Tammy

“As Nelson Mandela said, “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”1”
― Ingrid Faro, Demystifying Evil: A Biblical and Personal Exploration

“The only trouble is that in the spiritual life there are no tricks and no shortcuts. Those who imagine that they can discover spiritual gimmicks and put them to work for themselves usually ignore God's will and his grace.”
― Thomas Merton, Contemplative Prayer

“I think suffering itself is the product of a not-right world. It’s not from God, but He does intervene in it because He loves us and doesn’t want us to be alone in the dark. Somehow, He keeps reaching into our not-right world to pull out something deeply right, which makes me wonder if all this suffering might just be a step toward the deepest kind of wholeness.”
― Katherine Wolf, Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting

“There was no harm in taking aim, even if the target was a dream.”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace