One of the
functions
of humor
is to help
all of us
take ourselves
less seriously
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Today's Thought Gem—March
31 posts · 1 participants · started Mar 1, 2015, 12:20 AM
Humor
is the
divine antidote
for
exaltation
of ego
…sometimes your most disappointing
disappointments have become your
greatest blessing. Sometimes the planting
of a seed necessitates its death, the death of
your fondest hopes, before it can be reborn to
bear the fruits of new life and new opportunity
You will learn that
you increase your burdens
and decrease your
likelihood of success
by taking yourself
too seriously
Very important is the work
of preparation for the next
higher sphere, but nothing
equals the importance of the
work of the world in which
you are actually living
When you feel important,
you lose energy to the
wear and tear of ego dignity
so that there is little energy
left to do the work
Self-importance, not work-importance,
exhausts immature creatures;
it’s the self element that exhausts,
not the effort to achieve
You can do important work
if you do not become self-important,
you can do several things as easily as one
if you leave yourself out
Variety is restful;
monotony is what
wears and exhausts
A display of specialized skill
does not signify possession
of spiritual capacity
Cleverness is not
a substitute for
true character
Few persons live up
to the faith which
they really have
Unreasoned fear is a
master intellectual fraud
practiced upon the
evolving mortal soul
Inherent capacities cannot be exceeded,
a pint cannot hold a quart. The spirit
concept cannot mechanically be forced
into the material memory mould
Few mortals ever dare to draw
anything like the sum of personality credits
established by the combined ministries of
nature and grace. The majority of
impoverished souls are truly rich,
but they refuse to believe it
Difficulties may challenge mediocrity
and defeat the fearful, but they only stimulate
the true children of the Most Highs
To enjoy privilege without abuse,
to have liberty without license,
to possess power and steadfastly refuse
to use it for self-aggrandizement—these are
the marks of high civilization
Blind and unforeseen accidents
do not occur in the cosmos. Neither
do the celestial beings assist the
lower being who refuses to act
upon his light of truth
Effort does not always produce joy,
but there is no happiness
without intelligent effort
Action
achieves strength;
moderation
eventuates in charm