What you hope, you will eventually believe. _x000D_ What you believe you will eventually know. What you know, you will eventually create. What you create, _x000D_ you will eventually experience. What you experience, _x000D_ you will eventually express. What you express, _x000D_ you will eventually become. _x000D_ This is the formula for all of life.
All people are special, and all moments are golden. There is no person and there is no time more special than another. Many people choose to believe that God communicates in special ways and only with special people. This removes the mass of the people from responsibility for hearing God's message, much less receiving it (which is another matter), and allows them to take someone else's word for everything.
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What this quote means
Every person holds inherent value, and all moments are significant; individuals shouldn't defer their spiritual understanding to others.
This quote emphasizes the idea that every individual and every moment possesses unique worth. It critiques the tendency for people to believe that communication from God is reserved for a select few, thus abdicating their personal responsibility to engage with their own spirituality and understandings. Walsch advocates for recognizing that everyone has the capacity to perceive and interpret spiritual messages, suggesting that there is no need to rely solely on others' interpretations.
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Example use cases
In a discussion about equality and individuality during a community gathering.
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