#nit

Letting go is the lesson. Letting go is always the lesson. Have you ever noticed how much of our agony is all tied up with craving and loss? ↗

— Susan Gordon Lydon

#life #loss #zen #life

At stake is a summons to see reconciliation not merely as a challenge of what "ought" and "should" be done but as an invitation from God to participate in what is most beautiful and true. ↗

— Chris Rice Emmanuel Katongole

#beauty

Divinity for the sake of the simple-minded is beautiful. Those theological assertions you write, say, or live by that you later feel foolish about, it means God still lives in you enough to tell you that they were indeed foolish. By mistakes you know you are alive. ↗

— Criss Jami

#assertions #beautiful #correction #divinity #foolish

Dignity in a man may be more beautiful than a pretty face, but no one will ever respect his daughters. ↗

— Bauvard

#dignity #funny #humor #beauty

To be human is to be beautifully flawed. ↗

— Eric Wilson

#christian #christianity #erick-wilson #love #novel

Go ahead and point out my flaws and weaknesses to me. In doing so it's just something to get excited about! Knowing there's a flaw that my Heavenly Daddy wants to make beautiful is rather exciting! ↗

— Melissa Bradley

#christianity #flaws #inspirational-life #beauty

I would have chosen any other than this for my prison. A rhinoceros is as ugly as a human being, and it too is going to die, but at least it never thinks that it is beautiful. ↗

— Peter S. Beagle

#beauty

Every soul is beautiful and precious; is worthy of dignity and respect, and deserving of peace, joy and love. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#dignity #joy #love #peace #precious

In the case of our fair maiden, we have overlooked two very crucial aspects to that myth. On the one hand, none of us ever really believed the sorcerer was real. We thought we could have the maiden without a fight. Honestly, most of us guys thought our biggest battle was asking her out. And second, we have not understood the tower and its relationship to her wound; the damsel is in distress. If masculinity has come under assault, femininity has been brutalized. Eve is the crown of creation, remember? She embodies the exquisite beauty and the exotic mystery of God in a way that nothing else in all creation even comes close to. And so she is the special target of the Evil One; he turns his most vicious malice against her. If he can destroy her or keep her captive, he can ruin the story. ↗

— John Eldredge

#femininity #heart #man #masculinity #romance

I cried because I was so beautiful. ↗

— Victoria Kann

#vanity #beauty