Ariel

“When a burden is given to us from the Lord, it does not lose its strength with the passage of time but rather gains intensity.”
― Reona Peterson Joly

“Picture a girl with her arms full of small packages, too many to hold all at once. When they topple and fall all around her, she stoops down and scoops them all back up, literally re-collecting all the gifts that are already hers. To set your mind is to recollect truth that already belongs to you.”
― Emily P. Freeman, Grace for the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life

“We may call it "people pleasing," but it is entirely self-serving because it is really all about keeping myself comfortable. Boiled down, it could be more accurately called "me pleasing.”
― Emily P. Freeman, Grace for the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life

“If you have the soul of a gardener, not for anything would you work with gloves on.”
― Ruth Stout