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August 28th, 2014

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Quote of the day

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Complaining about where we are or what we have is the best way to ensure things stay exactly as they are. We will not attract better or do more until we respect and appreciate what we have now.

—Iyanla Vanzant
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"Благодарю, Господи..."/"Thank You, Lord..."

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Благодарю, Господи, что создал меня такой...

Много лет назад пришла ко мне поговорить одна молодая женщина; она села в ризнице на диван, свесила голову и с горьким, кислым выражением лица сказала загробным голосом: Я грешница…

Я ей бодро ответил: Это не новость, ясно, что вы грешница — мы все грешники!..
Да, сказала она, но я особенно гнусная…

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"Thank You, Lord, that you created me thus..."

Many years ago, a young woman came to talk to me; she sat down on the couch in the back room of the church, hung her head, and with a bitter, sour expression on her face, said, in a dull voice, "I'm a sinner..."

I replied cheerfully, "That's not news, of course you're a sinner--all of us are sinners!"
"Yes," said she, "but I'm an especially hardened sinner..."

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