MaxIsKoning

“The worst enemy we face in life is always ourselves. You are the biggest obstacle between where you are now and the courageous life you are capable of living,”
― John Lovell, The Warrior Poet Way: A Guide to Living Free and Dying Well

“For those of us who desire to follow Jesus, here is the reality we must turn and face: If we’re not being intentionally formed by Jesus himself, then it’s highly likely we are being unintentionally formed by someone or something else.”
― John Mark Comer, Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did.

“To dance well with life, we have to get some of our gusto back. We need to push ourselves harder than we think we can go. It may sound counterintuitive, but this is necessary. I know you’re tired, worn out, and frustrated. The good news is that you were built for this and may not even know it.”
― John Lovell, The Warrior Poet Way: A Guide to Living Free and Dying Well

“Compassion as a spontaneous aspect of Self blew my mind, because I’d always assumed and learned that compassion was something you had to develop. There’s this idea—especially in some spiritual circles—that you have to build up the muscle of compassion over time, because it’s not inherent. Again, that’s the negative view on human nature at play. To be clear, what I mean by compassion is the ability to be in Self with somebody when they’re really hurting and feel for them, but not be overwhelmed by their pain. You can only do that if you’ve done it within yourself. That is, if you can be with your own exiles without blending and being overwhelmed by them and instead show them compassion and help them, then you can do the same for someone in pain who’s sitting across from you.”
― Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model