It takes courage to be happy when you care about what others think. 

If you don’t care though, being happy is an easy thing to choose. 

Sharing your experiences does not invalidate someone else’s. Helping others see a new perspective or a new way to tell their own story does not invalidate their feelings. Growth hurts. Just because seeing things from a new and different perspective initially might hurt, the bigger picture is always more important. Being helpful to the person as a whole by supporting and encouraging growth is much more important than protecting current feelings and emotions. 

Fast results are always better than slow potential. 

If we make the journey of another about us, we are selfish. 

If we take the pain we feel and blame it on another, we are foolish. 

If we fake our feelings to impress another, our soul will perish. 

Before it is time to forgive, forgive first. 

When it is time to forgive, forgive.

After the time to forgive has passed, forgive again. 

Initially, we all start as masters of our choices, and then the choices we make end up becoming our masters. 

Being unwilling to try unknown experiences because of existing biases and experienced expectations is a demonstration of both arrogance and ignorance. 

We all need to discern and pass judgment to live properly, safely, and according to our values. Post-judgment helps analyze outcomes, prejudgment is often harmful to growth. 

The ego

fueled by pride,

void of empathy, humility, awareness, and understanding

creates solutions

to problems,

that don’t

exist.

Honor is respect. Respect is felt and shown through admiration.

You honor others by showing them respect.

You honor yourself by respecting your own character, values, and principles.  

Admiration is always proven through action. 

A different standard does not mean a double standard.

A double standard is only when every important variable is the exact same, when the history is the same, when the goals are the same, and when the eternal purposes are the same. If those are not the same, the way we measure results has to be different – it wouldn’t be right to have the same standards if the vital variables are different.