Barack Obama will appeal to both black and white voters in America. White voters who'll think he's Tiger Woods.
Ants in the house seem to be, not intruders, but the owners.
A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.
Who owns Cross Creek? The red-birds, I think, more than I, for they will have their nests even in the face of delinquent mortgages. . It seems to me that the earth may be borrowed, but not bought. It may be used, but not owned. It gives itself in response to love and tending, offers its sesonal flowering and fruiting. But we are tenants and not possessors, lovers, and not masters. Cross Creek belongs to the wind and the rain, to the sun and the seasons, to the cosmic secrecy of seed, and beyond all, to time. . . "
We cannot live without the Earth or apart from it, and something is shrivelled in a man's heart when he turns away from it and concerns himself only with the affairs of men
Here in Florida the seasons move in and out like nuns in soft clothing, making no rustle in their passing.
It seems to me that the earth may be borrowed but not bought. It may be used but not owned. We are tenants, not possessors, lovers and not masters.
The hub of Christianity is not "do something for Jesus. " The hub of Christianity is "Jesus has done everything for you".
In a place that feels safe and private, constructively express your sadness by allowing yourself to cry. While crying, acknowledge your hurts and losses. Don't indulge any negative thoughts about yourself. Just keep telling yourself, "I'm fine. It's okay to cry. I just feel sad. " You'll immediately feel washed clean, even joyful.
To hear the phrase "our only hope" always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn't work, there is nothing left.
My boys don't play as much as they used to, but when we do go out and play, it gets competitive, that's for sure - there's no question about it.