Gracious Thoughts

Trish McCoy • September 22, 2025

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

GRACIOUSNESS IS NOT A TRAIT.

IT’S A CHOICE.


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I ASKED GOD,

“WHY ARE YOU TAKING ME THROUGH TROUBLED WATER?”

HE REPLIED,

“BECAUSE YOUR ENEMIES CAN’T SWIM.”

(Can I get an ‘Amen’?)

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Why do we close our eyes when we

pray, cry, kiss, dream?

Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen

but felt only by the heart.

 

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Tracing God’s hand of faithfulness from the past

is so much more calming

than trying to predict the future.

Lysa Terkeurst

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Graciousness is the fruit of someone who knows how badly

they themselves need grace.

Tullian Tchividjian


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When you finally learn that a person’s behavior

has more to do with their own internal struggle

than it ever did with you…

you learn GRACE.

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Your smile is your logo.

Your personality is your business card.

How you leave others feeling after an experience with you

becomes our trademark.

J.Danzie

 

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THROW KINDNESS AROUND LIKE CONFETTI

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Apologizing does not always mean you are wrong.

It just means that you value your relationships

more than your ego.

 

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Be the human version of somebody’s

first bite of chocolate cake.

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A secret to happiness is letting every situation be what it is,

instead of what you think it should be.

 

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Be happy in front of people who don’t like you.

It kills them.

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Be in love with your life.

Every minute of it.

 

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 Be careful of what you hear about a woman.

Rumors either come from a man who can’t have her

or a woman who can’t compete with her.

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Be careful with your words.

Once they are said,

they can be only forgiven, not forgotten.

 

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Tact is the art of

MAKING A POINT

without

MAKING AN ENEMY

Sir Isaac Newton

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There’s always some truth behind Just kidding

Knowledge behind I don’t know

Emotion behind I don’t care

And pain behind It’s okay.

So pay close attention to how people feel.

 

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There is a huge amount of freedom

that comes to you when you

take nothing personally.

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 I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness.

Jonah

 

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Forgiveness doesn’t

EXCUSE THEIR BEHAVIOR.

Forgiveness prevents their behavior from

DESTROYING YOUR HEART.

#beyondordinary

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