“He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
— Psalm 107:20
King James Version of the Bible
from GOD THINGS
Our Full Human Potential … p. 22
Our value as human beings lies in our goodness, this being an expression of our inner spirit, the soul. Getting in touch with our soul, enlivening it and allowing it to play its proper role in our life, is something freely available to all of us.
Goodness manifests itself in our relationship with others. It is that of freely giving of ourself to others with unqualified trust and love. Goodness is joyful and uplifting, freeing us from the errors of selfishness, jealousy and envy. Goodness enriches the soul and is the one path in life to our becoming fulfilled; at long last standing on firm ground and at peace within.
Goodness requires that we exercise our own human will to quiet the mind. It is essential that we free ourself of idle thoughts which impede spiritual growth. Only then may we consciously acknowledge our own goodness and that of others, all the while thinking well of ourself and of others.
Being open and honest allows others to see the goodness in us. In the doing we free others to trust in us while at once revealing their own goodness.
Hand in hand with our spiritual growth which enables us to acknowledge and to reveal our goodness, is the self-evident need to think for ourself and to accept responsibility for our actions; ever willing to listen and to learn.
Through goodness we become whole; it is this alone which saves us from ourself and enables us to realize our full human potential.
— Garry D. Kilbourn
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