Richard Rohr says the skills that take you through the first half of your life are entirely unhelpful for the second half.
“I had a romance novel inside me, but I paid three sailors to beat it out of me with steel pipes.”
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“At the end of time, all that will count is that we lived the Gospel with our very lives, that we paid attention to the people God gave us and dwelt knowledgeably and hospitably in the place to which He called us.”
― Daring to Hope: Finding God's Goodness in the Broken and the Beautiful
― Daring to Hope: Finding God's Goodness in the Broken and the Beautiful
“But here’s the thing: I wasn’t equipped with enough life experiences to know that God longs to meet me in my conflicting emotions. When life is hard, it doesn’t necessarily mean I am depressed. When life is hard, it means I have a choice. I can press into the uncomfortable arenas change brings and experience Him in them, or I can fill them with busyness, people, work, whatever”
― Choosing Real: An Invitation to Celebrate When Life Doesn't Go as Planned
― Choosing Real: An Invitation to Celebrate When Life Doesn't Go as Planned
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