I believe love is primarily a choice and only sometimes a feeling. If you want to feel love, choose to love and be patient. — Gordon Atkinson. Topics referred to by the same term Love
The only comfort comes in thinking about how nice it was to know them, and how nice it was to brush against goodness for a season.
We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of God’s existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the more heroic your faith.
My life is the story of a man who always wants to carry too much. My spiritual quest is the painful process of learning to let go of things not essential.
When life seems chaotic, you don't need people giving you easy answers or cheap promises. There might not be any answers to your problems. What you need is a safe place where you can bounce with people who have taken some bad hops of their own.
I’m telling you, things are getting out of hand. Or maybe I’m discovering that things were never in my hands.