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“Gratitude” by Max Kapp

Out of the well of serenity comes a cool water with starlight shining in its depths

To begin each day as if it were opening for the first time into the freshness and vibrancy of expectant living is to enter into the joy of the morning as a spiritual experience. We cannot sever ourselves from yesterday, but we need not add to yesterday's burden

In a hundred ways, we need to learn the art of reconciliation. In our personal relationships with others, in our group life, in labor relations, in political relations, in economic life, we need to extend the principle of an understanding good will. But such a spirit can express itself only after it has been formed and informed in the composure of our own souls

Humility is teachableness...True science, true religion and true humility are not strangers to one another.

Forgiveness is the practice of regenerative love towards others. The wonderful part of this practice is that by it we are forgiven. By refusing to return evil for evil, we create strong character within ourselves...By stopping to take thought and refusing to reply to anger with more anger, we break a vicious circle, and inject a new redemptive element into a conflict

I am not afraid of the earth and its strange strength. I tread upon it, and it exalts me. I know my kinship with the dust, but even there a Nameless Presence hides and puts forth its purpose and dreams and designs.

It is the habit of our thinking to assume we earn our way in life, and are given measures of possessions according as we deserve them. But we are pensioners of the universe and receive far, far more than ever we return.