“Don’t ever forget you are beautiful, although your life, your past and your present situation may be ugly. You are beautiful.”
― Barefoot Christianity: The Rough Road Ahead in the Life of a Jesus Follower
― Barefoot Christianity: The Rough Road Ahead in the Life of a Jesus Follower
“Being told you are wrong or insulted, gives you an opportunity to practice decency and having a non-response internally.”
― Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
― Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“Cyrus thought about what an aggressively human leader on earth might look like. One who, instead of defending decades-old obviously wrong positions, said, “Well, of course I changed my mind, I was presented with new information, that’s the definition of critical thinking.” That it seemed impossible to conceive of a political leader making such a statement made Cyrus mad, then sad.”
― Martyr!
― Martyr!
“I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book.”
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“The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.”
― Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
― Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
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