“Here are two things I found taking the long road, though: Applause is a quick fix. And love is an acquired taste.”
― Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy
― Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy
“I came to think of God as more of a gracious friend who was accompanying me on this journey, a friend who wanted to carry my burdens and speak into my life and shape me into who I really was and who I would become.”
― The Magnolia Story
― The Magnolia Story
“minimalists don’t mind missing out on small things; what worries them much more is diminishing the large things they already know for sure make a good life good.”
― Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
― Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
“If you can’t find happiness in the ugliness, you’re not going to find it in the beauty, either.”
― The Magnolia Story
― The Magnolia Story
“I always thought that the “thriving” would come when everything was perfect, and what I learned is that it’s actually down in the mess that things get good.”
― The Magnolia Story
― The Magnolia Story
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