Eric

“Progress doesn’t move in a straight line.”
― Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House

“When you eventually see through the veils to how things really are, you will keep saying again and again, this is certainly not like we thought it was." - Rumi”
― James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey of Self-Awareness, Peace of Mind and Joy

“Sometimes we don’t know until much later that a particular moment in time has changed our life’s direction.”
― Bronnie Ware, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing

“Regarding faith, my adherence to Islam had not diminished over the years since my conversion, but I had modified it from the intense orthodoxy I had followed at first to a more streamlined version that I felt was more progressive and inclusive. I practiced quietly on my own without the need to proselytize. I had been able to separate my faith in the theology from using it to make a cultural statement about black Americans. My only interest in Islam was spiritual and ethical guidance, not politics. In”
― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court