#ali

There are two decisions you need to make after you have accepted Jesus into your life. One: You need to make the decision to get over your past. You will not grow unless you make a conscious decision to get over your past. Two: Once you have made that decision, you need to trust God to help you get over your past... You didn’t just automatically become a Christian, did you? You weren’t made a Christian by just going to church. Just like you are not made a car by sitting in a garage all day! You have to make a decision. ↗

— Corallie Buchanan

#healing-the-past #life

Work was like a stick. It had two ends. When you worked for the knowing you gave them quality; when you worked for a fool you simply gave him eyewash. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#work #life

. . . then life began, and since then we remember each dumpster, abandoned house, and foot-chase by retail security. At night, after running around, plotting and scheming, our checklist items all crossed out, we paused to think — 'What to do tomorrow?' and the answer was always, 'As we please . . . ↗

— CrimethInc.

#life #society #life

The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own hearts. Breathing in, contacting the life that is right here, is our first step. Once we have held ourselves with kindness, we can touch others in a vital and healing way. ↗

— Tara Brach

#intimacy #kindness #listening #truth #vulnerability

A man who seeks escape from the responsibility of supporting his life by his own thought and effort, and wishes to survive by conquering, ruling and exploiting others, is NOT an Individualist. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#survive #life

Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness ↗

— Julia Cameron

#writing #life

I don't believe that aliens exist, but I do believe that any new facts can strengthen foundation of my belief. ↗

— Toba Beta

#belief #believe #facts #foundation #life

The whole banquet is in the first spoonful. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#life

There is a wellspring of life within you where you can go for cleansing and transformation. ↗