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The paradox of attempting selfless living is that it drives the focus unendingly on self: self-abdication, self-discipline, self-condemnation, all require self-measurement and subsequent self-adjustment. Self, self, self, self. That is, the
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“Compassion is an astoundingly, frustratingly affirming force. It Loves the other enough to find beauty and meaning in what the rest of us lazily judge as good or bad. Ahava Love, the brand that has the other’s interests more in view than its own preferences being perfectly tended to, searches and finds the thing to celebrate.”
― Experiments in Honesty: Meditations on Love, Fear and the Honest to God Naked Truth
― Experiments in Honesty: Meditations on Love, Fear and the Honest to God Naked Truth
“Today, you and I are 99 percent wrong about everyone we hold opinions about. That figure may be low, but I know I’m close. In our growing sense of Compassion, such as we would like leveled at ourselves, let us respect the human beings around us enough to see what lies beneath that which our stubborn, blind minds and made-up thoughts insist they already have pegged. See. Then re-see. Then re-re-see. Again and again and again, until you know their real name and feel their story like you hope they’ll feel yours. Then we will know Love and Compassion and the reason so many stories in the Bible are of Jesus healing eyes.”
― Experiments in Honesty: Meditations on Love, Fear and the Honest to God Naked Truth
― Experiments in Honesty: Meditations on Love, Fear and the Honest to God Naked Truth
“You can’t make a difference without making waves, and some people in the boat won’t like it. So be it. Rock the boat anyway.”
― Play the Man: Becoming the Man God Created You to Be
― Play the Man: Becoming the Man God Created You to Be
“Desperation yields dependency, and dependency yields power. And as you decrease your earthly abilities through sacrifice and embracing less, you’ll see your spiritual fruit increase.”
― Enough: Finding More by Living with Less
― Enough: Finding More by Living with Less
“Scripture says there’s great strength in human weakness. Our frailty and inabilities highlight God’s perfect strength. Jesus himself is the ultimate example of finding strength in weakness. He was fully God and fully human, yet he came down to serve others and sacrifice himself for us. What appeared to be a moment of weakness for him was actually the strongest moment in history. He gave his life for us—not because he had to, but because he chose to, because he loves us. When we are at our most vulnerable, that’s when we tend to pray and ask God for help. Why don’t we pray like that when things are going well? It’s because we think we can do it on our own and through our own strength. In reality, however, we are strongest when we are weak, because that’s when we turn to God and put our trust in him. It seems counterintuitive, but I knew that my greatest strength would come not when I thought I had it all together but when I knew how much I needed God—whether things were going well or not. Grasping these foundational biblical concepts and applying them revolutionized my life—and my career.”
― Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds
― Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds
Shaun’s 2025 Year in Books
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