The worst thing is not the sorrow or the loss or the heartbreak. Worse is to be encountered by death and not to be changed by the encounter. There are pills we take to get through the experience, but the danger is that we then do not go through the experience but...
The rule is you have to dance a little bit in the morning before you leave the house because it changes the way you walk out in the world.
You can give a person knowledge, but you can't make them think. Some people want to remain fools, only because the truth requires change.
One lesson that we Christians have not learned in the last 2,000+ years is that Jesus had no political control over the Roman Empire and he still changed the entire world. We keep trying to change the world the way the Roman Empire did, instead of the way Jesus did.
It's crazy how the presence of God can completely change your mood and attitude in an instant. One worship song, one whispered prayer, one Scripture verse can take you from the absolute worst mindset to a place of such peace and joy. There's nothing like the presence...
Repentance is not when you cry. Repentance is not when you promise. Repentance is when you change.
For what it's worth: It's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit; stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same; there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make...
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's...
Don't forget to love the way you want to be loved, listen the way you want to be heard, give the way you hope others give, care the way you want others to care, because change doesn't start with them, it starts right here.
People change for two main reasons: either their minds have been opened or their hearts have been broken.