What we know matters but who we are matters more.
Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be and embrace who you are.
Brene Brown (born 1965) is an American researcher and author. Much of her work has studied courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy.
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath. Noted for his advocacy for medical reforms, he was also an acclaimed writer among his peers.
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations.
Stevie Wonder (born 1950) is an American singer and songwriter.
Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.
Alan Alda (born 1936) is an American actor, writer, and director. His is well-known for his role as Captain Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce in the award-winning sitcom of “M*A*S*H” from 1972-1983.
Make your church grow: some assembly required.
From 1 Corinthians 3:9: “For we are God’s coworkers, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.”
Life begins much like an empty book
Pages waiting as a tranquil brook
How will daily life compose each page?
Breathtaking words at every age
Words starting with childlike, joyful prose
Sentences fill with love, head to toes
Paragraphs arrive, smiling each day
First page finishes, much like crochet
Chapters now gather, picking up speed
Transmission accepts each tender reed
Pages adding up, never afraid
Days, weeks, months, years gather . . . no charade
Life reaches the twilight of its time
Not pausing, not even for halftime
Who will ever read this manuscript?
There’s time to add a final postscript
With empty pages, life’s book began
Words maturing, always in God’s plan
Originally published September, 2020.
Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.
Almost anything that you pay close, direct attention to becomes interesting.
David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) was an American writer and university professor of creative writing.
Do all the good you can, and make as little fuss about it as possible.
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer whose novels are generally considered some of the greatest published during the Victorian era.
Change is inevitable, growth is optional.
From Romans 12:2: “Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
John Maxwell (born 1947) is an American pastor, author, and speaker. He has written numerous books about leadership, with a Christian point of view.
Sometimes you need to move slowly so you can move powerfully.
Maturity in a relationship is not expecting to always be on the same schedule.
Yung Pueblo is the pen name for Diego Perez (born 1988). Ecuadorian-born, he is a writer, meditator, and speaker. His pen name means “young people.”
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