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This is my testimony - my testimony of faith and lack thereof; of the rising and falling of hopes and dreams; of beliefs and disbelief's; of tremendous heartache and human folly; of reaching out and stepping out when all I want at times is to is pull back and step away. At the age of 30 I was diagnosed with a very rare neurological condition called Post-traumatic Syringomyelia (PTS). Please visit my post on PTS. One of my goals is to increase awareness of this terminal condition. Broken to Grace is not yet released. Follow this blog to receive an email when the final release date is announced. God bless, Ronda

Sunday, October 23, 2011

The Two-sided Gift

Photograph by RR Franklin
The Saluyero 1; Sayulita, Nayarit


"It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life...that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson



In recognition of the truth and true beauty of this:



No man can sincerely love another without loving himself.



No man can sincerely teach another without learning himself.



No man can sincerely share faith with another without growing in faith himself.



No man can sincerely give hope to another and not gain more hope himself. 


In essence - as I have written before - you cannot truly give without allowing yourself to receive. Always give sincerely of yourself and you will do so with a receptive spirit by default; a truly spectacular part of human nature. 


Put the wind in another's sail, and yours will be filled as well. 

-Ronda Rae Franklin

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