What Grace Means to Me
Posted: 14 Jan 2021, 12:22
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What Grace Means to Me
by Scott Hughes
To be extremely confident, but not at all arrogant.
To be brave, but not fearless.
To be stoically tough, but not painless.
To be inspired, but not restless.
To have calm endurance without laziness.
To be motivated, but not greedy.
To have fun in this life, without addiction, attachment, or desperate clinginess.
To love and appreciate, without jealousy, cowardly possessiveness, or controlling anger.
To be alive, but not discontent.
To be content, but not dead.
To live as a mortal human, without becoming only human.
To treat your flesh as your temple, but not your true self.
To be at war in the material world, without losing inner peace.
To be kind, but not dishonest.
To love and forgive unconditionally, but only trust intelligently.
To be assertive, but not aggressive.
To forcefully defend your own as needed, but not offensively attack others.
To set boundaries without crossing boundaries.
To be rebellious and free, but not a tyrant.
To pick your battles stingily, but fight the battles you pick with incredible stubborn determination.
To rarely choose to do, but to do your best when you do.
To be stubbornly decisive and self-determined, but accepting of that which you cannot control.
To do your best with the metaphorical cards you’re dealt, without trying to change the cards at all.
To do, without trying.
To achieve ultimate inner peace without having to first suffer ultimate outward devastation.
To choose to make where you are now your personal rock bottom before hitting actual rock bottom.
To choose to turn your life around before it is too late and there is no life left to turn around.
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What Grace Means to Me
by Scott Hughes
To be extremely confident, but not at all arrogant.
To be brave, but not fearless.
To be stoically tough, but not painless.
To be inspired, but not restless.
To have calm endurance without laziness.
To be motivated, but not greedy.
To have fun in this life, without addiction, attachment, or desperate clinginess.
To love and appreciate, without jealousy, cowardly possessiveness, or controlling anger.
To be alive, but not discontent.
To be content, but not dead.
To live as a mortal human, without becoming only human.
To treat your flesh as your temple, but not your true self.
To be at war in the material world, without losing inner peace.
To be kind, but not dishonest.
To love and forgive unconditionally, but only trust intelligently.
To be assertive, but not aggressive.
To forcefully defend your own as needed, but not offensively attack others.
To set boundaries without crossing boundaries.
To be rebellious and free, but not a tyrant.
To pick your battles stingily, but fight the battles you pick with incredible stubborn determination.
To rarely choose to do, but to do your best when you do.
To be stubbornly decisive and self-determined, but accepting of that which you cannot control.
To do your best with the metaphorical cards you’re dealt, without trying to change the cards at all.
To do, without trying.
To achieve ultimate inner peace without having to first suffer ultimate outward devastation.
To choose to make where you are now your personal rock bottom before hitting actual rock bottom.
To choose to turn your life around before it is too late and there is no life left to turn around.
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