Mile by mile, it's a trial; yard by yard, it's hard; but inch by inch, it's a cinch.
Faith doesn't always come naturally but as we take those steps of faith, we notice little by little that our faith has grown and it isn't as hard as we first thought.
I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever.
Maybe the future is like rowing for shore. Your only choice is to try or give up.
Let the Lord your God be your hope – seek for nothing else from him, but let him himself be your hope. There are people who hope from him riches or perishable and transitory honours, in short they hope to get from God things which are not God himself.
You can never run from your past; it defines who you are today. But, use your Awo given intelligence and enjoy the future…because THAT only comes once.’ VAALBARA The Land of Shadows
I am forever grateful for not knowing—What would have been. WHAT WILL BE holds none of those bittersweet pangs and it is lit w joy.
When our dreams don’t come true, sometimes we can hand them down to our children and hope that they will come true for them. The joy can be immeasurable just the same.
God is writing His story on the pages of our lives.
The lovers of the world are the ones who matter. Forget the rest. Jesus was a lover. He doesn't hate anyone.
It’s like we have the bones of animals and the hearts of angels.
Free at last, he thought. Great God Almighty, I'm free at last. Then: I believe this is redemption. And it's good, isn't it? Quite good, indeed.
Move on, sky is not limit, wind can touch you, water can dip you, mother will care you, wife will nurture you and above all, oneday you will see your child following, up above the sky; you became a star, twinkling, watching and waiting to come back again, on earth.
Be strong. Even when you can't be.
May you find the strength of will and the grace of endurance to overcome every challenge.
With positive attitude, you can graciously overcome every adversity.
Maybe what River had meant was that time itself was like a river, moving steadily forward, and you got to be in a new river every day, every hour. All my life I'd felt like a lake. A lake where everyhting was contained, forever. All my experiences, all the different people I'd been, everything I'd had, everything I'd lost...I carried them around with me, all the time
No matter how hard it is, or how hard it gets, don't ever, ever, ever lose hope!
Hope-that unshakable golden belief that things can get better- is why I'm here talking to you now. Without it, we are nothing.
Try to see the good in all things...