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You can’t be an important and life-changing presence for some people without also being a joke and an embarrassment to others. You just can’t.
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“Raise your hand if you've asked yourself, How much more do I have to do before I've done enough? How much of myself do I have to give? How smoothly do I have to polish myself before I can move through the world without friction?”
― Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
― Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
“The moral of the story is: We thrive when we have a positive goal to move toward, not just a negative state we’re trying to move away from.”
― Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
― Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
“To name a place requires us to be in a place. It requires us to resist dreaming of where we should be and look around where we are.”
― In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World
― In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World
“We read the Bible how we want to read it. It doesn't change, but we do.”
― Transcendent Kingdom
― Transcendent Kingdom
“In the land where everyone screams, everyone is also slightly deaf.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
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