“A KEY TO BEGIN FORGIVING: Become soft and tender with the person. The first step is to become soft in your mind and spirit. Lower your voice and relax your facial expressions. This reflects honor and humility; and as Proverbs 15:1 suggests, "A gentle answer turns away anger."” MindFirstsPersonsSpiritTurnsVoiceAnswersStepsHumilityExpressionKeysHonorForgivingGentleRelaxBitternessFirst StepsFacialFacial Expression Author:Gary Smalley
“Stand here by my side and turn, I pray, On the lake below thy gentle eyes; The clouds hang over it, heavy and gray, And dark and silent the water lies; And out of that frozen mist the snow In wavering flakes begins to flow; Flake after flake, They sink in the dark and silent lake.” EyeLyingTurnsSidesWaterDarkPrayingFlowSilentCloudsHeavySnowGentleLakesOver ItGrayFrozenI PrayMistFlakesWaveringHang Over Author:William C. Bryant
“Sweet memory, wafted by the gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail, To view the fairy haunts of long-lost hours, Blest with far greener shades, far fresher flowers.” LongTurnsLostHoursMemoriesViewsSweetFlowerGentleStreamsFairyShadeSailGaleGreenerSweet Memories Book:The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White Source: The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White
“For when is the child the ideal child in our eyes and to our hearts? Is it not when with gentle hand he takes his father by the beard, and turns that father's face up to his brothers and sisters to kiss? when even the lovely selfishness of love-seeking has vanished, and the heart is absorbed in loving?” HeartChildrenHandsEyeFacesTurnsFatherBrotherKissingIdealsSeekingLovelySelfishnessGentleBrothers And SistersBeard Book:Unspoken Sermons Source: Unspoken Sermons