Chuck

“The American church avoids lament. The power of lament is minimized and the underlying narrative of suffering that requires lament is lost. But absence doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Absence makes the heart forget. The absence of lament in the liturgy of the American church results in the loss of memory. We forget the necessity of lamenting over suffering and pain. We forget the reality of suffering and pain.”
― Soong-Chan Rah, Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.”
― Confucius