Thoughts for the week:

uly 11 With What Measure Ye Mete

The plain fact is that it is the law of life that, as we think, and speak, and act toward others, so will others think, and speak, and act toward us. Everything that we do to others will sooner or later be done to us by someone, somewhere. Perhaps by someone who knows nothing of our previous action, but for every unkind word that we speak to or about another person, an unkind word will be spokenb to or about us.

However, it is  a poor law that does not work both ways, and so it is equally true that fo revery good deed that you do, for every kind word that you speak, you will in the same way, at some time or other, get back an equivalent.

Around the Year with Emmet Fox . HarperOne. Kindle Edition. (Excerpt)

July 13

Be expectant. Constantly expect better things. Believe that what God has in store for you is better than anything you ever had before. The way to grow old happily is to expect better things right up to the end of your life and even beyond that. A good life is a growing, expanding life, with ever-widening horizons, an ever-greater circle of friends and acquaintances, and an ever-greater opportunity for usefulness.

24 Hours a Day

July 13

God is love, but God is also intelligence, and unless these two qualities are balanced in our lives, we do not get wisdom; for wisdom is perfect blending of intelligence. Love without intelligence may do undesigned harm - and intelligence without love may ultimate in clever cruelty.

Fox, Emmet. Around the Year with Emmet Fox . HarperOne. Kindle Edition. (Excerpt)

July 17  The Golden Rule

The underlying explanation for the existence of the great law is the fact that we are fundamentally all parts of the Great Mind. Because we are all ultimately one, to hurt another is really to hurt oneself, and to help another is really to help oneself. The fatherhood of God compels us to accpet the brotherhood of man, and spiritually, brotherhood is unity.

Fox, Emmet. Around the Year with Emmet Fox . HarperOne. Kindle Edition. (Excerpt)