Kiley

“To remind myself to never go back to being careful, I made a list of new freedoms. It looked like this:

I am willing to sound dumb
I am willing to be wrong
I am willing to be passionate about something that isn't perceived as cool
I am willing to express a theory
I am willing to admit I'm afraid
I am willing to contradict something I've said before
I'm willing to have a knee-jerk reaction, even a wrong one
I am willing to apologize
I'm perfectly willing to be perfectly human.

The whole experience makes me wonder if the time we spend trying to become somebody people will love isn't wasted because the most powerful, most attractive person we can be, is who we already are; an ever-changing being that is becoming, and will never arrive, but has opinions about what is seen along the journey.”
― Donald Miller, Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy

“Maybe God wants to do something beyond your abilities, and he is far less intimidated by your failures and limits than you are.”
― Steven Furtick, (Un)Qualified: How God Uses Broken People to Do Big Things

“Do my will, beloved. I drew you up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set your feet upon a rock.”
― Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love

“You’re never quite alone when you can stand on a balcony—you have all the cars and houses and the people in the streets. You’re among them, but also not. That’s the best thing about balconies.”
― Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here