Pope Francis Retirement Views

Pope Francis Retirement Thoughts

POPE FRANCIS RETIREMENT SPEECH

Family and Forgiveness

There is no perfect family.

We do not have perfect parents, 

you are not perfect yourself.

We do not marry a perfect person 

or we do not have perfect children.

We have complaints from each other. We can not live together without offending one another.

We are constantly disappointed. Yes for so many reasons at different times we are disappointed by one another.

There is no healthy marriage or healthy family without the exercise of forgiveness. Forgiveness is the medicine of family joy and happiness.

Forgiveness is vital to our emotional health and spiritual survival. No matter the offence or who is the offender. Without forgiveness, the family becomes an arena of conflict and a fortress of evil.

Without forgiveness, the family becomes sick and unhealthy.

Forgiveness is the asepsis of the soul, the purification of the spirit and the liberation of the heart. No sin is too big to be forgiven. He who does not forgive does not have peace in his soul and can not have communion with God.

Unforgiving is Evil and a poison that intoxicates and kills the one who refuses to forgive.

Keeping heartache of unforgiving in your heart is a self-destructive gesture. It's autophagy.

Those who do not forgive are physically, emotionally and spiritually ill. And they will suffer in two ways.

For this reason, the family must be a place of life and not a place of death; a place of forgiveness, a place of paradise and not a place of hell; A healing territory and not a disease; an internship of forgiveness and not guilt.

Forgiveness brings joy where sorrow has brought sadness; of

Healing where sorrow has caused disease.

A family is a place of support and not of gossip and slander of one another. It must be a place of welcome not a place of rejection. Shame to those who plant evil about others. We are family and not enemies.

When anyone is going through a challenge all they need is support.

By Pope Francisco

Power of Permissions & Affirmations

"From a Teacher - Today I was running low on pencils so I asked all of my kids to pull out any of my pencils that they had in their desks."

Posted by Sagun Shrestha Jul 30 

I had one student ask me if he could keep his pencils that his mom gave him for school. Of course, I said yes. He then said, "well, I guess I'll give you a few so my classmates can have them too." I thought nothing of it and took the pencils that he handed me. When was sharpening them, I noticed writing on a few of them. I then realized that my student's mother took the time to write on his pencils. I asked him if he would mind showing me the rest of them. What I read melted my heart:- You are so talented.- This will be a great year. You are creative.- You are phenomenal.- Never give up.- You can do this. You are knowledgeable.- You are a math whiz. You are intelligent.- Proud of you everyday.- I love you. You have a brilliant mind.- You are wonderful.- You are a problem solver.- Follow your dreams. You are perfect.- I am proud of you. You will change the world.- You are amazing. You are the best.- You are important.

This probably took his mom a few minutes to do yet it lit up his whole day at school. He wasn't embarrassed that his mom wrote on his pencils. Thanks to his mom, he was reminded of his self worth and wanted to share the same feeling with his classmates.- THESE are the things that we should be reminding our kids (both parents AND teachers). Imagine the look on a child's face when they are reminded that they are important, talented, loved, knowledgeable and so much more.- Help them know that someone believes in them and is proud of them in everything they do. Even if you think it is cheesy or you don't have enough time or that you will have little impact, remember that you may be the only one telling and reminding them these things and EVERY kid needs to know their value. This is why teach.

These contents are reproduced from a Quora post. 

Unexplored Treasures Possibilities

There is this story of a beggar sitting atop a treasure filled trunk begging for pennies.

A man came his way one day. He said to him this : I'll give you a hundred dollars if only you stop begging and start working. I will provide you with work.

The beggar readily agreed. The alms giver explored a possibility. It turned out to be true. The beggar was sitting on top of a treasure trove begging for pennies. His offer of the 100 dollar gift and a job paid off well by exploring a possibility.