Motivational Quotes, Encouragement, and Practicing Gratitude
Developing Self-Discipline
"Habits that took years to build do not take a day to change."
Developing perseverence and self-discipline allows us to be persistent and positive. Positive habits prevents us from having vices. Being diligent and self-disciplined allows us to be industrious. We can use our time for good and not waste it by being slothful and lazy.
The Importance of Optimism
"I have tried in my time to be a philosopher, but cheerfulness always kept breaking in."
This quote from Oliver Edwards describes how there is a need to be an optimist and persevere with happiness. We know that socialism tries to make the world into a worse place while gratitude and positivity allows us to persist. There are false philosophies of disbelief like nihilism and atheism that were created by idolators to diminish optimism. We can avoid false philosophies that want to lead to socialism like atheism and nihilism.
The Importance of Happiness
"Happiness cannot be pursued but it must ensue."
We learn that Viktor E. Frankl described that we do not have to pursue happiness and instead are happy when we realize that our life has meaning and purpose. Acknowledging that we can persevere with gratitude and meaning allows us to persist with happiness and motivation. We learn that we have intrinsic value that provides happiness that does not require extrinsic things.
The Importance of Integrity
"To practice good is noble. To teach others to practice good is even nobler."
Mark Twain has a saying about the importance of practicing integrity. Twain described that it is necessary to practice goodness and integrity and also to teach the importance of practicing integrity. This quote does not mean that instructing the practice of integrity is greater than practing integrity. It means that we need to practice integrity and also teach the importance of integrity to others. This prevents hypocrisy. Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer which described the importance of humility and integrity.
The Importance of Optimism
"In other words, what matters is to make the best of any given situation."
Viktor E. Frankl described that there is the need to keep optimism despite negativity and opposition. Frankl lived his life practicing positivity. We can persevere seeing the positive side of life. We can always be grateful for the good things that we have. Even in the not so good times, we can be grateful to persevere with virtues. We can keep writing and preaching for the worship of GOD Almighty despite envy. Frankl survived to long life for keeping optimism and saw the decline of nazi socialism.
The Importance of Optimism
"And this in turn presupposes the human capacity to creatively turn life's negative aspects into something positive or constructive."- Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor E. Frankl described how it is better to persevere with optimism than to be a pessimist. We learn that optimism is better than negativity. Optimism leads to positivity and keeping a positive demeanor despite opposition, adversity, or persecution. Frankl described how remaining an optimist allowed him to persevere despite persecution from nazi socialists. Frankl memorized the Psalms of David, kept a sense of humor, persisted with integrity and empathy, and was an optimist. Frankl lived to 93 years of age outliving Hitler who took a cyanide pellet and died.
The Importance of Autonomy
"Man has both potentialities within himself [good and evil]; which one is actualized depends on decisions not on conditions."
Viktor E. Frankl described how we are born with autonomy and can keep persevering with autonomy. While socialism tries to say that genetics or environment are to blame, each individual has autonomy to persevere with integrity and courage. Frankl kept to his ideals and values and outlived Hitler. Frankl never became an informant snitch and also kept empathy despite persecution. Frankl's faith and integrity allowed Frankl to thrive and demonstrate that conditions do not dictate who we are. We are born with autonomy to keep being brave and courageous instead of socialist cowards.
The Importance of Avoiding Negative Information
"Television is as injurious to the soul as fast food is to the body."
This quote by Quentin Crisp (recently found out he was a homosexual and do not agree with that lifestyle yet the quote is good) describes how we should avoid negative and false information. We have seen since the 2010s how television had turned more nihilistic and negative including having negative series. Except for sermons, educative programming, and sports, most television programming was negative. We should avoid false and discouraging information (same applies to Youtube).
Persevering Seeing the Good in Life
"There is not a lot of money in poetry, yet there is not a lot of poetry in money either."
There is a quote that states that in the life of poets there is not much stagflated currency. Yet, we learn that there is not much beauty and positivity in the love of money either. Robert Frost's life describes that it is better to choose positivity than the love of stagflated currency. Robert Frost became one of the best if not the best poet of all time winning four Pulitzer's.
Persevering With Meaning and Purpose
"(In 1962) another statistical survey, of 7,948 students at forty-eight colleges, was conducted by social scientists from Johns Hopkins University. Their preliminary report is part of a two year study sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. Asked what they considered very important to them now, 16 percent of the students checked 'making a lot of money'; 78 percent said that their first goal was 'finding a purpose and meaning to my life.'"- (page 122)
In the 1960s, students at Johns Hopkins University described that having meaning and purpose was more important to them than money. We learn that the worship of GOD Almighty is greater than the temporary things of the world including money. It has been only in recent decades that idolatry and lies have attempted to make it seem that money is more important to lead to the road of destruction. We can prefer GOD Almighty instead of stagflated currency.
The Importance of Autonomy
"A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining."- Viktor E. Frankl
Frankl described how each individual is born with autonomy to decide if they want to persevere with bravery and goodness. Frankl described how there were righteous individuals who never became corrupted despite persecution and opposition. There were individuals with integrity who behaved similar to saints while wicked individuals devolved to swine.
Persevering With Bravery
"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice."- Bob Marley
Bob Marley was a pacifist who was envied and persecuted by socialists. He was creative and industrious. Despite envy, Marley sang about pacifism, genuine empathy, and kindness. Marley also wrote lyrics, sang, played guitar, and led his band (being the musician of the 1990s). Because his music was unique and distinct, he was probably envied. Marley still spoke about the importance of bravery and filial love.
Persevering With Gratitude and Humbleness
"My riches consist not in the extent of my material resources, but in the fewness of my wants."- Quote from PositiveSoup
This quote may have been inspired by Stoicism. We learn that Marcus Aurelius also spoke about the need to eliminate coveting and negative emotions. Marcus Aurelius probably was influenced and inspired by Christianity. We learn that life is more than material resources. We learn that the worship of GOD Almighty and genuine empathy are greater than temporary wealth, false relationships, idol worship, and coveting.
Denying the Illusion of Power
"Ultimate power corrupts ultimately."- George Orwell
George Orwell criticized totalitarianism and fascism seen in socialist dictatorships. We learn that socialist dictatorships have collapsed due to the practice deceit, envy, division, and greed. From Mussolini to Hitler to Stalin, the illusion of "power" has led socialists to create barren dystopias. We learn that power is to be used responsibly along with honesty and other virtues to prevent misuse. Misuse of power is judged by King Jesus Christ. We learn that amazing leaders used their power for good and helped others described in Churchill, Eisenhower, JFK, MLK, Thatcher, Carter, Reagen, and Pope John Paul II.
The Importance of Autonomy and Integrity
“The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” – Anne Marie Frank
Anne Frank described the importance of autonomy and persevering with goodness. Despite temptation and persecution, we can persevere speaking truth and practicing righteousness. Frank similar to Frankl described that an individual can persist with morality despite circumstances, opposition, and persecution.
The Importance of Loving GOD Almighty Above Everything, Genuine Empathy, and Responsibility
[The fear of the LORD] creates people who are led by responsibility, by responsible love. Responsibility and responsible love creates righteous set apart, true Christians, to whom the future of the world ultimately belongs."- Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II described that loving GOD Almighty above everything creates autonomous and responsible individuals. We learn that with freedom we also need to be responsible to avoid irresponsibility and immaturity seen in socialism and communism that is idolatry. (We can practice empathy while avoiding treacherous rat snake socialists.)
Persevering With Integrity and Values
"There are some authors who contend that meanings and values are 'nothing but defense mechanisms, reaction formations, and sublimations.' But as for myself, I would not be willing to live merely for the sake of my 'defense mechanisms,' nor would I be ready to die merely for the sake of my 'reaction formations'. Man, however, is able to live and even die for the sake of his ideals and values!"- Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor E. Frankl described the importance of having integrity and practicing morality that allows us to persevere through everything. Frankl's integrity and positivity describes that it is better to be ethical than wicked and treacherous. Idolatry hates that individuals are righteous and moral because then they do not want to practice sin and foolishness. Integrity keeps us far away from the path of destruction.
Logotherapy Gives Meaning and Purpose to Persevere Despite Circumstances
"It is one of the basic tenets of logotherapy that man's main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see meaning in his life."- Viktor E. Frankl
Logotherapy is better than Adlerian and Freudian psychology because having meaning and purpose allows us to persist without being discouraged. When the there is no longer continous momentary pleasure (Freudian psychology) in life, is life still worth living? When there is no longer temporary power (Adlerian psychology), is life still worth living? Yet in the worship of GOD Almighty life is always worth living because GOD Almighty is greater than momentary pleasure and the illusion of power.
Logotherapy Tells Us to Persevere Being Optimistic and Industrious
"Logotherapy, keeping in mind the essential transitoriness of human existence, is not pessimistic but rather activistic."- Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor E. Frankl told us that despite the transitoriness of life, we can avoid having negative emotions by having gratitude. Even when there are changes in life such as transitions, we can persevere being proactive and industrious. Frankl persevered when he could not practice medicine by writing and encouraging others. Solzhenytsin was envied and could not keep being a soldier, yet wrote and converted to Christianity. Gregory Grigoriev was sent to gulag yet never became an informant and denied temptations to sin in order to have soft jobs. Grigoriev grew younger with age never becoming a socialist. Kozyrev learned physics and astronomy by memorizing a book in two days to keep working on and innovating the field of astrophysics while he was envied.We can always be proactive and industrious even during non-optimal times.
Persevering With Meaning and Purpose
"Man's search for meaning is the primary motivation in his life and not a 'secondary rationalization' of instinctual drives."- Viktor E. Frankl
We are created by GOD Almighty to worship GOD Almighty for all eternity in the New Earth and New Jerusalem. We are created with eternal meaning and purpose. This understanding allows us to avoid temporary lies from idolatry that says that pleasure (Freudian psychology) or power (Adlerian psychology) are to be prioritized.
The Importance of Autonomy and Freedom
"As for others, I do not know what course they will take, but for me give me liberty or give me death."- Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry was an American who fought against tyranny. While individuals in 1776 were divided on whether they should keep abiding with totalitarian British mandates or seek autonomy, Americans decided to be independant from England. Patrick Henry stated this quote in support of the American Revolution. Despite fighting against the super power at that time and also treacherous snakes like Benedict Arnold, Americans obtained their liberty. We can keep fighting by preaching truth, worshiping GOD Almighty above everything, and leaving the vengeance to King Jesus Christ.
Persevering With Bravery and Autonomy
"This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."- Elmer Davis
Despite not living in the best of times, we can persevere with courage and being distinct and unique. We learn that autonomy and freedom are important. We can persist without being socialist cowards who want to restrict sovereignty, freedom of speech, liberty, privacy, bravery, industriousness, and autonomy.
Persevering With Righteousness and Self-Confidence
"Confidence is not, 'They will like me.' Confidence is, 'I will be fine if they do not.'"
We have seen in history that amazing men and women decided to practice righteousness and never gave in to iniquity. We can persevere acknowledging that GOD Almighty is most important over everything including fake people.
The Importance of Autonomy and Justice
"Free at last, free at last, thank GOD Almighty, we are free at last."- MLK's I have a Dream Speech in the March on Washington
MLK's persistence to fight against bigotry and racism is not only admirable but also impressive. MLK would receive the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting segregation and Jim Crowe laws in the United States in 1964. MLK had gratitude to GOD Almighty for being able to accomplish such great actions and never gave up despite opposition from Hoover, Sullivan, the FBI, and socialist racist cowards.
The Importance of Genuine Empathy
"America did not create human rights, human rights created America."- Jimmy Carter
President Jimmy Carter stated that America did not create human rights and instead human rights created America. The Pilgrims and Puritans fled persecution in England to profess their faith in GOD Almighty. Obeying the commandments of Moses allows us to recognize the importance of genuine empathy. The Civil Rights Movement allowed us to understand that racism, corruption, and envy have no place in civil society.
Gratitude and Happiness
"In this life we are all just walking up the mountain, and we can sing as we climb or we can complain about our sore feet. Whichever we choose, we still have to do the hike. I decided a long time ago, singing made a lot more sense."
This quote describes the importance of positivity and happiness instead of being negative and hateful. We can choose to persevere with gratitude instead of being resentful.
Having Purpose and Meaning
"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value."- Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a humble scientist who despite being gifted in science attributed his renown to being curious and self-didactic. Einstein was persecuted by nazi socialists, yet kept being industrious despite intimidations and envy. Einstein did not care about the fame and instead cared about being self-didactic. Einstein would remain humble despite being one of the greatest scientists and refused to be president of Israel when offered the position. Einstein preferred to keep learning and write about science.
On Cherishing Happiness
"Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder."- Henry David Thoreau
Viktor E. Frankl described that happiness is not pursued and instead it must ensue from having meaning and purpose. The worship of GOD Almighty allows us to have eternal meaning and purpose and also true happiness that does not fade.
Persevering Despite Opposition and Envy
"We shall never surrender."- Winston Spencer Churchill
Winston Churchill galvenized the United States and Europe to fight against the nazi socialists. While there were coward politicians that wanted to capitulate to the nazi socialists, Churchill's bravery mounted a resistance against racism and envy. Churchill did not back down and decided to fight against the persecution of Jewish individuals and false ideologies of envy. Churchill allowed for the United States to make the right choice and fight against totalitarianism and racism. Dwight D. Eisenhower would command the Allied Forces and defeat the racist nazi socialists. Despite the opposition, Churchill's bravery is cherished and remembered for fighting against cowardice and envy. Even when it appeared that the nazi socialists were expanding, Churchill's valor caused socialist nazism to decline after the Second World War. While racism and hate still exists, the power of love and genuine empathy is far greater. The Nuremberg Trials described that racism is not needed in civil society.
Prioritizing the Worship of GOD Almighty and Not Materialism and Coveting
"Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body."- George Carlin
George Carlin was a comedian who began rebelling against discipline and righteousness in the 1950s, yet by the 2000s he had changed his mind and made stand up routines criticizing post-modernism, idolatry, and materialism. Carlin has interesting sayings against coveting and also the manner that post-modernism has attempted to change vocabulary words so that they do not "offend" while in reality it is to limit free speech. Carlin noticed that temporary material wealth is not the source of happiness. Carlin would also criticize post-modernism for its fakeness despite being rebellious and idolatrous in the 1950s.
Persevering With Gratitude and Maturity
"He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden."- Plato
This quote of Plato describes that individuals who are humble and practice gratitude persevere with serenity and happiness. Individuals that have envy and anger do not have serenity and peace. We learn that youth and age can be seen in a positive light without negativity knowing that youth teaches us the importance of correction and learning while age teaches us the value of wisdom and gratitude.
Seeing Age With Positivity
"Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been."- Mark Twain
While post-modernism attempts to obsess over appearances and remaining youthful with countless cosmetic products and procedures, humility allows us to know that aging is normal. Instead of seeing wrinkles with worry and fear, we learn to appreciate that a human being is able to improve by placing their importance in the worship of GOD Almighty and having meaning and purpose. We learn that a human being can be amazing and beautiful because of the worship of GOD Almighty and practice of genuine empathy. (This needs to be said due to post-modernisms attempts to get individuals to compare themselves to others. 19 year olds do not need cosmetic procedures.)
The Importance of True Happiness
"Remember, you can not hold happiness in your fist. You can only hold happiness in your hand."
There is a quote that reminds us that true happiness happens when we decide to be grateful and authentic instead of resentful and envious. True happiness happens when we dedicate ourselves to something greater than ourselves describing the worship of GOD Almighty. We begin to appreciate the good things that we have instead of envying and coveting other people. True happiness is not fake nor coersed and instead is real and natural. It is not found in materialism, socialism, nor idolatry.
On Genuineness and Authenticity
"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."- Kurt Kobain
While not agreeing with the rock and roll lifestyle, Kurt Kobain described the importance of uniqueness and individuality in this quote. GOD Almighty created 8.2 billion people on the earth and each person is distinct and unique. Instead of fighting and envying over our differences, we can be grateful for being distinct and unique. We can also live in serenity with one another instead of hating and being in conflict for no reason. We do not have to compare ourselves to anyone because we are each distinct. (We also do not have to compare ourselves in comparitive social media based on false metrics and consumerism.)
Choosing Righteousness and Avoiding Wickedness (Idolatry)
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."- Plato
We can persevere deciding to be ethical and moral while denying iniquity and envy. We can choose to doubt the lies of sin and choose to speak truth. We can choose to be brave and good instead of evil and foolish. We can outgrow our fears and choose to be brave instead of being envious cowards who practice hypocrisy and deceit.
Persevering With Genuine Empathy and No Hypocrisy
"The unexamined life is not worth living."-Socrates
We learn that we are meant to improve and keep getting better each day. Each day is a day to learn something new and also be grateful for learning positive life lessons. We are not meant to live a stagnated life hating and envying others.
The Importance of Humbleness and Industriousness
"Work Hard and Stay Humble"
Being industrious allows us to be motivated and know that we have eternal meaning and purpose in the worship of GOD Almighty. Even with the covid "pandemic" preventing people from working and going to school (based on the need to get an experimental "vaccine"), preaching allows us to stay motivated and industrious speaking truth and writing for the worship of GOD Almighty. Humbleness prevents us from believing the deceit of the snake that wants individuals to be arrogant and envious of others without reason. Industriousness and being humble prevents us from practicing sin and idolatry.
Expressing Gratitude Each Day
Each day we can remind ourselves of the positive and good things that we have. Having gratitude prevents ingratitude from leading to the practice of sin and idolatry.
1. Being able to read and be self-didactic despite opposition against people to be in school and have employment from the stingy, avaricious, and idolatrous socialists. There is a statistic that states that if you are able to read, you should be grateful because about 3 billion people in the world do not know how to read (this statistic was seen in the 2010s despite the advances of technology and supposed improvements in the world).
2. Not being covid "vaccinated"
3. Getting adequate exercise each day
4. Having a nutritious diet
5. Not practicing idol worship
Persevering Without Resentments and Envy
“When people throw you stones, it is because you are a good tree full of fruits. They see a lot of harvest in you. Do not go down to their level by throwing them back the stones, but throw them your fruits so the seeds of yourself may inspire them to change their ways.”- positive quotes
This quote describes the need to not have resentments and to avoid negative emotions. We have all been reviled, envied, and hated at one point or another for no reason (most likely by idolators). Instead of harboring resentments of the past, we can persevere removing hate, anger, resentments, and bitterness and instead persevere with gladness, gratitude, resiliency, and serenity. This wisdom allows us to remove the burden that is negativity, envy, bitterness, and hate. We can also avoid the practice of idolatry, false prophets, and idolators.
Persevering With Self-Confidence
"Do not be so hard on yourself."
When we practice empathy, we also have to learn to take care of ourselves. We can learn to block out and remove non-constructive criticism and envy that is not needed from narcissists and idolators that have nothing good to offer and only offer lies and negative emotions. Practicing empathy does not mean that we have to listen to discouragements, revilings, and insults. We can choose to avoid narcissists and idolators who want others to be negative and bitter like they are.
Learning to Persevere With Self-Confidence Despite Envy and Discouragements from Idolators
"Not everyone has to like me. I can not force you to have good taste."
When we grow up and mature, we learn that not everyone has to like us, yet we can refuse to be disrespected by idolators who envy. There are idolators who envy and hate everything that is amazing and good. We have seen how idolators and socialists hate and envy amazing individuals from sport athletes like Pele with multiple world cup wins to amazing physicians who cared about their patients like Viktor E. Frankl and the psychiatrist who was dismissed for providing amazing care. We can persevere knowing that while there is envy due to the times that we live in, we can be far apart from slimy, backstabbing, socialist snakes. We can avoid such people who envy because we do not need the negative emotions nor the discouragements of lying hypocrites.
Persevering Despite Persecution and Envy from Socialists
“One reason that GOD allows individuals to come against you is so that they can see, that even when they give you their worst, GOD still gives you His best.”
We learn from the Sacred Scriptures that impressive and amazing individuals were hated and envied by idolators. We learn to persevere knowing that these times are not so great and that despite the envy, we can persevere worshiping King Jesus Christ. We learn that envy has existed for a long time (about 5,992 or 5,993 years or so that earth has existed) and know that these are not the best of times because there is still envy. Despite not living in the best of times, we can acknowledge the things that we can not do in Shabbath Millennium. We learn that righteous individuals persevered despite envy from the snake and were able to persist to eternal salvation. We learn that despite envy, Paul persevered preaching and obtained eternal salvation despite hindrances, discouragements, and revilings from idolators. We learn that the story of Paul is impressive.
Persevering With Genuine Empathy
“GOD Almighty tells us in Scripture that we are unique. GOD Almighty describes that we are created in the image of GOD Almighty. GOD Almighty tells us that we do not have to compare ourselves to anyone because we are each different, distinct, unique, and incomparable.” (quote from a graphic and still trying to find the source)
We can go to Scripture each day to remind ourselves of the truth. When the opposition tries to discourage, we can persevere reminding ourselves of the truth in Scripture that calls us unique, distinct, important, and cherished by GOD Almighty. If you were slandered, insulted, or envied in the past because of being a Christian, know that it has nothing to do with you. The envy is because the idolators hate everything that is good and amazing. We can remind ourselves of amazing stories of amazing individuals that were not enough for the idolators. We know that Moses was not good enough for the wicked individuals of Korah's rebellion even though he had divided the Red Sea, made water flow from a rock, made bread from heaven, defeated five idolatrous nations, and still taught wisdom. The idolators wanted to go back to Egypt. The midwives Shiprah and Puah did not listen to Pharaoh and decided to guard the children from the envy of Pharaoh. Shiprah was told to sin, and instead decided to trust in GOD Almighty guarding the children. Shiprah obeyed GOD Almighty and was favored instead of listening to the envy of Pharaoh. We know that David was discouraged by his own brothers for having bravery in wanting to fight Goliath and then being envied by Saul for destroying the giant that no one wanted to fight. Paul was supposedly “unimpressive” to the false apostles who wanted to discourage his ministry, and yet he preached despite Pharisees trying to slander him, oppose him, and hinder him from preaching. Paul endured discouragements from Pharisees, false apostles, adultress, and idolators and yet accomplished his purpose of preaching King Jesus Christ Eternal LORD and Savior. You do not have to listen to the lies of the snake that hates how individuals are unique and distinct in the worship of GOD Almighty. You are supposed to listen to the GOD of gods, GOD Almighty.
"In case no one told you today…
You are beautiful. You are loved. You are needed. You are alive for a reason. You are stronger than you think. You are going to get through this. I am glad you are alive. And do not ever give up." (quote from dailyhealthpost)
While we may not be living in the best of times, we need to keep reminding ourselves of the good things of life. We can always go to Scripture to find encouragement and motivation. We can go to prayer to ask GOD Almighty to help us persevere with perseverance and motivation. We can also see positive messages that remind us that we are cared for and cherished by our Creator. We can also avoid discouraging and envious false information of post-modernism (we do not have to believe the temporary lies of the snake that looks to discourage individuals from having empathy and happiness). We are reminded to keep being positive despite the not so good times that we are living in. This is to remind ourselves that we can persevere with courage and motivation knowing that we are meant to live in Shabbath Millennium for a Thousand Years and for all eternity in New Jerusalem.
“At some point everyone must decide if they are a creator or a critic, a person who loves or a person who hates, a person who gives or a person who takes.” (quote from positivesoup)
We can learn in life that there are only two paths. We learn that we can choose the path of life creating, practicing generosity, genuine empathy, and giving instead of envying, hating without reason, and being narcissistic and selfish.
Helping People + Talent = Purpose
We learn from the Sacred Scriptures that we are supposed to love GOD Almighty above everything and respect humanity. This wisdom allows us to have purpose and meaning. We learn that we are supposed to worship GOD Almighty with our resources, talents, virtues, and time. We are also supposed to care about humanity and not hate others. We learn about this in the Parable of the Sower and the Parable of the Talents.
Psychologists Have Described the Importance of Wisdom
“The development of this mature form of intelligence [wisdom] is brought about through a set of favorable life influences, including a willingness to learn from experience, interest in the well being of others, training, and mentoring by others.” (page 188 Health Development and Aging from Susan Krauss Whitbourne)
Psychologists have attempted to describe the importance of wisdom. From Scripture, we learn that obeying the commandments of Moses is the beginning of wisdom and the practice of sound judgment. This means that we can make good decisions when we decide to worship GOD Almighty above everything. We learn that psychologists have shown that wisdom is being mature and making sound decisions. Psychologists have described that individuals that choose to listen to and accept constructive criticism or reproof are able to be wise. Psychologists have shown that learning from experience is also important in developing wisdom. This describes that we are supposed to learn life lessons from experiences in life. We learn that we are able to learn lessons from life that prevent us from having ingratitude and envy. We are supposed to also care about others and practice empathy. We are supposed to accept reproof and also instruct wisdom that we may have to others so that they do not practice envy and hate. According to psychologists, wisdom is developed by having empathy and also learning from experiences and reproof. We can choose wisdom instead of envy and irresponsibility
"Humble enough to know that I am not better than anyone, yet wise enough to know that I am different from the rest." (quote from Bruce Lee)
We learn that humility is an important virtue to develop in this life. While in post-modern society, there have been lies told about the need to be arrogant and vain, humility and authenticity are qualities that shine. We learn that Bruce Lee described the importance of humility and authenticity. Humility and authenticity help us persevere with gratitude and happiness.
"Trials are mandatory but misery is optional."
We learn that in life there is persecution, trials, and tribulations, yet we know that we can persevere with happiness instead of discouragement. We learn that despite the discouragements of the snake, we can persevere worshiping GOD Almighty and forsaking idolatry that tries to lead to misery, envy, and coveting.
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." (quote from Albert Einstein)
Albert Einstein was another individual who was humble and described the importance of humility. Albert Einstein described that he had no special talent while being gifted in science. Albert Einstein described that he was curious about learning and that was the reason he excelled at science. We can learn to be self-didactic and keep learning so that we can distinguish true science from pseudo-science.
Avoiding Narcissists and Fighting Narcissism
“People motivate you or they drain you. Choose them wisely.”
This saying states that there are only two kinds of people. There are people that are good, righteous, helpful, and motivate us, and there are also those that are evil, negative, treacherous, and do not motivate us. We can choose to persevere practicing genuine empathy being good instead of deceitful and envious. We can also choose to be far apart from negative narcissists who hate others for no reason. There are negative individuals who actually want others to be angry, hate, and be envious and covetous. We know that those negative emotions drain individuals instead of helping them persevere with positive emotions and gratitude. I have persevered even after having “frienemies” (frienemies are worst than enemies because they are false, pretend to care about you, while they actually hate you. False friends that actually want to know how you are doing so that they can compare themselves and envy even more), yet GOD Almighty has allowed me to be far apart from those types of individuals. Someone who cares about you does not revile you, slander you, or insult you. Someone who genuinely cares about you wants to help and motivate you to be a better person instead of trying to diminish, hurt, and envy you. In these times, we must be careful because there are false prophets that are malignant narcissists that only want to lead to sin, idolatry, and destruction. We can choose to remove such people from our lives. When we do this, we actually feel better without the negativity and the negative emotions that they try to cause. People either motivate you or they drain you.
"Just because you are a healer, a person who loves, a person who gives, a peacemaker, doesn't mean that you are obligated to heal, love, give, or share your space with everyone. Learn to hold space for yourself so you do not invite the vampires (narcissists) into your sanctuary."
We can persevere avoiding treacherous snakes that do not care about others and are narcissists. People who practice empathy can guard themselves from emotional vampires who want to discourage and cause negative emotions in others. Once we know individuals are narcissists and negative, we can avoid such people.
“What they hate is their own lack of self-control, so they try to control you. What they despise is your strength. What they hold in utmost contempt is your refusal to be controlled and to accept their lie that it is your fault.” (quote from simplereminders.com (Checked out the site and it seems to no longer be about fighting narcissism and instead is pro-socialism.)
When we persevere in the worship of GOD Almighty, there may be narcissists who attempt to discourage, envy, and oppose the preaching of truth. Prior to preaching, I also dealt with narcissists who attempted to discourage and demotivate me for no reason other than envy. We can learn to be far apart from narcissists who want to discourage others and hate that other individuals can improve and grow in virtues. Narcissists are false and flatter with their mouth while they also envy and hate. These individuals flatter and also revile and hate for no reason. This is because sin leads to stagnation and bitterness. We can separate ourselves from individuals that attempt to discourage us. Instead, we prosper by preaching truth and helping others escape the captivity and darkness that exists in idol worship and sin. (There are also malignant narcissists (false prophets) who do not want to know anything about truth and King Jesus Christ, so we must avoid malignant narcissists who envy for the sake of envying.)
The Ten Truths About Narcissism
- They know what they are doing.
- They know they are hurting you.
- They are doing it on purpose.
- They can control it (narcissism), just as they do when they are trying to impress someone.
- They could stop if they wanted to.
- They do not love you even if they say they do.
- They are not capable of empathy, compassion, or remorse.
- You can not change them.
- They are only capable of manipulation and control.
- They will not apologize. (quote from a graphic from barbedwire.narcissism from a facebook group. I have not been on facebook for over 9 years and have not checked the source, yet the quote speaks truth about narcissism and narcissists. I have not been on facebook in over 9 years because of psychologist studies that have proven that comparing oneself to others by going to comparitive social media causes decreases of self-esteem, envy, and resentments. Since leaving facebook for 9 years, I feel much better not having to compare myself to anyone knowing that GOD Almighty calls me unique and cared for.)
We can persevere without practicing narcissism and also avoiding false prophets who are narcissists. We can persevere practicing genuine empathy so that we do not practice hate and lust. Narcissism attempts to lead individuals to selfishness and envy that attempts to prevent individuals from having genuine empathy and gratitude. It is most likely that narcissists practice idol worship and explains why they can not practice genuine empathy nor care for others. We can learn to distinguish truth from temporary lies and persevere far apart from known narcissists. The gangstalkers are essentially narcissists and may include individuals from the past who can not get over past resentments. We can acknowledge the need to remove negative emotions and not hate because that is the intention of gangstalking. We can hate evil and that is wisdom. We can persevere being far apart from such individuals that have envy and bitterness due to the practice of idolatry.
