Quotes from Virginia H. Pearce

Positive reinforcement changes behavior for the better, while criticism stabilizes negative behaviors and blocks change.

We mirror God's mercy to us when we forgive another.

Humility is to joyfully, voluntarily and quietly submit one's whole life to God's will, to finally use the gift of agency to give one's life back to Him.

Sometimes forgiveness is instant, but sometimes it takes time.

Truth matters. Everything we can do to find, feed, and strengthen it is worth the effort.

namaste - it means, roughly translated, I honor the Deity within you. that is precisely what we do when we open our hearts to another; we honor the fact that he or she, like us, is a child or the same loving Father, worthy of all respect and careful attention.

Yes. When I want to fill my heart with His love, I open my eyes to the creations of His hand, especially the ones that seem outrageously and uselessly beautiful--sunsets, sunrises, ice crystals, patterns in drying mud, golden cottonwood leaves against red rock cliffs, the melancholy sound of the first cricket in August, moss-covered rocks in a mountain stream, the way a baby laughs before she can do useful things such as talking or walking.

In fact, for all of us it is this open-hearted affirmation that my life is the same as yours that moves us forward much faster than when we believe that others' lives are orderly and peaceful and only ours is chaotic and full of bumps.

I am blessed, personally, beyond measure, and yet oddly enough, I, too, struggle to feel His love for me every day. When I stack my obstacles against others' they seem to frivolous to be authentic. And yet, this mortal existence is designed by a genius, so that we all will, no matter our circumstances or parentage or gifts, have to exercise our agency to come to Him. And so though my problems may seem small to an outsider, they are big enough for me to desperately need Him.

Think of prayer as a fundamental exercise we use to build core spiritual strength. Like exercise for our bodies, it has to be consistent—every single day—to build strength.

When we have been hurt, slighted, or wounded unfairly, we are not left alone to bear it. We can get on our knees and ask for the Lord's help to forgive.

We will know our forgiveness is complete when we have a genuine desire for the welfare of the people who have wronged us.

Forgiveness is possible even when there is no restitution, no remorse on the part of the perpetrator.

Forgiveness is not between me and the one who has hurt me; it is between me and the Lord.

Forgiveness doesn't mean we have to pretend someone didn't hurt us.