"People only see what is visible, measurable. God sees into the heart. He not only forgives our failures, He sees successes where no one else does - not even ourselves. Only God can give us credit for the angry words we did not speak, the temptations we resisted, the patience and gentleness little noticed and long forgotten by those around us. Just being human gives us value in His eyes, and trying to live with integrity makes us successful before Him. God redeems us from the sense and fear of failure because He sees us as no human eyes can see us. Some religions teach that God sees so clearly that He knows all our shameful thoughts and nasty secrets. I prefer to believe that God sees us so clearly that He knows better than anyone else our wounds and sorrows, the scars on our hearts from having wanted to do more and do better, and being told by the world that we never would." ~Rabbi Harold Kushner

24 August 2010

A ton of 'em.

Sometimes things hit me like this.

I can't breathe and then everything starts to ache...

But I've noticed that though it always feels equally as painful...the pain doesn't always have the same effect.  My state of mind tends to determine the extent to which the pain affects me.

So my main goal is to keep a more upbeat state of mind so that when those "bricking" moments hit...though it might throw me off my game...it will only be momentarily.

Any hints on keeping the upbeat state of mind?

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