Cathy Burnham Martin's Blog, page 12

“I decided early to give my life to something eternal and absolute. Not to these little gods that are here today and gone tomorrow, but to God who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968)
American Baptist minister & civil rights activist

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Sometimes resilience is our very best friend. Embrace it and hold your head up. People may treat us poorly… repeatedly. Perhaps they do not know any better. Perhaps they are working out the trauma in their own head. Stay the course. You are worthy.

“I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.”

— Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014)
American poet and activist

“Enthusiasm reflects confidence, spreads good cheer, raises morale, inspires associates, arouses loyalty, and laughs at adversity … it is beyond price.”

— Allan V. Cox (1926 – 1987)
American geophysicist

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“Character is like a tree and reputation a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”

— Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
American statesman; 16th President: 1861-65; assassinated following Civil War

“Seeing is not believing; believing is seeing! You see things, not as they are, but as you are.”

— Eric Butterworth (1916 – 2003)
Canadian-American author and spiritual teacher
(from his 2001 book, Spiritual Economics)

“There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

— Edith Wharton (1862 – 1937)
American writer & designer

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“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”

— Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
German-born theoretical physicist; developed theory of relativity

Happy Easter blessings!

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“It takes a long time to become young.”

— Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973)
Spanish artist; founded Cubism

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May Good Friday inspire your soul and fill your life with grace.