Lori

“I thought about how there are so many lies in fear. So much deception. What else keeps us from living a better story than fear?”
― Donald Miller, Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy

“Maybe you have to be really, really tired before you can answer questions like those. Maybe you have to be deeply discouraged by never having time for all the things that need doing in this world—not just the important things, like spending time with the people you love, taking care of your health, and engaging in purposeful work (paid or unpaid) that gives you a chance to participate in the repairing of the world, but also the minor but nonnegotiable things, like keeping up with the laundry, getting your oil changed, stocking the refrigerator with something other than fat-free yogurt and frozen pizza,”
― Barbara Brown Taylor, The Practice of Saying No: A HarperOne Select – A Spiritual Reflection on Sabbath-Keeping and Finding the Sacred in Everyday Life

“Storytelling and personal narrative have the ability to reach the elusive millennial generation, the ones shoved out, marginalized, and made to feel “other” or “less than.” When you’re the one on the fringes, one of the most powerful things someone can say to you is, “Me too.” And really, it’s one of the most powerful things someone can say to anyone, regardless of status or social placement. The intrinsic value of mutual understanding and experience is immeasurable and priceless. Mutual understanding and sharing one’s experience are really just other ways to say “relationship.” Relationships are priceless, and relationships are built on stories shared.”
― Nish Weiseth, Speak: How Your Story Can Change the World

“Thomas Merton, the American monk, pointed out that we may spend our whole life climbing the ladder of success, only to find when we get to the top that our ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.”
― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life