Hope is a gift you don’t have to surrender, a power you don’t have to throw away. And though hope can be an act of defiance, defiance isn’t enough reason to hope. But there are good reasons.

“A lot of mistakes come from copying people playing a different game than you.”

björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw

Perhaps the simplest and most inclusive definition of grief is “unfinished hurt.”

Lord, that I might see your presence presencing itself and giving itself away as the intimate immediacy of the grace and miracle of our very presence and of all things in our communal nothingness without you. Help us to understand that the generosity of the Infinite is infinite and that we are the generosity of God. We are the song you sing.”

Beware that many people want to be offended; outrage gives them an intoxicating sense of moral superiority. So desperate are they to be mad that they’ll actively seek out provocations online, wilfully misinterpret your words, and even imagine you said things you didn't.”

—Gurwinder Bhogal

Philosopher and author Albert Camus on the excuses we allow ourselves to live by:

"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it."

Willfulness

When we’re stubborn and inflexible about getting what we want and need, that’s willfulness. Instead of thinking about what’s possible or realistic, we try to bend reality to our will. And it’s kind of like arm wrestling with the whole universe. 

Willingness

When we’re willing, we accept where we’re at right now and what it’s going to take ... See more