Catherine Johnston

“Happiness is not having what you want,
but wanting what you have. —RABBI HYMAN SCHACHTEL”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“In a moment, your thoughts can seem more important than they actually are. In a moment, your emotions can seem more reliable than they really are. In a moment, your needs can seem more essential than they truly are.”
― Paul David Tripp, New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional

“Sometimes to get your life back, you have to face the death of what you thought your life would look like.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

“Humans are very attached to outcomes. We say we trust God but behind the scenes we work our fingers to the bone and our emotions into a tangled fray trying to control our outcomes. We praise God when our normal looks like what we thought it would. We question God when it doesn’t. And walk away from Him when we have a sinking suspicion that God is the one who set fire to the hope that was holding us together.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered