"Sometimes we have to 'step over' our anger, our jealousy, or our feelings of rejection and move on. The temptation is to get stuck in our negative emotions, poking around in them as if we belong there. Then we become the 'offended one', the 'forgotten one', or the 'discarded one.' Yes, we can get attached to these negative identities and even take morbid pleasure in them. It might be good to have a look at these dark feelings and explore where they come from, but there comes a moment to step over them, leave them behind, and travel on." ~Henri Nouwen
conviction.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
quotations
i love when things i read or hear speak to me right where i am. it reminds me that i am not alone on this big blue planet. my pains and joys are not unique. and reflecting on this is an exercise in becoming less self-centered. so today i thought i would share some of these quotations and lyrics. and rather than draw the attention back to myself by giving my own thoughts and feelings, i will just let them speak for themselves.
"The art of living is to enjoy what we can see and not complain about what remains in the dark." ~Henri Nouwen
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." ~Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
"We are so fragile and our cracking bones make noise. We are just breakable, breakable girls and boys." ~Ingrid Michaelson
"Dancing through life, Skimming the surface, Gliding where turf is smooth, Life's more painless, For the brainless, Why think too hard? When it's so soothing, Dancing through life... " ~Wicked
"A life that is not reflected upon eventually loses its meaning and becomes boring." ~Henri Nouwen
"The reward you get from a story is always less than you thought it would be, and the work is harder than you imagined. The point of a story is never about the ending, remember. It's about your character getting molded in the hard work of the middle." ~Donald Miller
"Choose the harder of the two ways. If you have eliminated all other possibilities and there still seem to be two that might please God, choose the more difficult one." ~Elizabeth Elliot
"And if I was stronger then I would tell you no. And if I was stronger then I will leave this show. And if I was stronger then I would up and go. But here I am and here we go again." ~Ingrid Michaelson
"Sometimes, though, we are in a quandary because we have already been shown what we ought to do and we are not satisfied with it. We are saying, 'Lord when are you going to tell me?' and the truth is that he has told us." ~Elizabeth Elliot
"For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything." ~1 John 3:20
"The art of living is to enjoy what we can see and not complain about what remains in the dark." ~Henri Nouwen
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." ~Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
"We are so fragile and our cracking bones make noise. We are just breakable, breakable girls and boys." ~Ingrid Michaelson
"Dancing through life, Skimming the surface, Gliding where turf is smooth, Life's more painless, For the brainless, Why think too hard? When it's so soothing, Dancing through life... " ~Wicked
"A life that is not reflected upon eventually loses its meaning and becomes boring." ~Henri Nouwen
"The reward you get from a story is always less than you thought it would be, and the work is harder than you imagined. The point of a story is never about the ending, remember. It's about your character getting molded in the hard work of the middle." ~Donald Miller
"Choose the harder of the two ways. If you have eliminated all other possibilities and there still seem to be two that might please God, choose the more difficult one." ~Elizabeth Elliot
"And if I was stronger then I would tell you no. And if I was stronger then I will leave this show. And if I was stronger then I would up and go. But here I am and here we go again." ~Ingrid Michaelson
"Sometimes, though, we are in a quandary because we have already been shown what we ought to do and we are not satisfied with it. We are saying, 'Lord when are you going to tell me?' and the truth is that he has told us." ~Elizabeth Elliot
"For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything." ~1 John 3:20
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