This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings
It's only too late if you don't start now.
The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.
In the rush of daily living it's easy to forget all the remarkable people, real or fictional, who have been a part of your life. But if you just imagine they are near for a moment, you will realize that anyone who ever touched your heart is always with you, patiently waiting to emanate warmth and support whenever you remember to think of them.
Not fulfilling your dreams will be a loss to the world, because the world needs everyone's gift - yours and mine.
Becoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.
Independent of the critique I'm making, I'm just trying to paint a more comprehensive portrait of American religion than you get from a right versus left, religious conservatives versus secular liberal, believer versus atheist, binary. Too often, we just look at religion in America through that kind of eitheror lens. I think it's much more complicated than that.
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
Write like it matters, and it will.
Following Christ isn't something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.