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Can happiness be that easy? Finding little joys in the worst moments?
‘There is a safe place in the eye of every storm.’”
“Laughter keeps you young at heart. Laugh at least once a day. Twice is better.”
that our job in life is to endure, to be kind, and to constantly put the past behind us and not dwell too much on the future. If you must look back, try to find the beauty and the benefit in every cruelty done to you. If you must think about the future, try to have no expectations about it. Trust in God to guide you through.
“Because when you do that, my dear, you will know God’s blessing and deserve every happiness and abundance this life has to offer as long as you give part of your abundance to others less fortunate.
He said praying was where you talk to God. And meditation was where you listen.”
“She told me once that she believed that life does not happen to you; it happens for you, and that your whole life is a blessed journey of discovery. But you can only see life clearly and relish it when the journey is almost at an end.”
“Sometimes that’s all we really need to get up and go. Food and kindness.”
“But take my love with you wherever you go. And I’ll take your love with me. And hopefully, someday, like your friend Mrs. Kantor, we’ll be able to see the beauty in every cruelty we’ve had to endure. Even this moment.”
“Whatever emotions you carry in your heart, Martel, especially love. God listens loud and clear if you feel love.
“This is an American story, an immigrant story, a spiritual and universal story. May we all dare to chase such dreams, experience such grace, and lead such miraculous lives.”
