It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, “Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson It is fear that keeps us locked up inside ourselves, refusing to come out. It is fear that holds us from our dreams because we hold it to close….
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BRICK WALL
Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want something. – Randy Pausch – Quotesnack.com – thanks! Brick walls??? Oh, we have those don’t we? Sometime we pretend that we don’t, but too often we do! A brick wall keeps something out….its gaurding something for safe keeping. What…
Pretending…love?
Rom 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation… I read this sentence this morning . DISSIMULATION (pause, think……..) the definition is – to hide under a false appearance. Is is from the word Anypokritos meaning unfeigned. Unfeigned is not hypocritical. See now feign means : to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression…
Rethinking
Mat 12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by [his] fruit. Today my thoughts are falling on the way we make decisions. We often decided based on assumption, first impressions, and what we think is right…not what we…
Contradict and live!
Living inside the contradictions – Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Body and Soul Magazine – From Devotion: A memoir by Dani Shapiro This sentence stuck out to me from a recent article I read. I thought “wow! isn’t that the truth!” We are all living inside the contradictions. Contradictions imply both truth and falsity at the same…