Day 275 – “Progress NOT perfection…”

Day 275 – “Progress NOT perfection…”

Day 275 – “Progress NOT perfection…”
“Truth must be rooted in something more than personal opinion, and kindness means going beyond self-interest.”
Forgiveness of all the people who’ve done terrible things to us and all the situations that have harmed us is the only way to a totally free, clear, and clean mind.
Negativity can come from external, bad influences. But it’s not rooted in them. The more I get to know the humble, lowly, forgiving character of Jesus, the more I recognise that every single negative thought and emotion—without exception—is birthed by the ego; that place of self-envisioned self-importance that exists in every single one of us; that place that has the ability to deceive us into thinking we have absolute control over life’s outcomes.
Good character like good soup is usually homemade.
This is an unpublished series of notes that I wrote in 2016.
The notes are thoughts provoked by studies at my church; perceptions of Biblical application in contemporary life, emerging as a result of reading the Bible repeatedly, life experience (both before I was a Christian and now), listening to sermons, and attending a multitude of courses…
“Power comes from lying…lying big, and gettin’ the whole damn world to play along with you. Once you got everybody agreeing with what they known in their hearts ain’t true, you’ve got ’em by the balls…”