For a moment Jack felt the strongest inclination to snatch up his little gilt chair and beat the white-faced man down with it.
I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later.
Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.
Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.
Most birds were created to fly. Being grounded for them is a limitation within their ability to fly, not the other way around. You, on the other hand, were created to be loved. So for you to live as if you were unloved is a limitation, not the other way around. Living unloved is like clipping a bird’s wings and removing its ability to fly. Not something I want for you. Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly. And if left unresolved for very long, you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place.
Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.
Somehow the pain, the losses, the hurt, the bad, God is able to transform these into something they could have never been, icons and monuments of grace and love. It is the deep mystery how wounds and scars can become precious, or a ravaging and terrifying cross the essential symbol of relentless affection. ” “Is it worth it?” whispered Tony. “Wrong question, son. There is no ‘it. ’ The question is and has always been, ‘Are you worth it?’ and the answer is and always, ‘Yes!’
My ancestors came over from Germany about the time of the Civil War and one of them lost a leg and went back to Germany.
Well If I could live my life again differently, there are things I would do and things I wouldn't do. Like drugs, I wouldn't deal with drugs and guns, I wouldn't deal with it, a whole lot of things, that's the truth
One thing is for sure. The Drive-By Media is populated with people who are not just biased and bigoted and prejudicial. It's obvious that they are also the victims of an absolutely pathetic education system.
Kindly remember that the obvious is always overlooked.