As the body dieth when the soul departeth, so the soul of man dieth, when it hath not the knowledge of God.
Among all his creatures in heaven or earth, God hath not made any like unto the sun in the firmament, the beams whereof are beautiful and pleasant, and do give comfort in all places to all things.
The number of witches had everywhere become enormous.
But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue forever, and never have an end.
I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on all day long.
Words can be said easily, but one can’t fake actions.
I will shrink myself no longer to make any human feel secure.
Carrying anger with you is like lighting your own house on fire to get rid of rats. The rats run to safety while you burn yourself down. Forgive. Let go. Heal.
True cynics kill themselves. The rest are posers, trying to use clever sarcasm and snarky remarks to hide insecurity and the fear that if they put themselves out there, they will fail.
Hatred is hurt masquerading-it is an energy used to fool someone into thinking they are frightening when in truth they are frightened.
Greatness is never achieved by trying to imitate the greatness of another. Greatness is chipping away at all that does not belong to you and then expressing yourself so truly that others can’t help but recognize it.
Betrayal converts our innocence to wisdom if we can let go of pain, bitterness, and fear and create enough self-love and safety for ourselves to allow it to do so.
I believe we forget who we are over time, and in our state of forgetfulness we struggle and employ all kinds of learned behaviors that don’t necessarily help us or bring us happiness. Each of us has a self that exists undamaged and whole, from the moment we are born waiting to be reclaimed.
Audiences don’t care if you sing correctly. They care if they feel something. If they don’t, they forget you. Emotional honesty creates loyalty and a lifelong connection above all else.
And believing that we are broken is the same as being broken. It means we experience ourselves that way. That perception shapes our reality. It is an illusion we must strive to avoid, as great misery comes from such a belief.
I watched love and life play out in a million ways, but one of the best things I learned was this: You don’t outrun pain.
My innocence is not lost – it has been converted into wisdom. The sensation we call “breaking” is the pain that comes from resisting the truth. Life broke parts of me that needed to fall away for me to live an open and truthful life.
We cannot always control or avoid what happens to us, but we can control what it does to our spirit.
Informed optimism is different from a willful ignorance that simply wishes not to see the bad in the world. Seeing the truth and choosing every day to see it, letting life break your heart but doing something about it took courage. It was not about hiding your head in the sand but rather digging in, accepting the challenges, and doing the hard work it takes not just to complain about a problem but to be the solution.
This is the best worst time of my life.