“You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.” — Mahatma Gandhi (via yearslater)
(via quote-book)
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” — Carl Jung (via girlwithoutwings)
(Source: quote-book)
Marriage is not primarily for our happiness but for our sanctification.
That is, we don’t realize how selfish, ill-disciplined, or unfinished we are until we have someone in our life who is so close to us that they respond to everything.
It’s like a mirror. They reflect our own issues. It’s the feedback that we never get or pay attention to as singles.
But not only do spouses reflect… they also project their own problems and irritations and we give them feedback about their behaviour, words, ideas. And in a God-fearing environment those things can be handled maturely and lovingly and in so doing make us closer to that Perfect Image.
Outside of that environment or with the wrong counsel things can get messy and resentment and blame gets tossed around.
So I praise God for the man I’m married to and the few people we let influence and mentor us. Because I’m getting a lot of things fixed on my end, bad habits broken, maturity developing… And Happiness is an amazing by-product of that.
So my husband isn’t obligated to be the source of my joy, we can’t always count on humans (though he sure does a great job of it most days). Instead he, the circumstances of our marriage, our mentors, my efforts, God working through those elements, make me a better person and I feel better about myself and others and I’m Happy, without condition.
…is more than we
expressing with our many stanzas, lyrics, paintings, soft whispers, deep moanings, pitted feelings in the stomach, tears, laughs, smiles, screams, longing stares, gentle touches, corrections, interventions, handshakes, hugs, pats on the shoulder, home-cooked meals, bed-time stories, quality time, acts of service, gifts, caring words
can ever know without the understanding that the greatest quality of true love is that it is not fleeting but unconditional and to love without condition does not mean searching for the perfect person to commit to but committing to an imperfect person and choosing to give this great Love in prayer, thought, word and deed, for always.
Mind not being made of clay.
Be concerned about who and what you let shape you.
Always remember that we are moldable in the right hands.
Even as our self takes shape we must be given to the flames in order to be made strong.
If that process does not take place you may result as a dry unshaped lump of something that could have been beautiful.
‘Excellence is a worthy pursuit not just for what it gets us but for what it Makes Us.’
(Source: n0-h8-m8, via juliasegal)
(via juliasegal)
Sometimes we think that we need one big breakthrough but really, more often than not, we just need to keep clipping away at the threads of the many-braided ropes that bind us.
“The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.” — John Locke
You know how when you’re watching a movie you see the storylines of different characters over lap and intertwine? Life is like that. And the relationships and friendships we have. In the movie, we can see what everyone’s up to but in real life… when we’re out of touch we have no idea, of course. But we know, that there are storylines running parallel to ours. And perhaps we wonder if they’ll ever surface on screen at the same time again.
“The most important thing in life is your family. There are days you love them, and others you don’t. But, in the end, they’re the people you always come home to. Sometimes it’s the family you’re born into and sometimes it’s the one you make for yourself.” — Sex and the City (via littlemiss)
lioncub:coolaccent:cowgirlblues: (via likesbears)
“Think how you love me,” she whispered. “I don’t ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside me there’ll always be the person I am tonight.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald (via loveyourchaos)
Has anyone ever come to you for advice, feeling very lost?
Have you ever really twisted your mind to figure out how to help?
Isn’t it kinda funny sometimes that after you’ve spent hours figuring stuff out with them things don’t go the way you thought you had agreed they would?
Heh.
Not sure how I feel about that.