A Man Must Rise By His Own

A Willingness To Practice Patience. Patience In Communication Is That Certain Ingredient Of Conduct We Hope Others Will Exhibit Toward Us When We Fail To Measure Up. Our Own Patience Is Developed When We Are Patient With Others.

Greatness Is Best Measured By How Well An Individual Responds To The Happenings In Life That Appear Totally Unfair, Unreasonable, And Undeserved. Sometimes We Are Inclined To Put Up With A Situation Rather Than Endure. To Endure Is To Bear Up Under, To Stand Firm Against, To Suffer Without Yielding, To Continue To Be, Or To Exhibit The State Or Power Of Lasting.

We Often Equate Charity With Visiting The Sick, Taking In Casseroles To Those In Need, Or Sharing Our Excess With Those Who Are Less Fortunate. But Really, True Charity Is Much, Much More. Real Charity Is Not Something You Give Away; It Is Something That You Acquire And Make A Part Of Yourself. And When The Virtue Of Charity Becomes Implanted In Your Heart, You Are Never The Same Again.

Once Upon Hearing A Friend's Bashing Comment I Said, "did You Reach That Conclusion On Your Own, Or Did It Come Through Prayer?"

True Happiness Is Not Made In Getting Something. True Happiness Is Becoming Something. This Can Be Done By Being Committed To Lofty Goals. We Cannot Become Something Without Commitment.