Wisdom

"What you love also loves you"

Priority request: Seems like wishful thinking to me, or a good way to get taken advantage of. But then, maybe it's a heart thing.

"Pray like it's all up to God, and work like it's all up to you"

Request: Just heard this on a podcast and I thought it's a really good combination of letting go and hard work.

"You catch a lot more flies with honey than you do with vinegar"

Request: A metaphor my great grandma used to say, suggesting people respond better to kindness and patience more than anger and force.

when the student is ready, the teacher appears

Request: Thank you Lord.

"What we have is sufficient because God has judged it so"

Request: When I am in a good mood, this statement makes me feel content and willing to trust God will provide what I need without me even needing to think about it. Relationship, money, food, etc. When I am in a bad mood, this statement makes me feel resentful, abandoned, and forgotten.

"The more you think about yourself, the more unhappy you are"

Priority request: Quote from Jordan Peterson.

"The best fertilizer is the footsteps of the gardener"

Request: Studying permaculture I came upon this, which is cited as a Chinese proverb. Does it imply that success is gained through hard work, or is it hinting that presence and intention are the causal elements?

"What is meant for you will not pass you by"

Deep spiritual acceptance here.

"don't worry about it"

Valid advice or irresponsibility?

"You're only human"

Request: used to console someone who feels regret about an error.

"Gratitude don't pay the bills"

Request: Something my dad said. Seems kind of anti-spiritual but also kind of true?

"One is responsible for the effort but not the results"

Request: A useful reminder to release the desire to control the future.

"We'll see" (Chinese proverb)

Priority request: Equanimity as a way of being?

"If you can't beat them, join them"

Request: If someone is too strong for you to defeat, it is better to be on the same side as them.

"Do good things, good things happen to you. Do bad things, bad things happen to you"

Request: A very simplified, though possibly limited? Definition of karma.