State of Grace

1.
Live life compassionately.


2.
Live life fully.


3.
Live life responsibly.


4.
Live life thoughtfully.


5.
Live life full of wonder.


6.
These are three major goals of life:
to live full of grace, to live respectfully, to achieve a life of happiness.


7.
Grace is achieved when you feel yourself as part
of the world around you.
Therefore, accept the wonder of the natural world.


8.
Dignity is achieved when you accept the dignity of others.
Therefore, live responsibly as part of the social world.


9.
Happiness is achieved when you live with grace and dignity.


10.
Disgrace is separating yourself from that to which you belong.
Not honoring that which deserves to be honored is a disgrace.


11.
To act honorably is to act justly.
Give everyone his or her due.


12.
Honor those who have gone before.
To honor the past is to endow the future.
When we endow the future, we honor ourselves.


13.
The honorable person is mindful of the world.
Peace of heart cannot be taken from the honorable person.
A peaceful heart is a happy heart.


14.
A peaceful heart is an accepting heart.
Accept yourself as you might become.


15.
An accepting heart is accepting of other's shortcomings.


16.
Accept the changes nature brings.
Winter, too, is beautiful.


17.
When a bird flies in China today, it will rain next week in Canada.
So why do you think that what you doesn't matter?


18.
It is the little heroes who, in the long run, make the difference.

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