Joel

“But reading the Bible, you learn that it’s not about trying to be something you’re not—it’s about learning to see the movement and motion and possibilities right in the midst of whatever world you find yourself in. We’re not living in the first century or the ancient Near East—we’re here, now. At this time. In this world.”
― Rob Bell, What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything

“Abby wanted to say “Up yours” or “I didn’t want to sit with you anyways,” but to her profound disappointment she found herself looking down at the grass, embarrassed, desperate to be allowed to sit at the picnic table.”
― Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend's Exorcism

“Now, if the gulls and the fish do not philosophize, they have no consciousness of life being good as a whole or bad as a whole. So when we philosophize and pity the poor fish, that really turns out to be just our own problem.”
― Alan W. Watts, Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown

“Here is the key: End the delusion of time. Time and mind are inseparable. Remove time from the mind and it stops — unless you choose to use it.”
― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment