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*** developed the art of losing myself ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` *** Iosua 23.8 "ut you are to hold fast to the !#$ your %od, as you have until now."
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"hese who have turned the world upside down."
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****** I promise myself I promise I`ll wait for you he midnight hour, I know you`ll shine on through I promise myself I promised the world to you I gave you flowers ou made my dreams come true /ow many others out there ou`re the need, to run and look for shelter I promise myself hat I say I pray for you 0hen you tomorrow, where all your wish comes true I promise myself that I`d make it up to you `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ***** "ake one step at a time, every step under $ivine warrant and direction. direction. 1ver plan for yourself in simple dependence of %od. It is nothing less than selfidolatry to conceive that we can carry on even even the the consulted."
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`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ***** - 1veryday is a special gift and you ;<9====== live it ><!!===- *de la bianca toia+ `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ********;ost of us have heard that %od is love , that %od became flesh, and that 5esus 5esus was his his man mane. e. howev however er, , it is a stu stunn nning ing trut truth h tha that t it is not not eno enoug ugh h to mererely say that 5esus was loving, or that he was loved, or even that he knew how to love. 5esus was love, he was the very essence of the stuff, bound up in blood, bone and sinew? he was love walking on two feet, breathing the dusty air of @udea, living to give life to men. @esus was perfect, and he lived the only perfect life thatAs ever been lived. these words are wellworn and have been repeated more times than can be numbered. but do we realiBe that practical implications of such a statementC it means that in all things, thi ngs, and at all times, 5es 5esus us was per perfect fectly ly lovi loving, ng, perf perfectl ectly y uns unselfi elfish, sh, and perfectly humble. he was perfectly righteous, and perfectly holy. in fact he was perfect in every way. the ible says that he was without sin. @esus was blameless. not once in his life was he ever arrogant, boastful, or proud. D...E /e had no blind spots. his doctrine was pure.*..+ he never spoke out of pre5udice, mere opinion, or dogma. he spoke only what his father gave him to speak, and his words were the words of %od. he came to serve others, not to be served himself. he made no attempt to manipulate the masses for his own gain, but lived humbly and wi with thou out t pr pret eten ensi sion on. . he wa was s appr approa oach chab able le. . 0ome 0omen, n, chil childr dren en, , ta taF F coll collec ecto tors rs, , prostitutes and even lepers came to @esus and were never turned away. he taught that love one that wedoshould treatto others weuse ourselves wolud like we to should be treated, and another, that we should good even those as who and mistreat us. D...E /e was also the truth in the flesh.
relationships, s, while truth deals in cold hard facts. ***0e like love. love deals in relationship but @esus never compromised one for the other. `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ******** *from 6itty.%ritty log+ If I were to place an ad5ective in front of my name, it could be one of several thing things, s, eFc eFcep ept t non nonde descr script ipt. . hat hat was was a wor word d a frien friend d used used to des descr cribe ibe anoth another er perso person n in my life life rece recentl ntly. y. I thoug thought ht about about it the then, n, and I tho thoug ught ht abou about t it yesterday yesterd ay and I still think that "nondesc "nondescript" ript" is one of the saddest words a person could use to describe me. I think "saint" is still a bit lofty although Ghyllis ;c%inley had this to say about saints in her book, 9aint0atching, ">or the wonderful thing about saints is that they were Hand I think, still are human. hey lost their tempers, got hungry, scolded %od, were egotistical, or testy or impatient in their turns, made mistakes and regretted them. 9till they went on doggedly blundering toward heaven." I guess "9aint @ody" is one IAm still working on. I also thought of "adept". IAm skilled at many things by virtue of being a mother and wife. I also like "creati "creative" ve" and "realistic" even. ut donAt try nondescript. In fact I would rather be "craBy" or "misguided" or even "horriblymistaken" if you count hyphens... but nondescript means to me that you didnAt even try. hat you never put yourself out there. hat you walked along easy street your whole life and never sought adventure, good or bad, along the way. If a person giving a eulogy *is that how you spell thatC=+ at my funeral says, "9he was...nice. @ody was a good person." I think I would cry about that. I donAt eFpect flowery language or rhetoric that goes on and on at my funeral but I hope that I end up contributing something a little bit meaningful to the people whose lives I touch along the way. I think that we owe it to ourselves to seek to be something more than 5ust merely eFisting. <hough...ther <houg h...there e are moments *occasi *occasionaly onaly hours or days+ in my life when I Juestion
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the purpose of my being. In those painful moments at the very bottom of lifeAs pits, I usually look up and in so doing find my hope. hatA hatAs s whe where re the the tit title le of thi this s blo blog g com comes es from from. . I tru truly ly bel believ ieve e tha that t the there re is something more to all of this than our human eyes can behold. I have felt it in my soul. I have heard it in my heart. &nd when I close my eyes sometimes I catch a glimpse of what I hope for in the future. >or every one of us here on earthno matter what word we pick to describe ourselveswith each breath we take, we are then one breath closer to that place. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
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She spins and she sways to whatever song plays, Without a care in the world. And I'm sittin' the still weight of to thedo, world on my shoulders. It's been a longhere day wearin' and there's wor She's pulling at me saying !"ad I need you# $here's a ball at the castle and I've been invited and I need to practice my dancin'! !%h please, daddy, please#! So I will dance with &inderella While she is here in my arms '&ause I now something the prince never new %h I will dance with &inderella I don't wanna miss even one song, &u all too soon the cloc will strie midnight And she'll be gone She says he's a nice guy and I'd be impressed She wants to now if I approve of the dress She says !"ad, the prom is (ust one wee away, And I need to practice my dancin'! !%h please, daddy, please#! So I will dance with &inderella While she is here in my arms '&ause I now something the prince never new %hh)oh ohh)oh, I will dance with &inderella I don't wanna miss even one song, &u all too soon the cloc will strie midnight And she'll be gone She will be gone. Well, she came home today With a ring on her hand *ust glowin' and tellin' us all they had planned She says !"ad, the wedding's still si+ months away but I need to practice practice my dancin'! !%h please, daddy please#! So I will dance with &inderella While she is here in my arms '&ause I ohh)oh, now something thewith prince never new %hh)oh I will dance &inderella I don't wanna miss even one song,
-even one song &u all too soon the cloc will strie midnight And she'll be gone ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// *** I am simply giving giving all the details to God. I know and trust that He, the artist of my life, hass a can ha canvas vas all stret stretche ched d out ahea ahead d of me, an and d wit with h ea each ch brush brushstr stroke oke of my life He is painting a picture that that becomes ever m more ore beautiful and cl clear. ear. I jus justt sit back in wond wonder er and humility humility at why He wou would ld choos choosee to use little little old me for something so big. I can only follow His lead and thank Him for His grace. The only cure I've found is my faith. The faith that gives me HOPE and PEACE and COMFOT and !O" in life again. It tells me of a future in Heaven #here all the $uestions I have #ill %e ans#ered& #here the ain of living #ill %e understood. It is ho# I live( it is %elieving in advance #hat #ill only ma)e sense in reverse.
********* Here's a true statement that I think a lot of people {sometimes even me} forget. Sooner or later everybody in this world will let somebody down. down. Everybody has faults and problems, habits habi ts or dise disease ase,, stru struggl ggles es and issues...no issues...nobod body y is per perfect fect.. It's okay to hav havee ep epect ectatio ations ns and dreams and wishes and desires! but to think that they will all be fulfilled perfectly is unrealistic. It's not gonna happen. Ever. "#itty.$ritty%
******* oamenii oamenii sunt un mister pe care tot mai mult il doresc doresc sa il descopar, descopar, sunt placere si farmec, sunt cruzi si neimbliziti..ei doresc sa fie iubiti asa cum sunt ei, si placuti, si fermecatori, si cruzi, si neimbliziti. asta imi place cel mai mult si mai mult: sa iubesc fara sa judec, sa iubesc iertator si dragastos, dragas tos, sa iubesc iubesc fara sa ma uit cat sau daca mi se da. si as vrea sa imi placa tot mai mult si mai mult sa ma rog. sa am rabdarea si perseverent perseverenta a sa ma rog pentru toti toti cati ii am in inima si ganduri. ganduri. si imi place place credin credinta ta aia de bob de mustar mustar care care muta muta muntii muntii.. aia mai mare decat bobul oare ar muta muta pamantu'n cer?.. ******** Don’t settle for crumbs when God wants you to experience a feast of His presence and power. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… If you commit to significant daily time with God, not een the s!y is the limit to what He will do in your life. **** In ciuda faptului ca Isus, plin de compasiune, a murit pacatele noastre, Dumne"eu, in planul #au $ nu in planull % sau & sau D, ci in planul #au $ ii cheama pe toti cresti planu crestinii nii la suferint suferinta, a, uneori la suferinta suferinta deosebit de mare. 'entru a ne incura(a, s)ar putea ca uneori l sa aduca si momente placute in scenariul ietii noastre $ putina aentura, putin romantism. +ucruri ame"ante care ne or face sa "ambim, rasturnari neasteptate de situatie care s’ar putea sa ne amu"e pana la lacrimi, caci lui Dumne"eu Ii face placere sa daruiasca. Insa, negresit, negre sit, unele scene ne or frange inima, unele dintr dintre e persona(el persona(ele e faorite or muri, iar filmul s’ar putea sa ia sfarsit mai dereme decat ne’am fi dorit.
I've learned that you don't need a good reason to have a good time.
"ragii sa ma (oc odata &u voi,mei, de)aoceva ciudat. 0u stiu cand o sa fie fie asta, tata, "ar, hotarat, o sa ne (ucam odata, %data, poate, dupa scapatat. un (oc viclean de batrani &u copii, ca voi, cu fetite ca tine, *oc de slugi si (oc de stapani, *oc de pasari, de flori, de cani, Si fiecare il (oaca bine. 0e vom iubi, negresit, negresit, mereu Stransi bucurosilui la "umneeu. masa, Subt coviltirele
Intr)o i piciorul va ramane greu, 3ana stangace, ochiul sleit, limba scamoasa. *ocul incepe incet, ca un vant, u o sa rad si o sa tac, % sa ma culc la pamant. % sa stau fara cuvant, "e pilda, langa copac. (ocul sfintelor Scripturi. Asa s)a (ucat si "omnul nostru Isus 4ristos Si altii, prinsi de friguri si de calduri, &are din cateva sfinte tremuraturi Au ispravit (ocul, frumos. 5oi sa nu va mahniti tare &and ma vor lua si duce departe Si)mi vor face un fel de inmormantare In lutul afanat sau tare. Asa e (ocul, incepe cu moarte. Stiind ca si 6aar a)nviat 5oi sa nu va mahniti, s)asteptati, &a si cum nu s)a intamplat 0imic nou silaprea prea ciudat. Acolo, prea voi gandi (ocul nostru, printre frati. $ata s)a ingri(it de voi, 5)a lasat vite, hambare, 7asune, bordeie si oi, 7entru tot soiul de nevoi Si pentru mancare. $oti vor invia, toti se vor intoarce Intr)o i acasa, la copii, 6a nevasta, care plange si toarce, 6a vacute, la mioare, &a oamenii gospodari si vii. 5oi cresteti, dragii mei, sanatosi, 5oinici, globii, cu voie buna, &um am apucat din mosi)stramos mosi)stramosi.i. "eocamdata, fetii mei frumosi, % sa lipseasca tata vreo luna. Apoi, o sa fie o intariere, Si alta, si pe urma alta. $ata nu o sa mai aiba putere Sa vie pe (os, in timpul cat se cere, "in lumea ceealalta. Si, voicapatuit, ati crescut mari, 5)ati 5)ati facut carturari, 8
3ama)mpleteste ciorapi si pieptari, Si tata nu a mai venit9 7uii mei, bobocii mei, copiii mei# Asa este (ocul. Il (oci in doi, in trei, Il (oci in cate cati vrei. Arde)l)ar focul.
$e rog cercetea:)m: $u# $u e)n inima mea. "e vei multce ochiul $:u m: v:u ;<&=nd plin de)ndurare din greaua pierare 3)a scos m=na $a.<; $u vei, o, Isus, starea mea. $u >tii >i c=t sunt de gre>it. $u >tii >i ispita)mi cea grea? ;<@n faa $a totul, Bn faa $a totul descoperit.<; Ci cine vreodat:)ar putea S:)mi >tearg: p:catul cumplit Ci)o inim: nou: s:)mi deaD ;<E:si)voi vreodat:, Bn chiar lumea toat: Fn om sf=nt, smeritD<; %, $u, numai $u e>ti preasf=nt# Aui deci ad=ncu)mi suspin# &:ci vreau c=t voi fi pe p:m=nt ;<@ntreaga mea via:, Bntreaga mea via: "oar ie s)o)nchin#<; G$he %mnipotent, in one instant, made 4imself breaable.H 3a+ 6ucado. G9mire and muc of our world. or only if we let him in can he pull us out.H 3a+ 6ucado. Jreaing a habit starts with courage, ends with discipline, and is fueled by desire. I am your constant companion. I am your greatest asset or heaviest burden. I will push you up to success or down to disappointment. I am at your command. 4alf the things you do might (ust as well be turned over to me, or I can do them Kuicly, correctly, and profitably. I am easily managed, (ust be firm with me. $hose who are great, I have made great. L
$hose who are failures, I have made failures. I am not a machine, though I wor with the precision of a machine and the intelligence of a person. Mou can run me for profit, or you can run me for ruin. Show me how you want it done. ducate me. $rain me. 6ead me. Neward me. And I will then...do it automatically. I am your servant. Who am ID I am a habit. !indness is a language we all understand. een the blind can see it and the deaf can hear it.
!A woman is lie a teabag. Mou never now how strong she is until you put her in hot water.! The 'what ifs' will drain you and me of strength, but prayer really does change things. Prayer opens doors that we couldn't ever have imagined being opened. Prayer changes people’s hearts. Prayer severs relationships that need to be severed. Prayer breaks habits that are hurtful. Prayer gives us wisdom in things we can't figure out. Prayer even moves foreign governments. Prayer gives us discernme disc ernment. nt. Prayer gives us strength. Prayer changes changes our heart. Pray Prayer er gives us peac peace. e. Pray Prayer er meets needs we have. Prayer moves mighty mountains. Prayer truly changes things. Daca ai pornit spre un anumit tel, si te tot opresti din drum ca sa arunci cu pietre in orice ciine care te latra, atunci nu ei mai a(unge niciodata la tinta. .-. Dostoies!i
!If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.! Quit crying over where you’ve been. Quit crying over your mistakes and failures. Quit crying over what you have lost. Start looking toward where you are going. Start looking toward what God has for you. Start looking toward what God is going to give you as a blessing. Start looking for the way God is going to use what you do have.
~You don’t need to con or scheme your way into your future. Give God what you have and let Him do the miracle of fulfillment in you and for you.
When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present....we experience heaven on earth. -Sarah Jreathnac
Life is not about waiting for the storms to ass... it!s about learning how to dance in the rain" #he amount of goodness in my life deends entirely on how much goodness $ choose to see.
*esus never said, !Admire, analye, or theorie 3e.! 4e said, !ollow 3e.! 99999999. %it is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desire which He creates.% &my 'harmichael $t is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desire which He creates. ( &my 'armichael )* +e have an ama,ing ama,ing God who holds the times and sea seasons sons in His hands hands.. & God who knows our thoughts and words before we even utter them. & God who had all our days ordained in His
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book before we even took our first breath. -ltimate -ltimately ly we can say that yes our God is Sovereign and He is in control and He is caable of bringing to ass His erfect lans for each of our lives. &fter all He is the only one who can read our life story from beginning to end and know what is u ahead on the ne/t age and even the age after that. &ll our lifescrits He has written. So of course course He know knows. s. He!s the &uthor &uthor and 0inisher 0inisher of our faith. So why is it that we wrestle so much with our desires of today1 #he deal is God longs to give us our true heart!s desires and H2 is the one who has ut those desires there. 3ur roblem is that we grow imatient. &nd along the way we end u making errors in our discernmen discernmentt by following after the flesh instead of the Sirit. +hat makes us think that somehow a God4seeded dream can be birthed by human methods anyway1 $t!s a vain thought. 0or flesh gives birth to flesh. 3nly Sirit gives birth to Sirit. &nd a desire imlanted in our lives by God will come to ass but it will take God to bring it all to ass and He will in H$S time and H$S way. So why so much wrestling1 +e would do better by engaging in an all4hearted ursuit of #5-S#$6G G37 G37.. &my 'armichae 'armichaell writes that %it is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desire which He creates.% 0irst off it!s always a safe thing to trust God. 8eriod. 9ut how much more safe is it when what we!re trusting God for is ultimately a God4given dream that He has lanted in our hearts1 3f course our 0ather who is a keeer of His +ord will bring His dreams to ass. 3ur art is simly watering the dream with the faith our 0ather gives us to #5-S# H$: to bring it all to ass. #he ;uestion so many of us may have had here is though how can we know if it!s our dream or God!s dream1 -ltimately we can tell by one ma<or thing= death. 3ur dreams when they die. $t!s over. &nd this is a good and necessary thing. 3ur selfish ambitions need to meet the cross> they need to be urged and crucified. 3ur 0ather has said that no G337 thing will He withhold from us so we know that when He withholds a flesh4cultivated dream it!s only because in the end it could only bring us harm. 'arnal desires multily other worldly desires so when death cuts that off from us God is rotecting us. $n contrast God!s dream when it meets surrender in death it comes back as L$02 and it carries with it the anointing of the Holy Sirit becoming a sacred seed earmarked to raise u a harvest of righteousness. $t!s got God!s breath and life all over it ready to roduce good fruit in our lives and the lives of others all the while glorifying our 0ather and revealing more and more of His love through ?esus 'hrist to the world. So yes we can #5-S# H$:. +e can trust God to fulfill the desires He has ut inside our hearts. +e can trust H$m to give us every good and erfect gift that comes from His 0ather4 heart. $t!s a safe thing to trust Him. #here!s a certainty to this. 0aith. So yeah ultimately it!s a 0&$#H #H$6G to trust Him to fulfill the desires He has ut into our hearts. +hen it!s a 0&$#H thing we can be sure that it!s a safe thing. @written by 'hristine 'raigA
In fiecare luni e+ista un dram de vineri.
?esus loves me" #his $ know 0or the 9ible tells me so>
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Little ones to Him belong #hey are weak but He is strong. Yes ?esus loves loves me" Yes ?esus loves loves me" Yes ?esus loves loves me" #he 9ible tells me so. ?esus loves me" He who died Heaven!s gate to oen wide> He will wash away my sin Let His little child come in. Yes ?esus loves loves me" Yes ?esus loves loves me" Yes ?esus loves loves me" #he 9ible tells me so. ?esus loves me" loves me still +hen $!m very weak weak and ill> 0rom His shining throne on high 'omes to watch me where $ lie. Yes ?esus loves loves me" Yes ?esus loves loves me" Yes ?esus loves loves me" #he 9ible tells me so. ?esus loves me" He will stay 'lose beside me all the way> He!s reared a home for me &nd some day His His face $!ll see. Yes ?esus loves loves me" Yes ?esus loves loves me" Yes ?esus loves loves me" #he 9ible tells me so.
&nd there are moments moments in lif lifee where He all allows ows you the grace tto o survive what se seems ems imossib imossible. le. $t is what haens when a follower of 'hrist leans so deely into the 0ather!s arms that there is no chance of falling. @audreycarolineA God answers rayers. ?ust not always in the way or in the time frame we want. God answers rayers but the outcome we hoe for and beseech God for is not always the outcome God has in mind. @mycharmingkidsA ne hundred years from now It will not matter what kind of car I drove, 0hat kind of house I lived in, /ow much money I had in my bank account, 6or what my clothes looked like. ut one hundred years from now he world may be a little better ecause I was important In the life of a child.
&bandonment &bandonme nt is racticed by continual continually ly losing your own will in the will of God> by lunging your will into the deths of His will there to be lost forever" &bandonmen &bandonmentt must reach a oint where you stand in comlet comletee indifference to yourself. #he attitude will bring you to the most wonderful oint imaginable 4 where your will breaks free to be <oined to the will of God" You
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will desire only only what He desi desires. res. ?eanne Guyon4 2/ericing the 7eths of 'hrist. $ met 'hrist in coffee shos and He met me inamong the leastof these in the inner city...B Celly :onahan. 0iecare minut din fiecare ora a fiecarei ,ile este un dar de la 7umne,eu o oortunitate unica de a trai o viata lina de semnifica semnificatie tie si desavarsita. 7e asemenea fiecare ,i este o rovocare= sunt locuri unde sa mergem oameni e care sa4i vedem lucruri e care sa le reali,am si alegeri de facut. 7ar noi nu ne confruntam de unii singuri cu dilemele vietii Dntrucat 7omnul nostru a romis sa ne calau,easca si sa ne dea toata Dnteleciunea si discernamantul de care avem nevoie nu doar entru deci,iile ma<ore ci si entru alegerile cele mai neDnsemnate si mai simle. 7ar uneori cand vin roblemele si rovocarile are ca uitam ca 2l ne oarta de gri<a. 8ur si simlu uitam de romisiunile si credinciosia Lui. 'and ne simtim ierduti uitam ca 2l este calau,itorul nostru. 'and situatiile ar sa ne coleseasca uitam ca 2l este secialist Dn lucrurile care ar imosibile. Si cand uitam ne gasim e noi Dnsine descura<ati si Dnfranti. 'e s4ar Dntamla daca noi Dnsine ne4am aminti Dn fiecare ,i de romisiunile neretuite din 'uvan 'uv antul tul lui 7um 7umne, ne,eu1 eu1 'e4ar fi dac daca a ne ne4am 4am aduce amint amintee Dn fie fieca care re ,i ca nic niciun iuna a din romisiunile Lui nu ramane neDmlinita1 Eom descoeri cum credinta noastra se adanceste ascultarea creste si inimile noastre e/alta. Sufletele ne4ar fi Dntarite iar ersectiva asura vietii ne4ar fi uimitoare. uimitoare. ;ainile. minge de basket in mainile mele valoreaBa aproFimativ 'KL. minge de basket in mainile lui ;ichael @ordan valoreaBa aproFimativ 33 milioane L. $epinde de mainile in care se afla. minge de baseball in mainile mele valoreaBa aproFimativ )L. minge de baseball in mainile lui ;ark ;c%uire valoreaBa 'K milioane L. $epinde de mainile in care se afla.
fara valoare in mainile racheta racheta de de tenis tenis este in mainile lui Menus 0illiamsmele. repreBinta castigul unui campionat. $epinde de mainile in care se afla. <n toiag*bat+ in mainile mele va tine la distanta un animal furios. <n toiag in mainile lui ;oise ar desparti marea. $epinde de mainile in care se afla. prastie in mainile mele ar fi o 5ucarie de copii. prastie in mainile lui $avid ar insemna o arma puternica. $epinde de mainile in care se afla. $oi pesti si cinci paini in mainile mele nu ar inseamna decat doua sandwiciuri. $oi pesti si cinci paini in mainile lui Isus ar hrani mii de persoane. $epinde de mainile in care se afla.
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uie in mainile mele ar putea folosi construirii unei colivi pt pasari. uie in mainile lui Isus hristos ar avea ca efect salvarea intregii lumi. $epinde de mainile in care se afla. "Iata ca team sapat pe mNinile ;ele="*Isaia OKP')+
&cum poti sa veBi ca toate depind de mainile in care se gasesc. $eci, puneti gri5ile, tristetile, frica, sperantele, visele, familia, relatiile in mainile lui $umneBeu, deoarece... e vei putea odihni in timpul nopti, stiind ca $umneBeu nu doarme, si lucreaBa pentru tine= &ceasta depinde de mainile in care se afla=
Isus a spus, "cu $umneBeu toate lucrurile sunt posibile *;arcu 'QP2(+."
6o moment from my God is a rock of burden> it’s <ust a rock waiting to be broken aart into steing stones.
&he devil is content to let us profess hristianity as long as we do not practice it.
G6ife is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you dont do that by sitting around. )Tatherine 4epburnH UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUU $his day has more potential than any day we've lived... (ust because its today. Mou can only embrace what you chase.
8erhas having a good life one that we are satisfied or <oyful in is not measured by how much sub<ective good there actually actually is in our lives but simly in if we look for satisfaction and <oy. F& man ractices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books traveling to new laces making new friends taking u new hobbies and adoting new viewointsB4+ilfred 8eterson %'ourage is almost a contradiction contradiction in terms. $t means a strong desir desiree to live taking the form of readiness to die.% ~ G.C. 'hesterton
%$ wanted you to see what real courage is.... $t!s when you know you!re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win but sometimes you do.%
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~ &tticus 0inch in Harer Lee!s %#o Cill a :ockingbird%
%+hen we are afraid we ought not to occuy ourselves with endeavoring to rove that there is no danger but in strengthening ourselves to go on in site of the danger.% ~ :ark 5utherford
%#he courage of life is often a less dramatic sectacle than the courage of a final moment> but it is no less a magnificent mi/ture of triumh and tragedy.% ~ ?ohn 0. Cennedy
Spend one day in front of a screen. Eet and mae lots of phone calls, chec your your e)mail, blog, update your aceboo page, send some tweets, read some blog posts, listen to a podcast, peruse some Moutube videos. Watch American Idol, 6ost, $he %ffice and $hirty Noc Noc followed by some o+ or &00. Spend the ne+t day off)line, unplugg unplugged, ed, face)to)face with real people, hearing live voices instead of recorded ones. Wal throug throughh the woods or around the blo bloc c or throug throughh a crowded mall. $al to your spouse, your your friends, yyour our neighbor neighbors. s. 7lay with yo your ur ids. Smell flowers, watch th thee sun set, point at shooting stars. Which day gave you more stories to tellD Cee your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. $t’s what sunflowers do. Helen Celler
Simply sharing what we believe and what has transformed our lives, and opening up a discussion, discussion, is not being intolerant, intolerant, no matter what th thee world tries to tell tell us## 3c3ama G$rue love is a high and holy principle, altogether different in character from that love which is awaened by impulse, and which suddenly dies when severely tested. $rue love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. passion. %n the contrary, it is calm and deep in its nature. It loos beyond mere e+ternals, and is attracted by Kualities alone.H 3aybe the reason we don't mae the changes we want toVlie losing weight or spending time with Eod or impacting the worldVis because we don't believe we can overcome our vices. We thin we will have to resist our urges for a lifetime. 3aybe it's not so much about self)control. &onsider this verse. G"elight yourself in the 6%N" and he will give you the desires of your heartH -7salm O<. When we turn away from our sinful nature and focus on him, he actually changes our desires. We become new people. We wont even want our old (un anymore. anymore. Her abilities outshine her limitations. rue contentment means as!ing less of this life because more is coming in the next. The sun has %eamed do#n on me all day today.
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/inety)nine percent of the failure comes from people who hae the habit of ma!ing excuses. *eorge +ashington ar better is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, een though chec!ered by failure, than to ta!e ran! with those poor spirits spirits who neither en(oy nor suffer much, because they lie in the gray twilight that !nows neither ictory nor defeat. heodore 0ooseelt 0ooseelt /othing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieing his goal1 nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude homas 2efferson 3ou can hae anything anything you want ) if you want it badly enough. enough. 3ou can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. A%raham ,incoln Sometimes faith still invites me to alien edges and beckons me to (ump.
It may not be off a cliff into a sea, but it might be parenting my toddler with faith rather than popular opinion, forgiving someone I dont want to forgive or trusting Eod with my familys limited financial resources. ven though these (umps have been into the unnown, unplanned and unfamiliar I have always been caught by the sturdy hands of the all nowing, all encompassing Almighty. Sometimes faith comes by (umping)but hrist will never let you fall.
4rom incourage.com written by Ginny -artyn5
6ar aboe all finite comprehension is the unchanging faithfulness of God. erything about God is great, great, ast, and incomara%le. He never forgets- never fails- never falters- and never forfeits His #ord. /0itty(*ritty1
"oesn't matter what you've heard. Impossible Impossible is not a word. It's (ust a reason for someone not to try. Are there some things that you are about to give up on? Are Are there some things that look impossible? Is there a specific situation that you think is just too big? If it is too big humanly speaking - then it's perfect!! Because our God is waaaay bigger! In fact, He is HUGE!
G$here is a general ind of praying which fails for lac of precision. It is as if a regiment of soldiers should all fire off their guns anywhere. 7ossibly somebody would be illed, but the ma(ority of the enemy would be missed.H &harles Spurgeon G0o one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, e+cept those who have learned it by e+perience. Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have been heard and have obtained more than I prayed for. Eod sometimes delays, but 4e always comes.H 3artin 6uther pray specificallyX 7ll our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestation of His grace, power, and loe.
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*Indeed- I thin) *od sometimes uses our fear /of %eing ridiculed or of loo)ing #orse than others or #hatever1 to move us out of our comfort 2ones. And He #ants us out of our comfort 2ones so He can refine our character. To guide us to#ards conforming to His character. "ou see- I find that my human nature causes me to care a%out my comfort level. 3ut *od doesn't. *od cares a%out my character- not my comfort. *$he Jible that is falling apart usually belongs to the person whose life is not.H Y &.4. Spurgeon
Z Acts 15 Acts religion always complicates what God has made simple. jesus+_________=salvation religion always makes a distinction etween us and them! those who don"t "play" the way we do! don"t act as we do. religion always seeks to devides. #religious leader vs. christian leader$ religion is all aout % am holly and you are not. v.1& #''''$ religion= a ladder we try to clim so we can reach God. christianity is not that! is not trying to uild an approach to God. it"s aout the (act that God already uilt an approach to get to us through )is on. most re religions ligions try to control you and ring guilt in your li(e! ut (aith in God is not aout controlling you! is aout restoring you. atthew 11.,-. #put the urden ur den down$ on the cross "it is (inished"///0 religion. it is (inished. working your way to God! it is (inished. you don"t have to do something to get )im! )e done it all. RWait
for our !oaz. "uth was stin#, sweat, and wor#ing her tail off in the harvest field when !oaz saw her. $on't be concerned with bos in our life. %f the &ord plants a man in our life, watch...%s he responsible? What cause is he championing? What is he willing to die for? is vision will reveal our future with him. ear the voice of the &ord( )aster.)ission.)ate found it on +aceboo#. from hristine raig.-
ZIf I can help somebody as I pass along, If I can cheer somebody with a word or song, If I can show somebody he's traveling wrong, $hen my living will not be in vain. ) "r. 3artin 6uther Ting, *r !Mou'll never decide what you want, until you've decided who you are.! 999999999. 3arriage has less beauty and more safety than the single life. it's full of sorrows and full of (oys. it lies under more burdens but it is supported by all the strengths of love. and those burdens are delightful. -(eremy taylor A successful marriage reKuires falling in love many times, always with the same person. -3ignon 3c6aughlin love let's go of its plans )) to hold on to a person. 99999999. 1
&ultivate gratitude. &arve out an hour a day for solitude. Jegin and end the day with prayer, meditation, reflection. Teep it simple. Teep your house piced up. "on't overschedule. Strive for realistic deadlines. 0ever mae a promise you you can't eep. Allow an e+tra half hour for everything you do. &reate Kuiet surroundings at home and at wor. Eo to bed at nine o'cloc twicegainteresting wee. Always carry around somethin something to read. Jreathe) deeply and often. 3ove) wal, dance, run? find a sport you en(oy. "rin pure spring water. 6ots of it. at only when hungry. If it's not delicious, don't eat it. Je instead of do. Set aside one day a wee for rest and renewal. 6augh more often. 6u+uriate in your senses. Always opt for comfort. If you don't love it, live without it. 6et 3other nuture. during dinner. "on't answer0ature the telephone Stop trying to please everybody. Start pleasing yourself yourself.. Stay away from negative people. "on't sKuander precious resources< time, creative energy, emotion. 0uture friendships. friendships. "on't be afraid of your passion. Approach problems as challenges. 4onor your aspirations. Set achievable goals. Surrender e+pectations. Savor beauty. &reate boundaries. or every !yes!, let there be a !no!. "on't worry? be happy. Nemember, happiness is a living emotion. +change security for serenity. &are for your soul. &herish your dreams. +press love every day. Search for your authentic self until you find her. 9999999.. !I always wonder why birds choose to stay in one place when they can c an fly anywhere on earth. $hen I as myself the same Kuestion.! !may your coming year be filled with magic, dreams and good madness. i hope you read some fine boos and iss someone who thins you're wonderful, and don't forget to mae some art. 18
write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. and i hope, somewhere in the ne+t year, you surprise yourself.! .neil.gaiman. !my mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive? thrive? and to do so with some passion, some compassion compassion,, some humor, and some style.! .maya.angelou. !well behaved women rarely mae history.! .marilyn.monroe. !i may not have gone where i intended to go, but i'm pretty sure sure i ended up wh where ere i needed to be.! .douglas.adams. !give a girl the right shoes, and she can conKuer the world.! .marilyn.monroe. 9999999.. Z$hey loo'd up to the sy, whose floating glow Spread lie a rosy ocean, vast and bright? $hey gaed upon the glittering sea below, Whence the broad moon rose circling into sight? $hey heard the wave's splash, and the wind so low, And saw each other's dar eyes darting light Into each other )) and, beholding this, $heir lips drew near, and clung into a iss? &6[[[5I A long, long iss, a iss of youth, and love, And beauty, all conc\ntrating lie rays Into one focus, indled from above? Such isses as belong to early days, Where heart, and soul, and sense, in concert move, And the blood's lava, and the pulse a blae, ach iss a heart)Kuae, )) for a iss's strength, strength, I thin, it must be recon'd by its length. "on *uan) Jyron, canto the secondX Z An infant when it gaes on a light, A child the moment when it drains the breast, A devotee when soars the 4ost in sight, An Arab with a stranger for a guest, A miser sailor filling when the strucchest, in fight, hisprie most has hoarded eel rapture? but not such true (oy are reaping As they who watch o'er what they love while sleeping. 1L
idem.X Zhttp<;;www.mymodernmet.com;profiles;blogs;rays)of)light)1L)photos Z(ust lie "iamonds are made from intense pressure and incredible heat...when we go through intense pressure and incredible incredible !heat! from li life...we fe...we too will come out sstronger tronger and mo more re brilliant and ssparling# parling# Zyou need to get up in the morning to go to bed with determination. Z!%ur happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances! -3artha Washington. Z$he reason death stics so closely to life isnt biological necessityYits envy. 6ife is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a (ealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. Jut life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud. life of 7iX It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.l.o.pi.X Z4e spoe again. GSome people say Eod died during the 7artition in 1QO. 4e may have died in 1QO1 during the war. %r he may have died yesterday here in 7ondicherry in an orphanage. $hats what some people say, 7i. When I was your age, I lived in bed, raced with polio. I ased myself every day, ]Where is EodD Where is EodD Where is EodD Eod never came. It wasnt w asnt Eod who saved meYit was medicine. Neason is my prophet and it tells me that as a watch stops, so we die. Its the end. If the watch doesnt wor properly, it must be fi+ed here and now by us. %ne day we will tae hold of the means of production and there will be (ustice on earth.H $his was all a bit much for me. $he tone was right)lov right)loving ing and braveYbut the details seemed blea. I said nothing. nothing. It wasnt ffor or fear of angerin angeringg 3r. Tumar. I was mor moree afraid that in a few words thrown out he might destroy something that I loved. What if his words had the effect of polio on meD What a terrible disease that must be if it could ill Eod in a man. 9X 4e became my favourite teacher at 7etit Seminaire and the reason I studied oology at the Fniversity of $oronto. $oronto. I felt a inship with him him.. It was my first clue that atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they spea speas of faith. 6ie me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry themYand then they leap. Ill be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuc in my craw, c raw, but agnostics. "oubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Eethsemane. If &hrist played played with doubt, so must we. If &hrist spent an anguished night in prayer, if 4e burst out from the &ross, G3y Eod, my Eod, why have you forsaen meDH then surely we are also permitted doubt. Jut we must move on. $o choose doubt as a philosophy of life is ain to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. transportat ion. l.o.pi.X Z9we loo at an animal and see a mirror. $he obsession with putting ourselves at the centre of everything is the bane not only of theologian theologianss but also of oologists. l.o.piX Z . $he most common face, you see it everywhere. And yet, so many have lost it itss significance. Z6ife will defend itself no matter how small it is. 6ife of 7iX Zabout the SonX I couldnt get 4im out of my head. Still cant. I spent three solid days thining about 4im. $he more 4e bothered me, the less I could forget 4im. And the more I learned about 4im, the less 1O
I wanted to leave 4im. l.o.p.X Z$here are always those who tae it upon themselves to defend Eod, as if Fltimate Neality, as if the sustaining frame of e+istence, were something wea and helpless. $hese people wal by a widow deformed by leprosy begging for a few paise, wal by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they thin, GJusiness as usual.H Jut if they perceive a slight against Eod, it is a different story. $heir faces go red, their chests heave mightily, they sputter angry words. $he degree of their indignation is astonishing. $heir resolve is frightening. $hese people fail to realie that it is on the inside that Eod must be defended, not on the outside. $hey should direct their anger at themselves. or the open isfor butgood evil from thatground has beenoflet $he evil maininbattlefield is notwithin the open theout. public arena but the small clearing of each heart. 3eanwhile, the lot of widows and homeless children is very hard, and it is to their defense, not Eods, that the self)righteous should rush. l.o.p.X Z7eople move because of the wear and tear of an+iety Z7eople an+iety.. Jecau Jecause se of the gnawin gnawingg feeli feeling ng that no matt matter er how hard they wor their efforts will yield nothing, that what they build up in one year will be torn down in one day by others. Jecause of the impression that the future is bloced up, that they might do all right but not their children. Jecause of the feeling that nothing will change, that happiness and prosperity are are possible onl onlyy somewhere else. Z0il magnum nisi bonum. 0o greatness without goodness. ZAbout fear. &hapter 8L 6ife of 7iX I must say a word about fear. It is lifes only true opponent. %nly fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, adversary, how well I now. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, and shows no mercy. It goes for your weaest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind, always. %ne moment you are feeling calm, self)possessed, happy. $hen fear, disguised in the garb of mild) mannered doubt, slips into your mind lie a spy. "oubt meets disbelief and disbelief tries to push it out. Jut disbelief is a poorly armed foot soldier. "oubt does away with it with little trouble. Mou become an+ious. Neason comes to do battle for you. Mou are reassured. Neason is fully eKuipped with the latest weapons technology. Jut, to your amaement, despite superior tactics and a number of undeniable victories, reason is laid low. Mou feel yourself weaening, wavering. Mour an+iety becomes dread. ear ne+t turns fully to your body, which is already aware that something terribly wrong is going on. Already your lungs have flown away lie a bird and your guts have slithered away lie a snae. 0ow your tongue drops dead lie an opossum, while your (aw begins to gallop on the spot. Mour ears go deaf. Mour muscles begin to shiver as if they had malaria and your nees to shae as though they were dancing. Mour heart strains too hard, while your sphincter rela+es too much. And so with the rest of your body. very part of you, in the manner most suited to it, falls apart. %nly your eyes e yes wor well. $hey always pay proper attention to fear. ^uicly you mae rash decisions. Mou dismiss your last allies< hope and trust. $here, youve defeated yourself.. ea yourself ear, r, which is but an impression, has triumphed over you. $he matter is difficult to put into words. or fear, real fear, such as shaes you to your foundation, such as you feel when you are brought face to face with your mortal end, nestles in your memory lie a gangrene< it sees to rot everything, even the words with which to spea of it. So you must fight hard to e+press it. Mou must fight hard to shine the light of words upon it. Jecause if you dont, if your fear becomes a wordless darness that you avoid, perhaps even manage to forget, you open yourself to further attacs of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you. ZI had to stop hoping so much that a ship would rescue me. I should not count on outside help. Survival had to start with me. In my e+perience, a castaways worst mistae is to hope too much and do too little. Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. $o loo out with 1P
idle hope is tantamount to dreaming ones life away. $here was much I had to do. I looed out at the empty horion. $here was so much water. And I was all alone. All alone. I burst into hot tears. I buried my face in my crossed arms and sobbed. 3y situation was patently hopeless. _life of pi` ZAt moments of wonder, it is easy to avoid small thining, to entertain thoughts that span the universe, that capture capture both thunder and tin tinle, le, thic an andd thin thin,, the near and the far. life of piX ZZZZZ%prahs words< 1. Whatdefine you put outown comes alllet theother time,people no matter 2. Mou your life.bac "on't writewhat. your-$his script.is my creed. . Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. %nly you give it power. . When people show you who they are, believe them the first time. -A lesson from 3aya Angelou. 8. Worrying is wasted time. Fse the same energy for doing something about whatever worries you. L. What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. Mou become what you believe. O. If the only prayer you ever say is than you, that will be enough. -rom the Eerman theologian and humanist 3eister chart. P. $he happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give. Q. ailure is a signpost to turn you in another direction. 1R. If you mae a choice that goes against what everyone else thins, the world will not fall apart. 11. $rust your instincts. Intuition doesn't lie. 12. 6ove yourself and then learn to e+tend that love to others in every encounter. 1. 6et passion drive your profession. 1. ind a way to get paid for doing what you love. $hen every paychec will be a bonus. 18. 6ove doesn't hurt. It feels really good. 1L. very day brings a chance to start over. 1O. Jeing a mother is the hardest (ob on earth. Women everywhere must declare it so. 1P. "oubt means don't. "on't move. "on't answer. "on't rush forward. 1Q. When you don't now what to do, get still. $he answer will come. 2R. !$rouble doesnt last always.! -A line from a 0egro spiritual, which calls to mind another favorite< $his, too, shall pass. Z$he problem isn't that there isn't good stuff in this worldX, but that most people give up before they get to the good stuff. *The future belongs to the few of us still willing to get our hands dirty.
Zvery new beginning comes from some other beginnin beginnings gs end. Z!i saw them standing there pretending to be (ust friends, when all the time in the world could not pry them apart.! Z0o man can be called friendless who has Eod and the companionship of good boos. liabeth Jarrett Jrowning ZG$ell me what you read and Ill tell you who you areH is true enough, but Id now you better if you told what you reread. ranois 3auriac ZIf Yme Nudyard Tipling 1Q
I you can eep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, Jut mae allowance for their doubting too? If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, %r being lied about, don't deal in lies, %r being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't loo too good, nor tal too wise< If you can dream ) and not mae dreams your master? If you can can meet thin with ) and$riumph not maeand thoughts your aim? If you "isaster And treat those two impostor impostorss (ust the same? If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoen $wisted by naves to mae a trap for fools, %r watch the things you gave your life to, broen, And stoop and build 'em up with worn)out tools< If you can mae one heap of all your winnings And ris it on one turn of pitch)and)toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss? If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew $o serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you +cept the Will which says to them< '4old on#' If you can tal with crowds and eep your virtue, '%r wal with Tings ) nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much? If you can fill the unforgiving minute With si+ty seconds' worth of distance run, Mours is the arth and everything that's in it, And ) which is more ) you'll be a 3an, my son# 9ecause children have abounding vitality because they are in sirit fierce and free therefore they want things reeated and unchanged. #hey always say F7o it againB> and the grown4u erson does it again until he is nearly dead. 0or grown4u eole are not strong enough to e/ult in monotony. 9ut erhas God is strong enough to e/ult in monotony. $t is ossible that God says every morning F7o it againB to the sun> and every evening F7o it againB to the moon. $t may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike> it may be that God makes every daisy searately but has never got tired of making them. $t may be that He has the eternal aetite of infancy> for we have sinned and grown old and our 0ather is younger than we. IG.C. 'hestertonJ You can!t allow the ossibility of failure <ustify you staying where you are. @&manda &llenA you know what1 so maybe KK out of MM eole will disaoint you. but you!ll find the magic of the world in the margin of error.
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+hen we truly know our God and believe Him to be e/actly as His +ord says He is we have no reason and no e/cuse for fear. 2at breakfast like a king lunch like a rince and dinner like a beggar. 2at more foods that grow on trees and lants and eat less food that is manufactured in lants. Live with the * 2’s 4 2nergy 2nthusiasm and 2mathy 8lay more games. 5ead more books than you did in NMM. Sit in silence for at least M minutes each day. Slee for O hours. #ake a M4*M minutes walk daily. &nd while you walk smile. 8ersonality= 7on’t comare your life to others. You have no idea what their <ourney is all about. 7on’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. $nstead invest yourso energy in the moment. do. Cee your limits. 7on’t take yourself seriously. 6oositive one elseresent does. 7on’t waste7on’t your over recious energy on gossi. 7ream more while you are awake. 2nvy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. 0orget issues of the ast. 7on’t remind your artner with hisPher mistakes mistakes of the ast. #hat will ruin your resent hainess. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. 7on’t hate others. :ake eace with your ast so it won’t soil the resent. 6o one is in charge of your hainess e/cet you. 5eali,e that life is a school and you are here to learn. 8roblems are simly art of the curriculum that aear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime. Smile and laugh more. You don’t have to win every argument. &gree to disagree. Society= 'all your family often. 2ach day give something good to others. 0orgive everyone for everything. Send time time with eole over the age of OM under the age of R. #ry to make at least three eole smile each day. +hat other eole think of you is none of your business. Your <ob won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch. Life= 7o the right thing" Get rid of anything that isn’t beautiful or u <oyful. or bad a situation is it will change. 6o matter how youuseful feel get u dress and However show u. good #he best is yet to come. Your $nner most most is alwa always ys hay. So be ha hay. y. 5eading is everything. 5eading makes me feel like $’ve accomlished something learned something become a better erson. 5eading makes me smarter. 5eading gives me something to talk about later on. 5eading is the unbelievably healthy way my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. 5eading is escae and the oosite of escae> it’s a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things u and it’s a way of making contact with someone else’s imagination after a day that’s all too real. 5eading is grist. 5eading is bliss. 4 6ora 2hron truth is nothing. what you believe to be true is everything. and the main thing that i used to believe was that that i would be with you for forever. ever. forever. the reason it!s taken me so long to write to you is that i see that i!d been a fool. i!d sent my life fooling myself. every letter i have ever written to you has been a love letter. how could tey have been anything else1 i can see now that all of them e/cet this one were bad love letters. bad love letters beg for love back. good love letters ask for nothing. this i am leased to announce is my first good love letter to you because there is nothing more for you to do. you!ve already done everything. i have enough of you in my head to last forever. so lease don!t ever worry about me. i!m eachy. i really am. i have everything. if i had one wish it would be that your life brings you a taste of the hainess you!ve brought to me. that you could feel what it!s like like to love. +aiting for 0orever @mo @movieAT vieAT %3nly once in your life $ truly believe you find someone who can comletely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb
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everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hoes for the future dreams that will never come true goals that were never achieved and the many disaointm disaointments ents life has thrown at you. +hen something wonderful haens you can’t wait to tell them about it knowing they will share in your e/citement. #hey are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. 6ever do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough but rather they build you u and show you the things about yourself that make you secial and even beautiful. #here is never any ressure <ealousy or cometition but only a ;uiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry worry about what they w will ill think of you because they love love you for who you are. #he things that seem insignificant to most eole such as a note song or walk become invaluable safe invivid your it’s heart cherish forever. :emories of your childhood come back treasures and are soket clear and liketobeing young again. 'olours seem brighter and more brilliant. brilliant. Laughter seems art of daily life where before it was infre;uent or didn’t e/ist at all. & hone call or two during the day hels to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. $n their resence there’s no need for continuous convers conversation ation but you find you’re ;uite content in <ust having them nearby. #hings that never interested you before become fascinatin fascinating g because you know they are imortan imortantt to this erson who is so secial to you. You think of this erson on every occasion and in everything you do. Simle things bring them to mind like a ale blue sky gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the hori,on. You oen your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in oening your heart you e/erience a love and <oy that you never dreamed ossible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true leasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and ossibly a soul mate who will loyal to the Life seems comlete comletely different e/citing and worthwhi worthwhile. le. Your only remain hoe and security is end. in knowing that they are aly art of your life.% Cee making your days count rather than counting your days $ dream of things that have never been but someday will be. 7on’t fear failure. #he saddest summary of life contains three descritions= could have might have and should have. ( -nknown & better future always begins in a series of rayerful nows. I&nn EoskamJ $t’s so easy to be critical of messages we didn’t reach and hyer focused on sins we don’t struggle with. (8ete +ilson %#he two most imortant days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.% :ark :ark #wain %&lways be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of someone else.% ?udy Garland #rust the work of God for you. #hen trust the resence of 'hrist in you.~:a/ Lucado Gratitude develos faith. #he surest ath out of a slum is marked by the road sign %thank you God.% 0or what it’s worth= it’s never too late or in my case too early to be whoever you want to be. #here’s no time limit sto whenever you want. You can change or stay the same> there are no rules to this thing. +e can make the best or the worst of it. $ hoe you make the best of it. and $
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hoe you see things that startle you. $ hoe you feel things you never felt before. $ hoe you meet eole with a different oint of view. $ hoe you live a life your.re roud of. $f you find that you.re not $ hoe you have the strength to start all over again. I0. Scott 0it,geraldJ 5eutation you know ( a lifetime to build seconds to destroy. (Stardust ImovieJ #he only thing worse than <udgment is assive aggressive grace. ?udgment is at least honest. 4 :atthew #urner 5eal rayer isn’t about changing God’s mind but about finding God’s heart Uand letting His heart change my mind. 4&nn Eoskam Laugher is much more healing than traditional medicine. 4Laughology ImovieJ $ think ?esus refers honesty over certainty. I8ete +ilsonJ :ake your ambition to lease ?esus. He!ll take care of everything else. ILouie GiglioJ +hen 'hrist is great(our fears are not" & big God translates into big courage. Ima/ lucadoJ God stands to accomlish the imossible imossible through us while too often we!re content to settle for the e/lainable. Celly minterT God!s invitation to rayer reveals his heart. 3ur resonse to his invitation reveals ours. Ima/ lucadoJ $n 'hrist no matter the story we always know the outcome. 3ur Savior= surrounds.3ur future= secure. 3ur <oy= certain. Iann voskamJ 7o you love the erson or your fantasy of them1 See them for who they are. +ho they SH3+ you they are. +hat counts in making a hay relations relationshi hi is not how comatibl comatiblee u r but how u deal wP incomatibility. incomati bility. I7aniel Goleman GolemanJJ $f you want to lift yourself u lift u someone else. 4 9ooker #. +ashington You You know what what the most dest destructive ructive force in the universe is1 5 5egret. egret. 4:en in 9l 9lack ack $$$ & & miracle is something tha thatt seems im imossible ossible but it ha haens ens anywa anyway. y. 4:en in 9lack $$ $$$$ #he bitterest truth is better than the sweetest lie. ( :en in 9lack $$$ 8rayer without ceasing is only ossible in a life of continual thanks. I&nn EoskamJ facing what $ can’t control $’m learning to tell God how $ feel ask Him to take care of it hel me shake it off. Igrit and gloryJ #he whole thing boiled down to trusting God with and for this very moment and what was most imortant in it. 9eing mindful of that relationshi motivates us to face the imortant things in our lives with confidence knowing God is in control. +e may not understand what is
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haening or why but we can have a trusting heart that God is in charge. &nd if we live from that center of focus we will be consciously resent every second of the day and mindful of what is imortant. Iluci swindollJ Heaven is holding its breath hoing that you!ll decide to live out an ine/licable faith. @bob goffA 3ur eyes won!t ad<ust to the holiness of God until our hearts ad<ust to the holiness of rest. Got V minutes to comlain1 How about listing out all of the good things in your life instead" $t’s not the load that breaks you down. $t’s the way you carry it. ( '.S.Lewis +hen $ understand that everything haening haening to me is to make me more 'hristlike it solves a great deal of an/iety. 4 &.+. #o,er the higher the mountain the greater the view. 3ne of life!s greatest leasures is climbing under the covers with a big ile of books to fli through don!t you th think1 ink1 4 ?oan ?oanna na G Goddard oddard +ild Geese You do not have to be good. good. You not have to walk wthrough alk on your knees reenting. for ado hundred miles the desert You only have to let let the soft anim animal al of your body love what it loves. #ell me about desair yours and $ will tell you mine. :eanwhile the world goes on. :eanwhile the sun and the clear ebbles of the rain are moving across the landscaes over the rairies and the dee trees the mountains and the rivers. :eanwhile the wild geese high in the clean blue air are heading home again. +hoever you are are no matter how llonely onely the world offers itself to your imagination calls to you like the wild geese harsh and e/citing( over and over announcing your lace in the family of things. 44:ary 3liver :Y life closed twice before its close> $t yet remains to see $f $mmortality unveil & thir third d event to me So huge so hoe hoeless less to con conceive ceive V &s these that twice befell. 8arting is all we know of heaven &nd all we need of hell.
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%+riting is easy. &ll you do is sit down at a tyewriter and oen a vein.% I5ed SmithJ +hat we do when we leave the manger says a lot about who we met there He died not for men but for each man. $f each man had been the only man made He would have done no less. ~'SLewis ?ust because today is a terrible day doesn’t mean tomorrow won’t be the best day of your life. You <ust gotta get there. there. Great marriages marriages take average days and make them not so average. ~:ike Glenn i.m not a romantic but even i will concede that the heart does not e/ist solely for the urose of uming blood. @7ownton &bbeyA
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