If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
Proverbs 16:7: “When the ways of people please the Lord, He causes even their enemies to be at peace with them.”
Leo (Count Lev Nikolayevich) Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer. Many consider him to be one the world’s greatest authors of all-time.
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Profoundly insightful
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I agree with you. Tolstoy’s reflections are precious and enduring.
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So true. A long time ago someone told me they sought to only live before an audience of One … and that has been a tremendous help to me as I’ve lived my own life. It takes off a lot of pressure, and especially because God is loving, forgiving and merciful!
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Thank you so much for sharing these thoughts. I see sustaining encouragement when one needs it most when realizing that we truly live before an audience of One.
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He’s right about pleasing God
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Indeed! Tolstoy’s words share a beacon of hope from a world which needs it.
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And amen
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