Circumstances cannot take away your power to choose. You can always choose your perspective and your response which collectively affects the outcome.
God doesn't love us because of our works, He loves us because it's His nature to love us. Love always wins.
Never allow a disappointment to steal the joys of life. In the end, the sum of our lives is not a result of what happens to us, but rather, how we deal with it.
The greatest contribution we can make to the strife in the world is to keep strife out of our heart and to keep learning and growing in love.