Meekness implies a SPIRIT of GRATITUDE as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgement of a GREATER POWER BEYOND oneself, a recognition of God, and an acceptance of his commandments.

In society, we have to earn other things of import like trust, respect, MONEY, education, careers, status and etc., so naturally, we find ourselves attempting to earn love, acceptance and validation along with that. Here's the TRIP: we do it at the COST of other people and, more importantly, ourselves.

Once I STARTED to get aligned with the God in me, something hit me hard: I LEARNED that our worth, our validation, our PURPOSE and our acceptance don't stem from what we should do. They don't stem from what we have. They don't stem from what we've DONE or who we were. They stem SIMPLY from the fact that we are.

I think everyone practices their Oscars acceptance SPEECH with a shampoo BOTTLE, and I've done my fair SHARE of them. It's really surreal to be ABLE to do it in REAL life.

Even the acceptance of personal RESPONSIBILITY may not overcome the TEMPTATION to BELIEVE that now is not the time to repent. 'Now' can seem so difficult, and 'later' appear so much easier. The truth is that TODAY is always a better day to repent than any tomorrow.

Universal LOVE can take on many forms. It can be considered acceptance of yourself, or of others. Love is unconditional and it doesn't set terms. It is FREEDOM. Love is freedom for you to be who you TRULY are inside, not what others THINK you should be. Love is never to force anything on anyone.

I THINK it's important to REMEMBER that Christianity was based in LOVE and tolerance and FORGIVENESS and acceptance.

I'm hopeful for a world with more LOVE, ACCEPTANCE, and COMPASSION for others.

Legally we have integration, SOCIAL acceptance and DIVERSITY... but that doesn't MEAN... everybody is down with it.

Services like Google and Facebook only EXIST because of the social ACCEPTANCE of a mass AMOUNT of distributed volunteer LABOR from tons and tons of PEOPLE.

For me, art really starts with acceptance, self trust. Wherever you COME to with art, it's PERFECT. You don't have to come with ANYTHING. What you bring to SOMETHING is the art. That's where it's FOUND. It's found within you.

The best you can sometimes do is learn to take a breath, count to ten and simply ACCEPT that try as you might, no, your husband will never, ever learn not to DROP a wet TOWEL on the BED. That acceptance too counts as resolving a FIGHT.

Because Melissa MCCARTHY actually is a fat woman, she isn't ALLOWED to MAKE brash STATEMENTS about body acceptance. She has to apologize for her body.

The MESSAGE of body ACCEPTANCE built on Jennifer Lawrence's soundbites only empowers those who are WILLING to ignore the fact that her statements reinforce our current cultural VIEWS rather than subverting them.

'RuPaul's Drag Race' is a SHOW about LOVE, art, PASSION, acceptance, and the quest for finding America's NEXT drag superstar. No show on the telly BOX has more grit than these queens.