Worry is like rocking in a rocking chair all day, because it keeps you busy but gets you nowhere.
Joyce MeyerRead
We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people.
Interpretation
We often seek validation from others instead of finding our worth in our relationship with God.
This quote emphasizes the importance of deriving one's sense of worth and value from a spiritual or divine source rather than from other people. It suggests that seeking approval or validation from others can lead to disappointment and agony because humans are inherently flawed and unable to provide the unconditional support and assurance that we truly need, which can only come from God.
In practice
In a motivational speech about self-esteem and self-worth.
Worry is like rocking in a rocking chair all day, because it keeps you busy but gets you nowhere.
A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.
Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.
Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable.
Early on in my life, I had a broken soul. I was abused by my father, abandoned by my mother and ended up in a destructive first marriage. By the time I was 23, I was broken in my soul. I didn't know how to think right. I felt wrong about everything. But God stepped into my life, and I came out on the other side and didn't even smell like smoke.
I learned that what happened to me did not have to define who I was. My past could not control my future unless I allowed it to.
If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.
Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we're as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned.
Maybe it'll stop you trying to be so desperate about making more money than you can ever use? You can't take it with you, Mr. Kirby. So what good is it? As near as I can see, the only thing you can take with you is the love of your friends.
Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.
It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
I accept myself unconditionally right now
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