Raymond D. Longoria Jr. Quotes

I'm Thankful in the knowledge that EVERY moment of this Life has happened For Me...
Not one moment has happened TO me.

A most amazing defense with Power to destroy any enemy… GRATITUDE!

We must not decide how anyone else should or shouldn't be Living.
Whenever I'm about to use the word "should" I use the word "could" instead. Should is judgemental, could is empowering.

Try it out on yourself with the things that you talk to yourself about...
I should do better. or I could do better.

We thought we were together, climbing the same mountain,

But you were only climbing yours,
I was only climbing mine

I stepped on your hands to get higher,
you clawed at my back to get higher

And though you fell, I got higher,
You fell... I got higher

I wish it was me that fell instead of you
I wish my wishes weren't lies and could be true,

you were sacrificed, I got higher.

In this twisted world down is up and wrong is right,

as I climb higher,
Down towards hell, I'm ever deeper,

I'm losing my sight, my will to fight

I'm glad you fell,
in the fall you've gone higher.
You've gone higher

Moderation in all good things of this mortal world, however there must be no Spiritual moderation... Devotion to our loving
Father in Heaven must never be of moderation.

Giving Thanks leads to a desire to forgive, and forgiveness speaks of pure surrender and acceptance of the things that have happened in our lives, with that accomplished we can experience the Peace and Joy of true Forgiveness, Not only for others but for ourselves also.

As I count my blessings, I feel God's Loving Hands touching each of them.

If ever there was a dwelling worthy of the Creator, it would be... in a truly Thankful heart.

When you smile and no one else is around, you definitely mean it.

Thank You is a great thing to share... If a situation brings Gratitude to mind, then a heart felt Thank You is a great way to express it.

Through sincere Thankfulness, the incredibly difficult struggles of my yesterday, have been transformed into the
"Good ol' Days" upon which I can now Peacefully reflect .

We can, each of us, be likened to houses made entirely of colorfully stained-glass. They sparkle and shine when the sun is on them, however when the darkness sets in, their greatest beauty is revealed only by a Light from within.

I speak of the power of trying, because I have fallen and struggled to stand. I speak of generosity because I battle selfishness. I speak of joy because I have known sorrow. I speak of faith because I almost lost mine, and know what it is to be broken, in need of redemption. I speak of Thanks because I am grateful for the totality of this Life... not just the easy parts.

Upon waking this morning… What if all that remained were the people and things for which I had expressed Gratitude the day before? I shudder to think of all that would found to be missing.

When carefully examined… I recognize that the Greatest things that have ever occurred in my Life could not have happened if not built upon ruins of the most difficult things that had occurred in my life. And in this recognition I find myself fully Grateful for the totality of my existence.

A mothers Love is as deep and powerful as any ocean, in the depths of it forgiveness forever is found for her wandering child.

Anger is Always built upon a foundation of fear and suffering.

Depression is the feeling that everything
is a waste of time.
Joy is KNOWING that nothing in this Life is a waste.

Gratitude is a Short-Cut which Speeds the Journey to Love :-)

The world truly is my oyster, the difficulty is... I haven't discovered the ALL of the tools to shuck it yet.

Love Me Even More when I Seem Least Deserving... For That is the Very Moment That I Am Most in Need of Your Love.

Gratefulness is feeling the Love of God in everything He has given us - God has given us everything. Each breath ever drawn was a gift of His Love.

Shortly after I started hitting some notable milestones on my Spiritual journey, I went into a thrift store that benefits veterans, My eyes were quickly drawn to a dusty and tattered image of Christ laying mixed in with some other things on a shelf. I picked it up, And on it was written these words:

"If you accept it...
I would give you the gift of seeing yourself as I see you..."

The truth and love of that image and simple words stopped me in my tracks and opened my heart. Since then I have received a wonderful gift, to know myself as an Eternal Spiritual Being, a Child of our Loving Father in Heaven.

...And no I didn't buy it, I received the message loud and clear, So I left it there, in hopes that the image and words would speak to someone else's Soul in the same way they had spoken to mine.

Sometimes the Lord must bring the body
low before Raising the Spirit ever higher.

A message from God... If You Accept It... I Would Give You the Glorious Gift of Seeing Yourself Exactly as I see You... And I See You as Perfection and of Immeasurable Importance.

I'm Thankful in the knowledge that Each of us are making choices according to the best light we have. That there is never reason for embarrassment, humiliation, regret. This Life we live is here for us to make mistakes and learn from them and Spiritually grow. Imagining a person that has never made mistakes is like staring at an unworkable stone.

Life without Gratitude, is like trying to drown your sorrows by teaching them to swim.

Only Light can drive away the shadows, Darkness can never be diminished by more darkness.

If You Accept It... I Would Give You the Glorious Gift of Seeing Yourself As I See You.

Forgiveness... a secret garden where Joy and miracles abound, and the garden is always open to everyone who makes the Loving choice to visit there.

I'm so very grateful that my life was so brutally and completely torn down so that it could be rebuilt from its foundation in a more meaningful way.
I'm getting the feeling that another life tear down is coming, to be rebuilt once again in an even more meaningful way than the last time. I'm so very grateful for such an indestructible foundation that is ALWAYS prepared to support whatever good thing is built upon it.

I am so Thankful in the knowledge… If I want to learn something I can study it. However, If I want to have something etched in my Soul, I must Teach it. Always remembering that each of us teaches best that which we, the teacher, most need to learn

Know that EVERYTHING in Life has purpose. There are no accidents, no coincidences, EVERY moment is a blessing given for our Spiritual benefit and learning.

Heaven or Hell has ALWAYS been a choice one makes, and has never been a place one goes.

I tend to judge most harshly in others that which I most despise in myself. If only I could truly forgive them their weaknesses, I might finally be able to forgive myself for mine. In the judgement of others, ALL errors revealed are my own.

No-one knows enough to righteously say something is impossible.
"With God ALL things are possible."
Now tell me, what does that leave out?

When I pass-away (as each of us must) release a balloon into the sky with ashes attached, to celebrate my graduation... My graduation from this life to the next.