If I had fallen asleep and suddenly woken up on a roller coaster, what would I feel? Well, I would feel trapped and sick, terrified of every bend, wanting to get off. However, if I believe that the track is my destiny and that God is in charge of the machine, then the nightmare becomes something thrilling. It becomes exactly what it is, a roller coaster, a safe, reliable toy, which will eventually stop, but while the journey lasts, I must look at the surrounding landscape and whoop with excitement. -Paulo Coelho Eleven Minutes
Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you. -Marcus Aurelius
I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. -Annie Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Absence diminishes minor passion and inflames great ones, as the wind douses a candle and fans a fire.
-Francois de La Rochefoucauld
You know, if we were to put this apple down, and leave it, it would be spoiled and gone in a few days. But, if we were to take a bite of it, it would become part of us, and we could take it with us, forever. Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything.
-Phenomenon
Let all the world know that the power of kings is empty and worthless and there is no King worthy of the name save Him by whose will heaven and earth and sea obey eternal laws. -King Canute of Great Britian
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. – 1 Peter 4:10
