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“In the 1950s kids lost their innocence.
They were liberated from their parents by well-paying jobs, cars, and lyrics in music that gave rise to a new term ---the generation gap.
In the 1960s, kids lost their authority.
It was a decade of protest---church, state, and parents were all called into question and found wanting. Their authority was rejected, yet nothing ever replaced it.
In the 1970s, kids lost their love. It was the decade of me-ism dominated by hyphenated words beginning with self.
Self-image, Self-esteem, Self-assertion....It made for a lonely world. Kids learned everything there was to know about sex and forgot everything there was to know about love, and no one had the nerve to tell them there was a difference.
In the 1980s, kids lost their hope.
Stripped of innocence, authority and love and plagued by the horror of a nuclear nightmare, large and growing numbers of this generation stopped believing in the future.
In the 1990s kids lost their power to reason. Less and less were they taught the very basics of language, truth, and logic and they grew up with the irrationality of a postmodern world.
In the new millennium, kids woke up and found out that somewhere in the midst of all this change, they had lost their imagination. Violence and perversion entertained them till none could talk of killing innocents since none was innocent anymore.”
― Recapture the Wonder
They were liberated from their parents by well-paying jobs, cars, and lyrics in music that gave rise to a new term ---the generation gap.
In the 1960s, kids lost their authority.
It was a decade of protest---church, state, and parents were all called into question and found wanting. Their authority was rejected, yet nothing ever replaced it.
In the 1970s, kids lost their love. It was the decade of me-ism dominated by hyphenated words beginning with self.
Self-image, Self-esteem, Self-assertion....It made for a lonely world. Kids learned everything there was to know about sex and forgot everything there was to know about love, and no one had the nerve to tell them there was a difference.
In the 1980s, kids lost their hope.
Stripped of innocence, authority and love and plagued by the horror of a nuclear nightmare, large and growing numbers of this generation stopped believing in the future.
In the 1990s kids lost their power to reason. Less and less were they taught the very basics of language, truth, and logic and they grew up with the irrationality of a postmodern world.
In the new millennium, kids woke up and found out that somewhere in the midst of all this change, they had lost their imagination. Violence and perversion entertained them till none could talk of killing innocents since none was innocent anymore.”
― Recapture the Wonder
“The world is larger and more beautiful than my little struggle.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“Of all the religions in the world, there is none with the wealth of music that the Christian faith offers.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“Dragoste gratuită nu există; dragostea este expresia cea mai costisitoare din lume. Dar lucrul minunat este că prețul ei a fost plătit deja.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“Wonder is that possession of the mind that enchants the emotions, while never surrendering reason.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“The components of gratitude and truth, love and hope bring the realization of wonder. The disciplines of study, of reading and reflecting, of dialoguing in depth and praying with belief sustain the wonder.”
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
“Fatalism is the creed of a will that is dying to its possibilities and seeks to drag the imagination with it.”
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
“In short, wonder is captured in one word—worship. When we have learned what worship is,we have experienced what wonder is. Worship is a personal thing before it goes public. It is an individual thing before it is part of a community. It is a disciplined thing before it is natural.”
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
“G. K. Chesterton once said that to be thankful is the highest form of thought and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. Thanklessness, then,must be the lowest form of thought, and ingratitude is discontentment, bankrupted of wonder.”
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
“WONDER IS ONE OF THOSE “POSSESSIONS” THAT NEEDS DISCIPLINED GUARDING AND THOUGHTFUL GUIDING.”
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
“In the 1950s kids lost their innocence.They were liberated from their parents by well-paying jobs, cars, and lyrics in music that gave rise to a new term—the generation gap. In the 1960s, kids lost their authority. It was the decade of protest—church, state, and parents were all called into question and found wanting.Their authority was rejected, yet nothing ever replaced it. In the 1970s, kids lost their love. It was the decade of me-ism dominated by hyphenated words beginning with self. Self-image, Self-esteem, Self-assertion . . . It made for a lonely world. Kids learned everything there was to know about sex and forgot everything there was to know about love, and no one had the nerve to tell them there was a difference. In the 1980s, kids lost their hope. Stripped of innocence, authority, and love and plagued by the horror of a nuclear nightmare, large and growing numbers of this generation stopped believing in the future. To bring it up to date, I have added two more paragraphs: In the 1990s kids lost their power to reason. Less and less were they taught the very basics of language, truth, and logic and they grew up with the irrationality of a postmodern world. In the new millennium, kids woke up and found out that somewhere in the midst of all this change, they had lost their imagination. Violence and perversion entertained them till none could talk of killing innocents since none was innocent anymore.”
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
“The game is played not to protect the rules; rather, the rules are made to protect the game. That”
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
“Our society is walking through a maze of cultural land mines and the heaviest price is exacted as we send our children on ahead.”
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
“The tragedy with growing up is not that we lose childishness in its simplicity, but that we lose childlikeness in its sublimity.”
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
“Seeking new sensations while violating the sacred first desecrates the self and finally destroys the sensation.”
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
“Oameni fiind, ne închipuim că speranțele și visurile există pentru noi și că noi existăm pentru ele.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“Oare nu cumva bucuria anticipării îl determină pe copil să iubească mai mult Ajunul Crăciunului decât Ziua de Crăciun? Oare nu cumva din cauza că împlinirea dorințelor lui se află atât de aproape, acesta - deși frânt de oboseală - refuză să adoarmă, și se străduiește să țină ochii deschiși? Dar Crăciunul trece și copilul se trezește la realitate. Dorința s-a stins și tot ce înainte stârnea mirarea este pus înapoi în cutie. Actul în sine al despachetării scade oare din farmecul darului? De ce e atât de întortocheată căutarea omului după împlinire? De ce avem mereu impresia că încântarea după care tânjim este așa de greu de obținut și aproape scandalos de complicată?”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“Mirarea e acea calitate a minţii care se bucură de fiorul emoţiei, deşi nu renunţă niciodată la raţiune. Este acea abordare a realităţii ce nu are nevoie mereu de momente de exaltare pentru a se menţine pe linia de plutire, dar nici nu este făcută vulnerabilă de căderile în lupta vieţii.
Ea vede extraordinarul în ordinar şi găseşte în extraordinar confirmarea a ceea ce deja ştie. Mirarea îmbraţisează sufletul (spiritual) dar este resimţită şi în trup (materialul). Mirarea interpretează viaţa prin ochii eternităţii în timp ce se bucură de clipă, însă nu lasă niciodată ca imaginea de moment să epuizeze eternul. Mirarea dă farmec şi ştie unde şi când să găsească acel farmec. Mirarea ştie cum să citească umbrele, deoarece cunoaşte natura luminii. Mirarea ştie că deşi nu te poţi uita ţintă la lumină, nu poţi să vezi nimic fără ea.”
― Recapture the Wonder
Ea vede extraordinarul în ordinar şi găseşte în extraordinar confirmarea a ceea ce deja ştie. Mirarea îmbraţisează sufletul (spiritual) dar este resimţită şi în trup (materialul). Mirarea interpretează viaţa prin ochii eternităţii în timp ce se bucură de clipă, însă nu lasă niciodată ca imaginea de moment să epuizeze eternul. Mirarea dă farmec şi ştie unde şi când să găsească acel farmec. Mirarea ştie cum să citească umbrele, deoarece cunoaşte natura luminii. Mirarea ştie că deşi nu te poţi uita ţintă la lumină, nu poţi să vezi nimic fără ea.”
― Recapture the Wonder
“Vedeți, fiecare limită fixată de Dumnezeu sugerează ceva ce merită protejat, astfel că dacă vrem să păstrăm miracolul existenței trebuie să apelăm la manualul de instrucțiuni al lui Dumnezeu. Cine crede că poate fixa limite la întâmplare fie că distruge miracolul vieții, fie că va sfârși el însuși în epuizare. Poruncile lui Dumnezeu au rolul să protejeze adevăratul rost al vieții, și nu invers. Dacă ținem cont de acest adevăr în viața noastră, nu ne vom pierde niciodată capacitatea de a ne mira.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“It’s odd God.
Time’s shoeless feet
sneaked up on me
and caught me by surprise. The days of youth I knew so well
are gone with the blink of an eye.
Innocent play and laughter,
tire swings and fun,
those days were too soon ended
when I thought they’d only begun. Backyard friends were many
Worries and fears were few.
Hopes and dreams were not yet dashed.
But life as it was then is through.
No longer tree swings,
now they’re blowouts
that complicate schedules and work
as I recklessly race down the freeway
in search of a paycheck and perks. How I long for the years of my childhood,
when life was uncluttered and free.
Perhaps there’s a way to reprogram my goals
and capture the me that was me.”
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
Time’s shoeless feet
sneaked up on me
and caught me by surprise. The days of youth I knew so well
are gone with the blink of an eye.
Innocent play and laughter,
tire swings and fun,
those days were too soon ended
when I thought they’d only begun. Backyard friends were many
Worries and fears were few.
Hopes and dreams were not yet dashed.
But life as it was then is through.
No longer tree swings,
now they’re blowouts
that complicate schedules and work
as I recklessly race down the freeway
in search of a paycheck and perks. How I long for the years of my childhood,
when life was uncluttered and free.
Perhaps there’s a way to reprogram my goals
and capture the me that was me.”
― Recapture the Wonder: Experiencing God's Amazing Promise of Childlike Joy
“Religia și elementele ei specifice ne pot distrage foarte ușor atenția de la adevărat semnificație a mântuirii, care nu are nimic de-a face cu un ritual, ci e o relație; nu implică nicio postură a trupului, ci e o nevoie a sufletului; nu are legătură u un anumit moment al zilei, ci e o prezență a Lui permanentă; nu cere să-L îmbunezi pe Dumnezeu, ci să te odihnești în purtarea Lui de grijă; nu este în relație cu cultura, ci cu adevărul; nu presupune câștigarea păcii, ci se bazează pe puterea lui Dumnezeu care face minuni.”
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― Recapture the Wonder
“Oare nu este interesant cum poveștile, mai noi sau mai vechi, ajung mai devreme sau mai târziu să vorbească despre ce înseamnă să iubești și să fii iubit? Ele meditează asupra acestei nevoi vitale pe care o simțim toți pe parcursul vieții noastre. Ne dorim cu ardoare să știm și să simțim că suntem iubiți. Tânjim după relații semnificative pentru noi, sigure și tot mai profunde.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“Pe când dragostea zidește. Dragostea este o componentă vitală a mirării. Și dragostea este acea condiție prin care inima „pompează” inteligență emoțională prin vasele sangvine ale umblărilor noastre de zi cu zi. E încredere tacită că aparții unei alte persoane; e dedicarea față de o cauză mai mare decât tine însuți; e o relație în care faci alegeri nu doar pentru tine; e rădăcina și cauza unor sacrificii nesfârșite. Când găsești această dragoste, mirarea persistă chiar și în momentele de mari temeri. Dar nu este deloc ușor să înțelegi cum funcționează această dragoste.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“Numai Dumnezeu poate să ne smerească fără să ne umilească și să ne înalțe fără să ne flateze.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“Prețul plătit determină câștigul obținut. Înțelegem ce este dragostea doar când ne dedicăm ei.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“Dragostea poate fi exprimată cu adevărat doar printr-o angajare a voinței.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“Mirarea constă, în parte, în capacitatea de a recunoaște că mâna minunată a Creatorului a turnat tot cerul în fiecare viață.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“Dar pentru creștin, la moarte orice dorință care înainte era limitată la carne va fi împlinită în duh. Atingerea după care a tânjit în exterior va fi atunci interioară. Credința care înainte privea spre viitor va găsi atunci eternitatea.”
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― Recapture the Wonder
“Emoțiile sunt exprimate brusc prin noi impulsuri ale dorinței. O energie inepuizabilă ne atrage spre experiențe nelimitate, în timp ce uităm că și experimentarea are consecințele ei. Credem că putem separa ideile de consecințele lor. Dar adevărul e că și emoțiile pot mistui. În explorarea aceasta de noi posibilități există o imaturitate a înțelepciunii.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
“În mijlocul schimbării și al transformării, ne dăm seama că pe măsură ce înaintăm în vârstă, avem mai multă nevoie de cineva mai mare decât noi care să ne redea ceea ce am pierdut.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder