Jesus Christ died to save us from our sins; we tend to concentrate on that merciful fact. But isn’t it also true He lived to show us a lifestyle free from sin? So, wouldn’t following in his footsteps be something like preventative medicine?
The bigger the dream, the better the story.
Rather than critique people, try admiring God’s creative handiwork.
Life made me an actor from birth. The world, darling, is not my stage but my audience.
If you suffer lingering doubts; if the consolation you cling to is ‘it will probably be okay,’ then run the other way because what you’re contemplating is not a good choice.
We live that we might have experience; that through it we might gain wisdom, compassion, faith, and inner strength.
Yes, love is a super power. It is the ultimate super power.
For every one person who praises you, there are a hundred who would criticize. Heed neither the one nor the hundred. It is your own opinion that truly matters.
If you love something, you find a way to have it in your life. Opposers may take away your means and tools, but you simply turn to crude replacements, fashioning them from scraps if necessary. Threats only make you steal moments of secrecy to satisfy your love. And if it means but a morsel here and there, you accept each crumb gladly because nothing else can even begin to satisfy your hunger.
Sometimes happiness quietly curls up in your heart just to snuggle.
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It is the image of physical brawn, sheer force, and commanding volume we so often associate with might. But I have found the might of an army exists in the faith of a child and in quiet, earnest prayers as well as in the heart of one who loves.
An artist is merely a tool with which art molds itself.
I dream of defeating tyrants and ogres as well as circumstances and consequences that I cannot conquer in life. I dream of a love as sweet and addictive as chocolate-coated rose petals yet as tenacious as a thirsty vampire and as enduring as immortality. I dream of things improbable and boldly insane.
Laughter and love are their own forms of exercise meant to keep a body healthy.
Patience isn’t simply waiting, it is caring enough about the situation and those involved to remain calm and courteous throughout the wait.
Habits grow like dragons if you feed them.
You never step backwards when you’re sure of where you’re going.
Every heart has a layer of sadness, whether deeply buried or covering the surface for all to see.
My shoulders, broad and sculpted thick, were designed for two useful purposes. The one, to carry heavy loads like cedar logs and beams of steel and now and then the careful transfer of an injured friend to a bed of safety. The other purpose I consider superior, and that is to be, in all circumstances and forever, your headrest and cry pillow whereupon you may leave your heaviest burdens.