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> [“What you do in the present—by painting, preaching, singing, sewing, praying, teaching, building hospitals, digging wells, campaigning for justice, writing poems, caring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dahlstrom/what-you-do-in-the-present-by-painting-preaching-singing-sewing/)

[Richard Dahlstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dahlstrom/)

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> [“What you do in the present—by painting, preaching, singing, sewing, praying, teaching, building hospitals, digging wells, campaigning for justice, writing poems, caring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/what-you-do-in-the-present-by-painting-preaching-singing-sewing-2/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

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> [What you do in the present—by painting, preaching, singing, sewing, praying, teaching, building hospitals, digging wells, campaigning for justice, writing poems, caring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-you-do-in-the-present-by-painting-preaching-singing-sewing-3/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [God is a compass. God is not about who you're sleeping with or, I mean, I don't care about that. It's about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kasich/god-is-a-compass-god-is-not-about-who-you-re-sleeping-with-or-i-mean/)

[John Kasich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kasich/)

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> [“The point of the resurrection…is that the present bodily life is not valueless just because it will die…What you do with your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-point-of-the-resurrection-is-that-the-present-bodily-life-is-not/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

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> [Loving your neighbors is to be a family and is far beyond DNA connection. Blood may be thicker than water, but love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemmy-nola/loving-your-neighbors-is-to-be-a-family-and-is-far-beyond-dna/)

[Kemmy Nola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kemmy-nola/)

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> [“No matter what we think we should do, I don’t think you can coerce yourself into loving your neighbor—or your boss—when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-salzberg/no-matter-what-we-think-we-should-do-i-don-t-think-you-can-coerce/)

[Sharon Salzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-salzberg/)

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