sally phillips

“Nothing carries more potential for change than individual acts of human kindness. ”
― Jamie Winship

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson (attrib.)”
― Jeff Olson, The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness

“Similarly, grace seeks us but will not control us. Saint Augustine once said that God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them. If our hands are full, they are full of the things to which we are addicted. And not only our hands, but also our hearts, minds, and attention are clogged with addiction. Our addictions fill up the spaces within us, spaces where grace might flow.”
― Gerald G. May, Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions

“Anger is extraordinarily easy. It’s our default setting. Love is very difficult. Love is a miracle.”
― Brant Hansen, Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better