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“Life is not a competition; it's a cocreation.”
― Be Water, My Friend
― Be Water, My Friend
“Prayer can’t be mastered. Prayer always means submission. To pray is to willingly put ourselves in the unguarded, exposed position. There is no climb. There is no control. There is no mastery. There is only humility and hope. To pray is to risk being naive, to risk believing, to risk playing the fool. To pray is to risk trusting someone who might let”
― Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
― Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
“Prayer is an acknowledgement of fear, of that which cannot be controlled or contained or even understood. It is a surrender and an attack, all at once.”
― The Family
― The Family
“A maturing community is a confessing community - not a church without sin, but a church without secrets.”
― Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
― Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine….”
― Be Water, My Friend: The True Teachings of Bruce Lee
― Be Water, My Friend: The True Teachings of Bruce Lee
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