“The power to question is the key to all progress in life…..
When you question, you get the answers, they may be good,
they may be bad, but either way, they will direct you to something….
The courage to question,
is the belief as well as the will to make the changes in your life.”
~Amanda~
“To believe is human, to doubt is Divine”
~ Peter Rollins
“In cultivating compassion we draw from the wholeness of our experience-–
our suffering, our empathy, as well as our cruelty and terror.
It has to be this way.
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded.
It’s a relationship between equals.
Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others.
Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
~ Pema Chodron
“What if the 2 greatest commandments aren’t a matter of #1 being a priority over #2?
What if they are interdependent on each other?
What if the best way to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind is to show your neighbor and your enemy that you love them as you love yourself?
That you would lay down your rights to your freedoms and your convictions
in order to show them you want to hear them,
to try to see them as an individual,
in order to love them?
What if you
~ by loving your enemy and by appearing to be rejecting God’s words ~
in fact are living God’s words?”
~ The Joy Gal
“Spiritual lust makes me demand an answer from God,
instead of seeking God Who gives the answer….
The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God,
not the answer.”
~ Oswald Chambers
“When we’re looking for compassion,
we need someone who is deeply rooted, able to bend,
and most of all,
we need someone who embraces us for our strengths and struggles.
We need to honor our struggle by sharing it with someone
who has earned the right to hear it.”
~ Brené Brown
“I think joy and sweetness and affection are a spiritual path.
We’re here to know God, to love and serve God,
and to be blown away by the beauty and miracle of nature.
You just have to get rid of so much baggage
to be light enough to dance, to sing, to play.
You don’t have time to carry grudges;
you don’t have time to cling to the need to be right.”
“Thou shalt live Kingdomly reckless.”
~ Scott Scruggs
