Imagine all of the things you would have missed today if you’d only been out here for yourself.
Someone else’s opinion of you is none of your business. Those words are so powerful for anyone who tends to hold other people’s opinions ahead of their own; and they are never more profound than when we’re creating something.
Sometimes it was a small change and sometimes it was life-changing, but in every circumstance, I grew for having walked through it. Friends, it’s not about the goal or the dream you have. It’s about who you become on your way to that goal.
Giving birth to a baby is like a space shuttle launch. Everything gets destroyed on the way out, which means that sometimes, you guys, I pee my pants.
Our words have power, but our actions shape our lives. If you choose today not to break another promise to yourself, you will force yourself to slow down. You cannot keep every commitment, promise, goal, and idea without intentionality.
Jesus was the ultimate embracer of chaos. He preached and taught and shepherded a flock, and in the midst of his tumultuous ministry, he accepted everyone.
So many people think that one thing, one opportunity, is going to make them a success at everything. The reality is that success comes by doing fifty things over and over and over and over. Intensity is not as important as consistency.
My uncertainty is proof that I was trying to grow.
You were made to be more than you are today and – this is the important part – your version of more might not look like my more, or hers.
You understand that just because you’ll keep waking up each morning doesn’t mean that it won’t cost you something to keep going.
Allowing someone else to talk you out of your pursuits is quite possibly one of the hardest habits to break but one of the greatest behaviors to adopt.
It’s going to be a journey and you’re going to have to fight to get where you want to go, but it’s also going to be worth it.
We can simply adjust our posture to consider a wider, more inclusive community. If we adjust our posture, it will change the way we speak. If we adjust our posture, it will change the way we listen. If we adjust our posture, we will see the person, not the category they fall into.
Philippians 1: 6: “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.
I think we function better mentally, emotionally, and physically when we take care of our bodies with nourishment, water, and exercise. The lie I used to believe was that my weight would define me, that it would speak volumes about who I was as a person. Today I believe it’s not your weight that defines you, but the care and consideration you put into your body absolutely does.
If you constantly make and break promises to yourself, you’re not making promises at all. You’re talking.
In fact, I believe we can change the world. But first, we’ve got to stop living in fear of being judged for who we are.
Exista o mare diferenta intre recunostinta pentru propria viata si acceptarea oarba a ce-ti iese in cale.
Exista sute de feluri de a invata sa inoti si unul foarte simplu de a te ineca – atunci cand nu esti dispusa sa recunosti inca de la inceput ca esti pe cale sa te ineci.
We are afraid of so many things when it comes to our dreams, but the biggest fear is of being judged for having them in the first place.