We should tax things we don't like. We should tax pollution. . . And we should lighten the taxes on things we do like, like honest labor, like food.
Let us learn this lesson from Nehemiah: you never lighten the load unless first you have felt the pressure in your own soul. You are never used of God to bring blessing until God has opened your eyes and made you see things as they are.
What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son's skin, and straighten out his nappy hair?
The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.
If Jesus Christ were to sit down with us and ask for an accounting of our stewardship, I am not sure He would focus much on programs and statistics. What the Savior would want to know is the condition of our heart. He would want to know how we love and minister to those in our care, how we show our love to our spouse and family, and how we lighten their daily load. And the Savior would want to know how you and I grow closer to Him and to our Heavenly Father.
A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.
We live, we die. Somewhere along the way, if we're lucky, we may find someone to help lighten the load.
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
We lighten the loads of others best by helping the Lord strengthen them.
Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it.
It's important to lighten up a bit!
Burning stakes do not lighten the darkness.
Remember that failure is part of the process of successful running. Performance is a roller coaster; to think otherwise is irrational and will cause you much stress and discouragement. Lighten up on yourself. Ups and downs can be expected. The performance of most serious runners fluctuates by the week. You win some, you lose some; some days you're hot, some days you're not. Don't fight with yourself when failure, the teacher, pays an unexpected visit. Open up to learning from it.
Time is not measured by the years that you live But by the deeds that you do and the joy that you give- And each day as it comes brings a chance to each one To love to the fullest, leaving nothing undone That would brighten the life or lighten the load Of some weary traveler lost on Life's Road- So what does it matter how long we may live If as long as we live we unselfishly give.
Cooking can be rewarding when it is a choice and no longer the onerous duty of the housewife, and when a dishwasher can lighten the load at the other end of the process.
There was plenty of dysfunction in my family and I went to Catholic School with these psychotic nuns. I would always try to be funny to lighten the mood.
Leave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry.
The heaviest of my crosses was that I could do nothing to lighten the cross my mother was suffering.
I spent 30 minutes each morning rubbing my body with half a lemon to lighten my skin.
Seeker, empty the boat, lighten the load, be free of craving and judgment and hatred, and feel the joy of the way.
