Reset, readjust, restart, refocus.As many times as you need to.
Just don't quit!
Do something just for you every day which makes you feel good.
Take some me time to do whatever makes you happy, and create the habit of doing this every day.
By looking after your soul, it creates a ripple effect throughout your life, and others will benefit from the refreshed you.
MermaidDiagram Comment.
Joy is the best makeup.
You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with an impossibility.
Hope is not about proving anything. It's about choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us.
...the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you.
Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.
I didn't need to understand the hypostatic unity of the Trinity; I just needed to turn my life over to whoever came up with redwood trees.
Mine was a patchwork God, sewn together from bits of rag and ribbon, Eastern and Western, pagan and Hebrew, everything but the kitchen sink and Jesus.
We all know we're going to die; what's important is the kind of men and women we are in the face of this.
Your problem is how you are going to spend this one and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.
Laughter is carbonated holiness.
Writing like this is a little like milking a cow: the milk is so rich and delicious, and the cow is so glad you did it.
...It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart.
Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath.
I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.
It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.
The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.
...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.
Every Sunday I nudge Sam in her direction, and he walks to where she is sitting and hugs her. She smells him behind the ears, where he most smells like sweet unwashed new potatoes. This is in fact what I think God may smell like, a young child's slightly dirty neck.
Dealing with your rage and grief will give you life. That is both the good news and the bad news: The solution is at hand. Wherever the great dilemma exists is where the great growth is, too." —Anne Lamott
Knowledge Strategy Execution
Motivation is a byproduct of action, not the catalyst for it.
Control your thoughts or your thoughts will control you.
Today is a new day. Stop living in the past.
Focus on the step in front of you, not the whole staircase.
You attract what you are, not what you want. If you want great, then be great.
Your goals should scare you a little and excite you a lot.
