Jen

“Anything that makes me feel better (or worse) than another is darkness; anything that makes me feel one with others is divine. So the natural instinct to try to lift others by helping them to feel good about themselves relative to others is exactly the wrong way to help. True happiness is found not in a belief that I am better but in the obliteration of any need to be.”
― James L. Ferrell, Falling to Heaven: The Surprising Path to Happiness

“Being Mistreated is the most important condition of mortality, for eternity itself depends on how we view those who mistreat us.”
― James L. Ferrell, The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Our Hearts and Homes

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Yes. When I want to fill my heart with His love, I open my eyes to the creations of His hand, especially the ones that seem outrageously and uselessly beautiful--sunsets, sunrises, ice crystals, patterns in drying mud, golden cottonwood leaves against red rock cliffs, the melancholy sound of the first cricket in August, moss-covered rocks in a mountain stream, the way a baby laughs before she can do useful things such as talking or walking.”
― Virginia H. Pearce, A Heart Like His: Making Space for God's Love in Your Life