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It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.<br>—Audre Lorde</p> 518</div> 519 520</div><!-- end #post-## --> 521<div id="post-38277" class="clearfix post-38277 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-inspiration tag-mindy-kaling"> 522 523 <h2><a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/09/20/sunday-inspiration-the-closest-thing-to-beauty/" rel="bookmark">Sunday Inspiration: The Closest Thing to Beauty</a></h2> 524 <p class="entry-meta"> 525 <a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/09/20/sunday-inspiration-the-closest-thing-to-beauty/" title="Permanent Link to Sunday Inspiration: The Closest Thing to Beauty" rel="bookmark">September 20, 2026 7:30 am</a> / <a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/09/20/sunday-inspiration-the-closest-thing-to-beauty/#respond">Leave a comment</a> </p><!-- end .entry-meta --> 526 <div class="entry-summary"> 527<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Gratitude is the closest thing to beauty manifested in an emotion.<br>—Mindy Kaling</p> 528 529 530 531<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 532</div> 533 534</div><!-- end #post-## --> 535<div id="post-38275" class="clearfix post-38275 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-inspiration tag-anne-frank"> 536 537 <h2><a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/09/13/sunday-inspiration-kindness-8/" rel="bookmark">Sunday Inspiration: Kindness</a></h2> 538 <p class="entry-meta"> 539 <a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/09/13/sunday-inspiration-kindness-8/" title="Permanent Link to Sunday Inspiration: Kindness" rel="bookmark">September 13, 2026 7:30 am</a> </p><!-- end .entry-meta --> 540 <div class="entry-summary"> 541<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.<br>—Anne Frank</p> 542</div> 543 544</div><!-- end #post-## --> 545<div id="post-38273" class="clearfix post-38273 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-inspiration tag-edith-stein"> 546 547 <h2><a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/09/06/sunday-inspiration-love-and-truth-2/" rel="bookmark">Sunday Inspiration: Love and Truth</a></h2> 548 <p class="entry-meta"> 549 <a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/09/06/sunday-inspiration-love-and-truth-2/" title="Permanent Link to Sunday Inspiration: Love and Truth" rel="bookmark">September 6, 2026 7:30 am</a> </p><!-- end .entry-meta --> 550 <div class="entry-summary"> 551<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Do not accept anything as truth that lacks love, and do not accept anything as love which lacks truth. One without the other is a destructive lie.<br>—Edith Stein</p> 552 553 554 555<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 556</div> 557 558</div><!-- end #post-## --> 559<div id="post-38271" class="clearfix post-38271 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-inspiration tag-thomas-merton"> 560 561 <h2><a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/08/02/sunday-inspiration-grateful-love/" rel="bookmark">Sunday Inspiration: Grateful Love</a></h2> 562 <p class="entry-meta"> 563 <a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/08/02/sunday-inspiration-grateful-love/" title="Permanent Link to Sunday Inspiration: Grateful Love" rel="bookmark">August 2, 2026 7:30 am</a> </p><!-- end .entry-meta --> 564 <div class="entry-summary"> 565<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I no longer want to have anything to do with love that forgets to be grateful.<br>—Thomas Merton</p> 566</div> 567 568</div><!-- end #post-## --> 569<div id="post-38269" class="clearfix post-38269 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-inspiration tag-willa-cather"> 570 571 <h2><a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/07/26/sunday-inspiration-miracles-3/" rel="bookmark">Sunday Inspiration: Miracles</a></h2> 572 <p class="entry-meta"> 573 <a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/07/26/sunday-inspiration-miracles-3/" title="Permanent Link to Sunday Inspiration: Miracles" rel="bookmark">July 26, 2026 7:30 am</a> </p><!-- end .entry-meta --> 574 <div class="entry-summary"> 575<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Where there is great love there are always miracles.<br>—Willa Cather</p> 576</div> 577 578</div><!-- end #post-## --> 579<div id="post-38267" class="clearfix post-38267 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-inspiration tag-mike-martin"> 580 581 <h2>
581<a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/07/19/sunday-inspiration-gratefulness-3/" rel="bookmark">Sunday Inspiration: Gratefulness</a></h2> 582 <p class="entry-meta"> 583 <a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/07/19/sunday-inspiration-gratefulness-3/" title="Permanent Link to Sunday Inspiration: Gratefulness" rel="bookmark">July 19, 2026 7:30 am</a> </p><!-- end .entry-meta --> 584 <div class="entry-summary"> 585<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Gratefulness is possible with the awareness of the fragility of what we have.<br>—Mike Martin</p> 586</div> 587 588</div><!-- end #post-## --> 589<div id="post-38265" class="clearfix post-38265 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-inspiration tag-saadi-shirazi"> 590 591 <h2><a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/07/12/sunday-inspiration-one-body/" rel="bookmark">Sunday Inspiration: One Body</a></h2> 592 <p class="entry-meta"> 593 <a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/07/12/sunday-inspiration-one-body/" title="Permanent Link to Sunday Inspiration: One Body" rel="bookmark">July 12, 2026 7:30 am</a> </p><!-- end .entry-meta --> 594 <div class="entry-summary"> 595<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The children of Adam are the members of one body, who are in their creation from the same essence. If one member is injured, other members will also feel pain. If you are unsympathetic to the misery of others, it is not right that they should call you a human being.<br>—Saadi Shirazi</p> 596</div> 597 598</div><!-- end #post-## --> 599<div id="post-38279" class="clearfix post-38279 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-inspiration tag-toni-morrison"> 600 601 <h2><a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/07/05/sunday-inspiration-the-function-of-freedom/" rel="bookmark">Sunday Inspiration: The Function of Freedom</a></h2> 602 <p class="entry-meta"> 603 <a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/07/05/sunday-inspiration-the-function-of-freedom/" title="Permanent Link to Sunday Inspiration: The Function of Freedom" rel="bookmark">July 5, 2026 7:30 am</a> </p><!-- end .entry-meta --> 604 <div class="entry-summary"> 605<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The function of freedom is to free someone else.<br>—Toni Morrison</p> 606</div> 607 608</div><!-- end #post-## --> 609<div id="post-38263" class="clearfix post-38263 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-inspiration tag-bruce-lee"> 610 611 <h2><a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/06/28/sunday-inspiration-true-power/" rel="bookmark">Sunday Inspiration: True Power</a></h2> 612 <p class="entry-meta"> 613 <a href="https://pursiful.com/2026/06/28/sunday-inspiration-true-power/" title="Permanent Link to Sunday Inspiration: True Power" rel="bookmark">June 28, 2026 7:30 am</a> </p><!-- end .entry-meta --> 614 <div class="entry-summary"> 615<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You will continue to suffer if you react emotionally to everything that is said to you. True power comes from stepping back and observing with logic. When words control you, others control you. Breathe and let things pass.<br>—Bruce Lee</p> 616</div> 617 618</div><!-- end #post-## --> 619<div class="navigation clearfix"> 620 <h3 class="assistive-text"> 621 Post navigation </h3> 622 <span class="nav-previous"><a href="https://pursiful.com/page/2/" ><span class="meta-nav">←</span> Older posts</a> </span> <span class="nav-next"> </span> 623</div> 624<!-- end .navigation --> 625 626 </div><!-- end .column-double --> 627 628 <div class="column column-narrow column-last"> 629 <div id="text-3" class="widget clearfix widget_text"> <div class="textwidget"></div> 630 </div>
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