Andrea

“A Spiritual Discipline is an intentionally directed action which places us in a position to receive from God the power to do what we cannot accomplish on our own....
The deep waters of God's life are already flowing. We simply learn the strokes that will enable us more and more to be at home in them....
The human body is our power-pack of mind-body-spirit -- we discipline it in order to practice cooperation with God. (Life with God, p. 135-137)”
― Richard Foster

“If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.”
― Timothy Keller

“Well, if I’m able to eat chocolate ice cream and watch football on TV, then I’m willing to stay alive.”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

“Grief is love's souvenir. It's our proof that we once loved. Grief is the receipt we wave in the air that says to the world: Look! Love was once mine. I love well. Here is my proof that I paid the price.”
― Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior