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I see forgiveness as an act of the will to not seek revenge even if I had the opportunity. My feelings have not always reflected that decision, but my belief is that my feelings are less important than the decision. Is this your view of forgiveness?

Humanity is one consciousness, to harm another is to harm ourselves. The world is a hall of mirrors.

The world will be ugly or beautiful, sinful or blessed, elevated or debased, depending on what eyes we see the world through and what heart we have within us. When I am critical, when I am fault finding, when I nit pick, my heart is always small for whatever reason, whether I am afraid, upset, disappointed, etc. Usually I am disappointed at myself when I act that way. When I am at peace, when I accept myself as being who I am supposed to be where I am supposed to be, then usually the world is a brighter place and I appreciate everyone on their own terms.

It is an important distinction. We shouldn't have to erase ourselves to help others. It's self defeating and doesnt work in the long haul. It keads to resentment too.

Everything you say is worth listening to. You are the one person I know who is always eminently worth listening to. Even when you doubt that, just keep posting, keep writing, keep reading. Your feelings sooner or later will catch back up. 🌸🪻🌷

Pennies are lucky but only if you find them face up. 😋 I need to be reminded all the time that I am in charge of me and what goes in and out of my mind. There's no one to blame and no one else to take that responsibility.

They are usually judged as weeds and poison is often sprayed on them, but they are actually quite lovely. Spring fields covered in them are beautiful. I never stopped to think how they always go first.

Immeasurable thanks - impeccable timing

Thank you, Lubna for this. 🙏Yes, I will set about putting the foundation under them. 💛 Today I will advance confidently in the direction of my dreams. Its my life and the only one I know for sure that I have.

I made all the choices and wasted much time. So part of me feels that even though i am making better choices that things will end with me wasting my time. But ever onward, ever upward!! As always keep going We Got This!!! ;

I have never seen before just how great a mercy it is that we cannot know how things will go. "I'm glad I didn't know the way it all would end, the way that it would go. Our lives are better left to chance. I could've missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance." ---"The Dance". And there are so many uncertainties right now on my life. . . Thanks for this video 🌸

I am an introvert, and yes I feel insecure at times about it, and sometimes I feel unheard. My writing will make me heard one day, maybe soon. I love the way you are; I wouldnt change a thing about you. You have a brilliant mind, an interesting life and a huge, mysterious heart that I love to catch glimpses into. 💙

I just listened to this twice and every syllable hit so hard, and in the best way. 🙏🙏🙏

This sentiment is all over If You Want to Write. 2:31 Everything you are saying is so true, so beautiful and so encouraging. 💛💛💛 I am so glad you made this video, and I am so glad I found it today. You are such a special person to me, Lubna. 🌸🪻🌷

1:39 My favorite quote is "One thoroughgoing failure is worth more than a whole lifetime of timid inaction." Even failure is better than not trying at all.

Overthinkers like me and you are usually very simple with others--we say what we mean and mean what we say. And others are usually the same with us. I think a lot of overthinking (for myself) comes from a deep-seated sense of inferiority. I think that if we have trouble liking ourselves, if we struggle with guilt and a sense of being less worthy than others, then we assume others must secretly dislike us. It can make it hard to be assertive, hard to relax around others, hard to reach out, hard to respond to others. I have gotten so much better the past year, much less sensitive, feel far less guilty, and care a lot less what other people think, but its still a struggle. I know I'm not the only one who struggles with this, and I take comfort in that.

Keep blooming, Lubna. The world needs you and I appreciate your beautiful and brilliant petals. 💛

“Seek first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added onto you.” 🤍🙏🏽

I'm retired, on a low set income. I face this issue spiritually and physically. Thank you for sharing your thoughts! When you think about it, it takes a lot of courage and conviction to make such a video.

This is a great sister video to today's video (Dec. 31, 2024). When my office gets cluttered I can feel it almost. My mind feels cluttered. My office is offset from mine and my wife's besroom. It's separate, but there's an open walkway between them with no door. So when I walk in and see an open and swept floor, a made bed, a neat desk with a place for everything and everything in its place, I feel automatically refreshed and free to get immediately to whatever work I have. Its a wonderful feeling. It's my little paradise of paintings and family pictures and 4 full bookshelves. I love my little office and the neater the better. This video is a great reminder of being simple and regular in habits to keep our minds refreshed for what matters.

Thank you for this video, Lubna. One area I always need help in is simplifying my interests and activities. In the past I have had so many things going on at once that I do none of them fully or wholeheartedly. I made some resolutions the other day for 2025. There were like 13 or 14 items. I stepped back and realized they were all aspects of one core resolution and that was to uncompromisingly be true to myself. Simplifying thigs brought the main item into focus. Thank you for all of the work you do, and everything you've shared with us on your wonderful channel. It has changed my life and I know I am not the only one. 2025 will be your year!!! Have a happy and blessed 2025, Lubna and all your subscribers.🎉🙏💛

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Poverty is a deep abyss , but with humility, the heart is found nearest to heaven. Happy New Year, Lubna 🎉 ✨️

All I truly have is me.There are acquaintances and family who I love. I am learning to enjoy solitude though. There are many things i will be cutting out and cutting back on in the year ahead. To detach is the goal and become whole!! Happy New Lubna and as always keep going We got this.

We should take the nonessential things less seriously and the big things more seriously. This video brought to mind the song "Dream" by Priscilla Ahn. What you brought up is very important--it's not just that life ends, but ghat while we are still alive we will experience the effects of aging. Its very sovering to remember that no matter how young, how powerful it is inevitable. Thank you for this very poignant reminder, especially as another year draws to a close.💛

Why bet on Goliath when you have King David. When everyone gave up with no hope , the Champion appeared with unshakable courage by putting out his opponent's flame . KD won the respect of his people, more importantly that of God. The last great hope gaining the crown 👑

I was thinking yesterday about summer when I was 8 years old and how free I was and the things I would do with my brothers. It takes almost no imagination and I can be right back to that time, on my bicycle or walking in the dewey grass with bare feet in the morning. It was so long ago but I feel the same, like I could be 8 again tomorrow if I could. I still remember the red chucky Taylor's I wore that summer. Small moments of nostalgia that take me back to simpler times are very valuable for me as I get older and contrast that era with today.

In 2017 i went through a period of joblessness. That whole time was probably the lowest prolonged period of my life. I worked for a month or so as a helper for a carpenter, building a large metal shed (called a pole barn) in a brutal period of winter weather. Physically it was miserable, and I had no experience. My boss was a wonderful man to work for, however, and the JOY of finally working and earning money was like bliss compared to the utter uselessness I felt in being out of a job. That Christmas was just a day of joy, because I earned that day off. I learned that time off is only enjoyable when it is sandwiched between periods of usefulness. And no matter what job it is, anything is better than being unemployed or not in school. Work really is a blessing.

I can relate but I just keep pushing with what i have left in me!! I may never hold my dream but I wont let go of hope!! As always keep going We got this.

With a child coming I gave up my plans and joined the military to provide. My plan worked but me being me, I left after 10 years which meant I left with no retirement. We have always made it all right, but of course so many dreams I had are so far unrealized. Several years ago I began writing again and it is hope that enabled me to make a new start. Even if I never make any money from it, I choose to be the writer I wanted to be when I was 11 years old when I watched The Walton's every day and related to the main character. I choose to pursue this dream and for the past several years have lived life like I want to. Your channel has given me so much strength and courage and hope to continue this and to do the same in some other areas of my life. You can do this, Lubna. And if it works out some other kind of way it will only be because life is pushing you in some other way. In my case, I think that it took ten years in the Army, 3 kids, a divorce, a remarriage, other relationships and so forth to be the writer I wanted to be in the first place. Your video is about the sweetest thing in life, hope. Hope is one of the 3 theological virtues and without it life wouldn't be life. Your story is being enriched every day by your experiences. And your heart is being beautified every day by them as well. Don't ever give up!!!!

Ebb and flow with a balanced soul! Lilias Trotter said, " Take the very hardest thing in your life , the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very spot. Just there he can bring your soul into blossom. " Matthew 5:16 explains your topic fairly well. As always keep going We got this !! ;

May our Heavenly Father guide your path and our Holy King Christ Jesus dwell in you everlastingly!

Thanks for the message❤🧡💛🌞 Listen to your calm voice is really relaxing😌🙏 Subscribed^^

Congratulations on 600 subscribers! 🎉 Jesus attracted everyday people. As far as I remember, every person who caused him problems was a member or the clergy except for Pilate and Herod who were politicians. It's worth noticing that it was religious people that couldn't stand him. I met someone like what you are talking about, someone whose light always shines, at a monastery in Missouri, a monk in his 90's with whom I talked twice. The man just exuded compassion and understanding. I knew he would have done anything for me just because I went to him for help. When I talked to him I was the only thing in the world he saw or cared about and he had all the time in the world for me. Thanks, Lubna for this beautiful video. Your videos are a daily reminder, like a devotional, that focuses and sharpens me. 💛

Is there security? Is there permanency which man is seeking all the time? As you notice for yourself, your body changes, the cells of the body change so often. As you see for yourself in your relationship with your wife, with your children, with your neighbor, with your state, with your community, is there anything permanent? You would like to make it permanent. The relationship with your wife-you call it marriage, and legally hold it tightly. But is there permanency in that relationship? Because if you have invested permanency in your wife or husband, when she turns away, or looks at another, or dies, or some illness takes place, you are completely lost…. The actual state of every human being is uncertainty. Those who realize the actual state of uncertainty either see the fact and live with it there or they go off, become neurotic, because they cannot face that uncertainty. They cannot live with something that demands an astonishing swiftness of mind and heart, and so they become monks, they adopt every kind of fanciful escape. So you have to see the actual, and not escape in good works, good action, going to the temple, talking. The fact is something demands your complete attention. The fact is that all of us are insecure; there is nothing secure. - Jiddu Krishnamurti

I GOT THIS !! We got this! Thanks Lubna ;

The human spirit to rise back up after hitting rock bottom, I believe, is one of God's most happiness moments. We truly are special entities, and most don't know it. No matter what religion is at hand , it's all about the God of Love that must be embraced in this ice-cold world . Without that love, we will never rise to the challenge with grace and a pure heart to conquer that peak, Christ Jesus is King (+)

I went through many months of turmoil and grief several years ago. I would tell myself, "Why is your experience at Basic Training so important to you? Because it was so hard. It was life changing. If it had been easy it would have not meant anything. It's the same with this. Don't shortchange your story. Don't try to skip over this. Push through it and you'll be better for it." That thinking made things so much more bearable. That experience was gut wrenching but it made me so much stronger. The worst part is that I went through it alone. I couldn't confide in anyone. But I am still alive and mentally tougher.

Thanks for sharing this! Love your channel!

I can sense your pain in your voice and in your eyes. I myself want to live freely on my own terms. You are strong! Keep going! But take breaks as well and heal yourself 🤍

Thank you for being courageous enough to share your writing. I felt this message in my soul.

You will find a way for your Degrees to work for you!! I myself am using what i have and there's no telling what i will pick up along the way. Maybe the key to it all!! As always keep going We Got This!!! ;

Truly unique and one of a kind you are Lubna 🌹

I admire your strength and determination. All of your hard work and years of patience will pay off. They have already made you a woman of great depth and experience. I went through something similar when I spent years in the military. Your day is coming and the patience you have so far shown will make it all the greater. I am rooting for you. 💛

Thanks for sharing. Where there’s a will there’s a way.

Thank you so much and I totally believe in you lubna!

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I need to work on this! Thanks Lubna and as always keep going we got this!! ;

Thank you, Lubna for this beautiful video. I feel like you made it for me. In my life when I am being hard on others or judgmental it is usually connected with dissatisfaction with myself. Feeling dissatisfied, I look to someone else for happiness or fulfillment. Of course, that never works. When I am comfortable wihh myself, accept myself, love myself I find it much easier to love others and appreciate them for who and what they are rather than what they might become if only they would take directions from me. This desire to control others, this conceit that someone else's life should be about ME is a form of insanity. This afternoon I needed this reminder. Thanks, Lubna 💛💛💛