I'd rather lose her from my life, but know she was alive and well than lose her altogether to death.
But it's a poor church that cares only for what happens to a soul after it leaves this life. " -Damien
When we are young, we think life will be like a supo: one fabric, one weave, one grand design. But in truth, life turns out to be more like the patchwork cloths-bits and pieces, odds and ends-people, places, things we never expected, never wanted, perhaps.
Fear is good. In the right degree it prevents us from making fools of ourselves. But in the wrong measure it prevents us from fully living. Fear is our boon companion but never our master.
God didn't give man wings; He gave him the brains and the spirit to give himself wings. Just as He gave us the capacity to laugh when we hurt, or to struggle on when we feel like giving up. I've come to believe that how we choose to live with pain, or injustice, or death. . . is the true measure of the Divine within us.
Perhaps you need to look back before you can move ahead.
A road need not be paved in gold to find treasures at its end.
I watched Hillary Clinton. What a sad - what a sad situation. Every time I mention her, everyone screams, "Lock her up. " "Lock her up, lock her up, lock her up," they keep screaming.
I went through this very serious Woody Allen phase in college and a little bit after college. I still see his movies.
I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.
A great challenge: stop ruining the garden which God has entrusted to us so that all may enjoy it.