while musical prodigies are always celebrated, early readers aren’t. And that’s because early readers are only good at something others will eventually be good at, too. So being first isn’t special—it’s just annoying.
“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
“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
“The kind of spiritual life and disciplines needed to sustain the Christian life are quiet, repetitive, and ordinary. I often want to skip the boring, daily stuff to get to the thrill of an edgy faith. But it’s in the dailiness of the Christian faith—the making the bed, the doing the dishes, the praying for our enemies, the reading the Bible, the quiet, the small—that God’s transformation takes root and grows.”
― Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
― Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
“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
“You can choose choices but not outcomes.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
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