You Cannot Love Without Giving

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You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. – Amy Carmichael Let go: What have you done this week to better someone else’s life? Start over: Watch and listen for the needs and desires of family members, friends, neighbors, or people at work or church. Move forward: Show your love by doing…

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Hope, even when things get hard

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Choosing to have joy is not naively thinking everything will be easy. It is courageously believing that there is still hope, even when things get hard.  – MORGAN HARPER NICHOLS Let go: Where do your mind and heart go when things get hard? Do you catastrophize? Are you discouraged? Start over: Choosing joy doesn’t mean…

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Become a Child Again at Christmas

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Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. ― Laura Ingalls Wilder Let go: Does your load feel heavy? Is it hard to feel the joy of Christmas? Start over: When was the last time you…

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