Life is unpredictable. There are things in life that shape and mold us even though we don’t want them or choose them. We do not choose our parents, we do not choose the country we’re born in, and we do not choose the year we’re born.
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“when it comes to the pace of my life, I have to ask, Who is setting the rhythm? The answer depends on who has access to my ears, my mind, and my heart in that moment.”
― Rhythms of Grace: Discovering God’s Tempo for Your Life
― Rhythms of Grace: Discovering God’s Tempo for Your Life
“We don’t wake up daily and form a way of being-in-the-world from scratch, and we don’t think our way through every action of our day. We move in patterns that we have set over time, day by day. These habits and practices shape our loves, our desires, and ultimately who we are and what we worship.”
― Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
― Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
“But I’m not sure it actually matters what we read. Our lives continue along the straight lines that have been set out for us. Fiction merely allows us a glimpse of the alternative. Maybe that’s one of the reasons we enjoy it.”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
“What now? is not just a panic-stricken question tossed out into a dark unknown. What now? can also be our joy. It is a declaration of possibility, of promise, of chance. It acknowledges that our future is open, that we may well do more than anyone expected of us, that at every point in our development we are still striving to grow.”
― The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions
― The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions
“It’s as if there is a part of you that so rails against being shattered by love that you shatter yourself first. Geneen Roth”
― Begin Again: The Brave Practice of Releasing Hurt and Receiving Rest
― Begin Again: The Brave Practice of Releasing Hurt and Receiving Rest
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