Listen to episode 855 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Power of Optimism to Transform Your Life. Adapted from the essay Optimism by Helen Keller. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Once I knew the depth where no hope was, and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free. Once I knew only darkness and stillness. Now I know hope and joy. Once I fretted and beat myself against the wall that shut me in. Now I rejoice in the consciousness that I can think, act, and attain heaven here on earth.  ------------ Today's podcast was sponsored by Shopify. With Shopify you can create an online store with your vibe, discover new customers, and get 24/7 support. Sign up for a FREE trial at https://shopify.com/inspirational Get our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patron

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The Power of Optimism to Transform Your Life

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Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, an exclusive series for the patrons of the Inspirational Living podcast. Listen to the full series (ad free) by becoming a patron at: https://livinghour.org/patron Today's episode was edited and adapted from A New Philosophy of Life by John Herman Randall, published in 1911. Inspirational Podcast Transcript: The great seers, the great poets, the great prophets in every age, have simply been those more deeply conscious of their oneness with God, who have learned how to open their lives more fully to the incoming of the Divine Spirit than the average woman and man..... --------------------- Get our popular 3 books of Life Lessons in paperback and e-book on Amazon. Go to: https://livinghour.org/books

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What Does it Mean to Be Made in God's Image?

Listen to episode 902 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Mastering the Game of Life. Edited and adapted from C’mon Up by Franklin Fillmore Farrington. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Some people have called life a voyage, where we steer for a certain port. Some say it is a climb from the valleys of labor to some great mountain peak of rest. Others call it a journey down a sunlit road that now and then has a shadow. I do not disagree with any of this, but I call life a game. It is a wonderful game. And we all want to win, and we all may win. --------------------- Get our popular 3 books of Life Lessons in paperback and e-book on Amazon. Go to: https://livinghour.org/books Get our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patron

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Mastering the Game of Life | Motivationals

Listen to episode 901 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Benefits of Forgiveness | Inspiring Podcasts. Edited and adapted from Character Sketches for Boys and Girls by Henry Davenport Northrop. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Today, I would like to talk about forgiveness. There are people who say they have forgiven, but they have not forgotten. This really means that their forgiveness is incomplete; something is wanting in it; it is defective; it is not free and generous; it is lame and weak. In so far as an injury is not forgotten and entirely overlooked, it is not forgiven, and there is still resentment in your breast.  Now, you are not required to forget the injury and blot it out entirely from your memory. You may recall it to mind, just as you do.... --------------------- Get our popular 3 books of Life Lessons in paperback and e-book on Amazon. Go to: https://livinghour.org/books Get our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patron

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The Benefits of Forgiveness | Inspiring Podcasts

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks. Edited and adapted from The Call of the Upper Road by Kathrine Ross Logan, published in 1924. Inspirational Podcast Transcript: No road is forced upon you. You travel whatever road you are on because you willed to do so. Your will is yourself in action. Your will is your soul exercising self direction. Your will, your own free will, makes you responsible for whatever you choose, and holds you accountable all through life for that which you choose to do.  Your will is a wonderful divine gift. You will yourself to be whatever you are. By exercising your will aright, you can accomplish great things, overcome great difficulties within and without. “All that life needs for life,” says Tennyson, “is possible to will.” --------------------- Get our popular 3 books of Life Lessons in paperback and e-book on Amazon. Go to: https://livinghour.org/books Get our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patron

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The Divine Key To Will Power | Our Sunday Talks

Listen to episode 900 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Overcoming Hard Times | Inspirational Podcasts. Edited and adapted from Ready Money by George H. Knox. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Don't be overcautious. The person who never risks anything will never have anything. If you are working for someone, do more for them than they expect. That is the only way you can give satisfaction.  Don't be shrewd. Don't try to look out for number one, and make little sharp deals. You may win in every one of them. You may get all the concessions you ask for, but in getting them you take on a handicap that is hard to overcome.  --------------------- Get our popular 3 books of Life Lessons in paperback and e-book on Amazon. Go to: https://livinghour.org/books Get our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patron

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The Power of Optimism to Transform Your Life

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