Brian L. Brown

“When we pray frequently and know that God is in us here and now, we are very attentive to others because we are less preoccupied with ourselves. We are less worried about ourselves and if we are not very worried about ourselves we see other people more clearly. We see their struggle. We see their beauty. We see their kindness. We see that they are not trying to hurt us but that they have their own problems. We are much gentler, because we are in the presence of the Spirit. We realize these people are also struggling.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety

“All our lives we rework the things from our childhood, like feeling good about ourselves, managing our angry feelings, being able to say goodbye to people we love. —Fred Rogers”
― Gary Gulman, Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s

“But one thing I’ve learned, and I’ve learned it more solidly than maybe I’ve learned anything else, is that humans are incapable of looking at anything clearly. Even the facts of our own lives—we can only hold a few at any given time, and they shift, they slip through our fingers, they rearrange themselves into new shapes and conspire to tell a different story.”
― John Paul Brammer, ¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons

“A bond has its own challenges—there can still be disagreement—but at least all parties want the same outcome.”
― Jay Shetty, Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Everyday