Ryan Blair
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And so when you really simplify what a purpose is and you start to think about it in such a simplistic way, then you can challenge yourself each and every single day to just further your purpose, to contribute to the life of another person, to spread some light into someone else's life.
And when you do that over enough days in a row, eventually you accumulate such goodwill that it'll be easy for you to live on purpose each and every single day.
And when you do that over enough days in a row, eventually you accumulate such goodwill that it'll be easy for you to live on purpose each and every single day.
And when you do that over enough days in a row, eventually you accumulate such goodwill that it'll be easy for you to live on purpose each and every single day.
Yeah, well, I'm a Christian, and so my spiritual hero is Jesus, and he taught three things. He taught forgiveness, he taught love, and he taught God's law. And, you know, I never really understood the power of forgiveness. I could understand love, like, okay, I get it. We should have love, love thy neighbor, love each other. But, like, why do I need to learn this forgiveness thing?
Yeah, well, I'm a Christian, and so my spiritual hero is Jesus, and he taught three things. He taught forgiveness, he taught love, and he taught God's law. And, you know, I never really understood the power of forgiveness. I could understand love, like, okay, I get it. We should have love, love thy neighbor, love each other. But, like, why do I need to learn this forgiveness thing?
Yeah, well, I'm a Christian, and so my spiritual hero is Jesus, and he taught three things. He taught forgiveness, he taught love, and he taught God's law. And, you know, I never really understood the power of forgiveness. I could understand love, like, okay, I get it. We should have love, love thy neighbor, love each other. But, like, why do I need to learn this forgiveness thing?
And then it dawned on me that I could not fully love forgiveness. unless I could fully forgive. And that the other half of love, you know, everything is a double-edged sword. There's a negative pole and a positive pole. The other half of love is forgiveness. And forgiving ourselves means we love ourselves. Forgiving others means we love ourselves.
And then it dawned on me that I could not fully love forgiveness. unless I could fully forgive. And that the other half of love, you know, everything is a double-edged sword. There's a negative pole and a positive pole. The other half of love is forgiveness. And forgiving ourselves means we love ourselves. Forgiving others means we love ourselves.
And then it dawned on me that I could not fully love forgiveness. unless I could fully forgive. And that the other half of love, you know, everything is a double-edged sword. There's a negative pole and a positive pole. The other half of love is forgiveness. And forgiving ourselves means we love ourselves. Forgiving others means we love ourselves.
our neighbor as ourselves, and that, you know, that we truly love human beings. And being a spiritual person means we have two types of love. We have love for humanity and we have love for God. And in order to do that, we have to have forgiveness. And we have to seek forgiveness and give forgiveness as effortlessly and easily as we do pray. And so forgiveness is a is a very important modality.
our neighbor as ourselves, and that, you know, that we truly love human beings. And being a spiritual person means we have two types of love. We have love for humanity and we have love for God. And in order to do that, we have to have forgiveness. And we have to seek forgiveness and give forgiveness as effortlessly and easily as we do pray. And so forgiveness is a is a very important modality.
our neighbor as ourselves, and that, you know, that we truly love human beings. And being a spiritual person means we have two types of love. We have love for humanity and we have love for God. And in order to do that, we have to have forgiveness. And we have to seek forgiveness and give forgiveness as effortlessly and easily as we do pray. And so forgiveness is a is a very important modality.
It's one that I remind myself each and every single day and one that I teach even to my son who's 13 years old. I share with him often. I say, is there anything that you need to forgive me for? Because you know what? I'm a human being. And as a father, I make mistakes all day long. And forgiveness is an opportunity to clear a channel between another individual.
It's one that I remind myself each and every single day and one that I teach even to my son who's 13 years old. I share with him often. I say, is there anything that you need to forgive me for? Because you know what? I'm a human being. And as a father, I make mistakes all day long. And forgiveness is an opportunity to clear a channel between another individual.
It's one that I remind myself each and every single day and one that I teach even to my son who's 13 years old. I share with him often. I say, is there anything that you need to forgive me for? Because you know what? I'm a human being. And as a father, I make mistakes all day long. And forgiveness is an opportunity to clear a channel between another individual.
And until you actually exercise forgiveness among each other, that channel will become distorted or blocked or it won't be a pure channel. So the more you forgive each other, the more you exercise forgiveness, the clearer the channel is between the two human beings and the brighter the light that can shine between them.
And until you actually exercise forgiveness among each other, that channel will become distorted or blocked or it won't be a pure channel. So the more you forgive each other, the more you exercise forgiveness, the clearer the channel is between the two human beings and the brighter the light that can shine between them.
And until you actually exercise forgiveness among each other, that channel will become distorted or blocked or it won't be a pure channel. So the more you forgive each other, the more you exercise forgiveness, the clearer the channel is between the two human beings and the brighter the light that can shine between them.
You know, when he passed away, I was shocked. I was in my bathtub. I love taking baths. I was in a salt bath. I was meditating, and something, a voice came to me and said, your father just passed away. And I hadn't seen him since I was 13 years old. He tried to reach out to me a number of times on Facebook, and I was so angry toward him, I blocked him. So he couldn't reach out to me anymore.