It is in the quiet crucible of your personal, private sufferings that your noblest dreams are born and God's greatest gifts are given.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Anyone with two tunics should share with him who has none.
Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.
Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
I don't know if I'm an action star or if that's just how things are shaping up. I would hate to be boxed into that forever, but it's probably just a strength as far as my type goes, and I'm fine with that.
Pretend to be a delinquent?" I asked clarifying. "You can do it," Dave advised me. "Just don't smile, and try to look like you're considering stealing something.
A part, a large part, of traveling is an engagement of the ego v. the world. The world is hydra headed, as old as the rocks and as changing as the sea, enmeshed inextricably in its ways. The ego wants to arrive at places safely and on time.
The definition of swagger, in my opinion, is you have to have that arrogance, that confidence that you are the best out there at all times.