, they donโt mean much. They just dissipate.
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