It Is Reasonable To Think On This

Patience is not a colorful stained glass window for you to enjoy in leisure hours. It is added help when facing obstacles.

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Serenity is not a garden to be cultivated only for your cheerful days. It is a provision of peace for the deception along your pathway.

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Calmness is not merely harmonious violin to accompany your pleasant conversations. It is a substantial asset against misunderstandings.

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Tolerance is not a delicious wine to be enjoyed in your moments of fellowship. It is a valuable door through which you may demonstrate good-will toward less advanced companions.

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Real co-operation is not just the easy process of receiving assistance from others. It is a means of helping a friend in need.

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Confidence is not a nectar to sweeten your moonlit nights. It is a secure refuge for the tempestuous hours.

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Optimism does not constitute ease for your twilight hours. It is a source of power for difficult days.

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Fortitude is not a rhetorical ornament. It is a reinforcement to faith.

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Hope is not the act of kneeling for simple contemplation. It is energy for the lofty realisations that belong to your Spirit.

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Virtue is not a decorative flower. It is the blessed fruit of your own effort which you should use and glorify at the appropriate moment.

XAVIER, Francisco Cândido. Christian Agenda. By the Spirit André Luiz. Great Britain: Allan Kardec Publishing Ltd, 1998. Chapter 29.