Success is about taking advantage of opportunity.
God has abandoned you. Fear does not serve you. Your heart has betrayed you. Only the music can guide you.
Our future experiences will be colored by the choices we make in the present.
Finally we are being told the truth: life isn’t always easy and pleasant. We already know this to be true, but somehow we tend to go through life thinking that there is something wrong with us when we experience sadness, grief, and physical and emotional pain. The first truth points out that this is just the way it is. There is nothing wrong with you: you have just been born into a realm where pain is a given.
Everything is unfolding based on causes and conditions. Our happiness or suffering is dependent on how we relate to the present moment. If we cling now, we suffer later. If we let go and respond with compassion or friendliness, we create happiness and well-being for the future.
Generosity is revolutionary, counter-instinctual. Our survival instinct is to care only for ourselves and our loved ones. But we can transform our relationship to that survival instinct by constantly asking ourselves, ‘How can I use my life’s energy to benefit all living beings?
Pain and suffering are two completely difference experiences. Pain is unavoidable. Suffering is self-created.
A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
I want the services to look and sound like the Grammys. It's not showy, but we represent God, and it should be first class.
A truly humble person knows that they are nothing in themselves but they are everything in Christ.
Just before my final year of high school, my brother, sister and I moved with my mother to San Francisco.