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The following quote is from “Emmanuel’s Book II, The Choice for Love,” compiled by Pat Rodegast and Judith Stanton.
There is also a Book I and a Book III. I like this one the best, but all are excellent. Emmanuel handles the tough questions about life in a loving and instructive way. This is the type of book that you read again and again.
I want to remind you that those who commit suicide recognize immediately the futility of what they believed was the final act of self-destruction and escape. They gather quickly all the details of what happened. Then the wisdom and love that is there instucts, directs, and sends them back to the planet.
The longing for death can, when it comes from remembering, be a voice from Home. When it comes from a desire to escape then I’m afraid it’s only that.
Maya Angelou is an American autobiographer and poet who has been called “America’s most visible black female autobiographer” by scholar Joanne M. Braxton. She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adulthood experiences.
In April, Maya Angelou was interviewed by Oprah on her 70+ birthday. Oprah asked her what she thought of growing older. And, there on television, she said it was “exciting”.
Regarding body changes, she said there were many, occurring every day, like her breasts. They seem to be in a race to see which will reach her waist, first.
The audience laughed so hard they cried. She is such a simple and honest woman, with so much wisdom in her words!
Maya Angelou said:
“I’ve learned that:
no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”
that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.”
that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.”
that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life.'”
that life sometimes gives you a second chance.”
that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.”
that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.”
that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.”
that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.”
that I still have a lot to learn.”
that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Serenity is the wisdom of knowing who you are, and understanding your place in the greater reality. Only by “seeing” the greater truths can you remain calm while everyone around you is losing their mind and blaming it on you. A spiritual friend explained to me that the ability to remain calm and serene in the middle of a battlefield is the mark of a truly spiritual person. Four U.S. Army chaplains–two Protestant, one Catholic, and one Jewish–were aboard the Army transport ship U.S.S. Dorchester when it was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic, off the coast of Greenland, on February 3, 1943. The four gave away their own life-jackets so others might live. They stood on the deck while the ship sank. Serenity is a gift from God to His children. If you don’t own it, seek it today.
“Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.”
