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Probably these children were not demonic. Possibly, they were quite typical. But collectively, they were hell.
“You can’t put your own life on hold over the long term; eventually, you’ll reach a breaking point where you simply have to take care of yourself. And if you perceive that tending to your own needs can never go hand-in-hand with serving, you’ll stop serving.”
― One Beautiful Dream: The Rollicking Tale of Family Chaos, Personal Passions, and Saying Yes to Them Both
― One Beautiful Dream: The Rollicking Tale of Family Chaos, Personal Passions, and Saying Yes to Them Both
“The truth about most people is as simple as it is unbearable: we rarely want what is best for everyone; we mostly want what’s best for ourselves.”
― Us Against You
― Us Against You
“Remember this,” he said. “Where there is no unity, there is no God. God is always calling us to connection, to unity, and if we don’t have that, we are not walking with God.”
― One Beautiful Dream: The Rollicking Tale of Family Chaos, Personal Passions, and Saying Yes to Them Both
― One Beautiful Dream: The Rollicking Tale of Family Chaos, Personal Passions, and Saying Yes to Them Both
“The complicated thing about good and bad people alike is that most of us can be both at the same time.”
― Us Against You
― Us Against You
“I thought again of those messages that attack women, from both within and without, that whisper that we shouldn’t pursue our dreams because we’re not talented enough or we’re too old or too young or we don’t have the perfect lives for it. It occurred to me now that when we let Resistance hold us back, we’re not the only ones who suffer. Other people lose out, too.”
― One Beautiful Dream: The Rollicking Tale of Family Chaos, Personal Passions, and Saying Yes to Them Both
― One Beautiful Dream: The Rollicking Tale of Family Chaos, Personal Passions, and Saying Yes to Them Both
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