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When you perceive that problems serve a purpose in your life, you will recognize that problems are opportunities in disguise.

Peace Pilgrim

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Peace Pilgrim
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: July 18
Died: 1981
Died: July 7
Activist
Peace Activist
Teacher
Egg Harbor City
New Jersey
Mildred Lisette Norman
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Life
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Opportunities
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Problems
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If you give your life as a prayer, you intensify the prayer beyond all measure.
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You are within God. God is within you.
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People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.
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Real peace is more than the absence of war it is an absence of the causes of war.
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Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens.
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The ideal society has yet to be built - one which balances nicely collective well-being and individual well-being.
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You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach them.
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Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission. While the world perishes we go our way: purposeless, passionless, day after day.
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It is my mission as a pilgrim to act as a messenger expressing spiritual truths. It is a task which I accept joyfully, and I desire nothing in return, neither praise or glory, nor the glitter of silver and gold. I simply rejoice to be able to follow the whisperings of a Higher Will.
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My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within.
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It isn't enough just to do right things and say right things, you must also think right things before your life can come into harmony.
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Do not suppress it - that would hurt you inside. Do not express it - this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripples in your surroundings. What you do is transform it.
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There is no glimpse of the light without walking the path. You can't get it from anyone else, nor can you give it to anyone. Just take whatever steps seem easiest for you, and as you take a few steps it will be easier for you to take a few more.
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