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read in April 2024
Christine said:
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Amazing! Will be revisiting in a year or so and probably the year after that and so on. A beautiful read that is practical and reassuring. Short little book but jam-packed with tips on how to pray and how to give time for God and why you should!
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"Just finished the autobiography part of this book. Interested to see how the rest of this book goes!" — Mar 15, 2026 07:48AM
"Just finished the autobiography part of this book. Interested to see how the rest of this book goes!" — Mar 15, 2026 07:48AM
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"Really hard for my brain to understand a lot of what he says 👍🏼 but I try to" — Feb 08, 2025 01:03PM
"Really hard for my brain to understand a lot of what he says 👍🏼 but I try to" — Feb 08, 2025 01:03PM
He had been handed a plush-lined life, with time to read, to pursue thoughts to their phantasmagoric end, to take in whole seasons at the British Film Institute, to walk for miles, to master sonatas, and paint to his heart’s content. He did
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“Have I told you about the tension of opposites? he says. The tension of opposites? Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't.
You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.
A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle.Sounds like a wrestling match, I say.
A wrestling match. He laughs. Yes, you could describe life that way.
So which side wins, I ask?
Which side wins? He smiles at me, the crinkled eyes, the crooked teeth.
Love wins. Love always wins.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.
A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle.Sounds like a wrestling match, I say.
A wrestling match. He laughs. Yes, you could describe life that way.
So which side wins, I ask?
Which side wins? He smiles at me, the crinkled eyes, the crooked teeth.
Love wins. Love always wins.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
“The tension of opposites:
Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.
A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle.”
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Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.
A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle.”
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