We all have a responsibility to each other to be righteous. In different capacities we are one another’s judges, juries, counsel and caregivers. If we do not practice righteousness, then those we are responsible will always be on the short side of fairness and justice. And with no example from us, the same lack of practice will find us when we are in the care of others. C.L. Harmon
Sometimes it takes everything you have just to make it through the day. But remember at the end of that day you had just enough to make it all the way through. And that’s all the proof you need to know that tomorrow will never be able to take more than you have to give. C.L. Harmon
If the thought ever crosses your mind that your self worth is such that you have no value, consider the idea that you are a piece in a puzzle so large that only God can see it. And in that great expanse, the small seemingly insignificant piece you see yourself as is the perfectly designed piece which connects all the other ones together C.L. Harmon
Doing what is right costs. It costs something we value; something which hurts to lose. As such, it becomes easier to hold onto what we give worth, than to let it go and invest in the greater good. And within the good that is lost is the cost we pay for placing more value on ourselves than on others. Holding onto to more in hopes of losing less only has true worth if others see that value. And no one places worth on selfishness and arrogance because they gain nothing from it. They value what is gained more by others’ humility…
You will never know how much you affect someone’s life. Because knowing how much is not as important as believing that even the smallest of impacts is enough to change the world for them. C.L. Harmon
Faith is not sitting at home penniless and hungry believing the Lord will provide for you. Faith is the action of putting on your coat and walking out into the world with the certainty that you will not go to bed that night hungry. Grace, however, is the absence of action from you given freely and without condition. One is a gift you receive; the other is one you give. Faith is simply grace returned. It’s an action by you given freely to those who have enough faith in you to offer you grace. C.L. Harmon
Each year as the dawn of winter sets in, there is an eerie dreariness that surrounds the world. It’s as though summer is at war with autumn and losing. And as nature withers before us, it seems to steal a bit of the light we see in our lives. But what we are not seeing is the design, the plan to bring about a future spring season even though it happens time and time again. This is what happens in life. So never allow your current dark season keep you from the warm bright future you know awaits you. C.L.…
When you would rather sacrifice all for what you believe in than live with nothing under the beliefs of another, love enough to be completely vulnerable and to trust again after your soul has been shattered by another, you have been awakened to the cost of every freedom that exists. C.L. Harmon
Defiance is not always the wrong choice. It is the right choice when tyranny is pushed. It is the right choice when freedom is oppressed. It is the right choice when you are ordered into a direction that makes your heart uneasy. The only reason free and civilized societies exist is because others stood in defiance of those who push self-serving agendas and call defiance civil disobedience instead of civil liberty. C.L. Harmon
Hope is not in a sunrise or a rainbow. Hope exist only in a heart of action and faith. Injustice occurs because the just remain silent. Prejudice persists because tolerance is accepted as compromise. Evil flourishes because the faithful pray but do not act with a will of conviction. And the weak fall to tyranny because they do not rise when tyrants shake the ground beneath their feet. Hope is, and has always been, in you. And you realize this at the foot of the cross where you can witness just what faith in action can accomplish. C.L. Harmon
In life we should fill a void and in death leave one. As part of our creation, a void only for us to fill is also created, which is part of our purpose. That void is spread through and affects the people we will encounter in life. As such, we are linked together through a connection to fill that void. And ironically, it is because of that void of nothingness that we are brought together to create unity in everything. C.L. Harmon
We build paths to avoid obstacles. We fight the brush, boulders and pitfalls to clear a way for ourselves and others to reach the destinations we seek. But when the expectation becomes that others will fight the obstacles and risk the dangers associated with clearing the path, new safe and secure paths remain hidden in the wilderness because though expectation belongs to us all, progress toward it is our responsibility. C.L. Harmon
Before stepping out of what feels like shaky ground, make sure the stability to which you are moving towards is solid ground. It’s much easier to fight your demons on the unsteady ground of which you are familiar than the unknown depths of which they are familiar. C.L. Harmon
Be a man with the dirt of labor on your hands, not the blood of those in bondage. Be a woman of strength, not of servitude. Bring a spark of hope to the future, leave the ashes of despair in the past. Stand tall, give those who cower an example. Be filled with joy, let sorrow hunger in the belly. Lead when compelled, follow the lead when your intuition compels. And always listen to your heart as it alone speaks for the soul. C.L. Harmon
Today is the day you define yourself. Now is when you take what was yesterday and that which you desire for tomorrow, create a new opportunity and breathe life into any legacy you choose. Other’s choices affect you for moments, but a lifetime identity is only affected by you. It is better to leave a blank epithet on stone than one carved in the regret of who you wish you had been. C.L. Harmon
Sorrow swims deep, to depths we are never supposed to go. It takes us down until we are absent of breath and light. We sometimes stumble so far into the abyss, directions are useless as we become tangled within the darkness. But hope is in the light which doesn’t know the darkness and the shallow which does not fear the deep. When you are hope, you are someone else’s angel reaching in to pull them from the abyss…and that’s the power to which heaven has afforded you. C.L. Harmon
The very essence of our existence is to experience. Everything in our world is connected through that we experience. And at times, it’s painful. But you can only get experience through life. It’s not available anywhere else. We become a unique entity because we experience, not because we exist. We are actually created in phases. In the beginning, we are born with the tools to experience, then evolve as we learn and yet continually become someone different through our experiences. So never assume your life is at a standstill. Your life is constantly in motion and creating you one experience…
One day you will realize that everything you know will no longer seem worrisome. There will be a changing of your heart and mind that seems to have come out of nowhere. Your mind will see in new directions and your heart will follow because it will be compelled. And thought it’s the unknown, you will explore it without fear. This is how we get from there to here. It’s called growth. And it is the gift you receive for taking all of frightening steps you took into the tomorrows when you felt you had nothing left to offer them.…
When the odds are stacked against you, win anyway. When your heart is torn out, pick up a needle and thread. When you’ve been wronged, allow being right to be your peace. When alone, get to know yourself. When you’re down and out, build up and move in. When everything is out of control, control yourself. When you’re lost, let your destiny find you. And when all else fails, rest assured that you are not seeing all. C.L. Harmon
Chaos is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes life just needs to pull everything from the closets and drawers, clutter up the floors with it and lay out in piles so it can sort out everything you have been hoarding, collecting and storing. This happens when it’s time for you to move to a new place in your life without all the baggage that has kept you in a place which no longer has purpose for you. C.L. Harmon