19 posts tagged “thoughts to ponder”

When we celebrate Easter, we're celebrating the miracle, the gift, and the promise of an ever-loving God.

Wishing you and your loved ones the miracles brought about by our Easter journey.

A friend sent me this over the text line the other, other day. Authorship, according to her, is still unknown. It's a pretty li'l poem, I say--and the last two lines really hit me. It's like a very pertinent piece of wisdom about life and relationships that should have been taught since I walked in the four walls of a classroom.

If you happen to know who the author is, please inform me. Thank you.

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What would happen if you just walked away?

Put things into perspective: what would really happen if you just walked away?
What would you lose if you left behind what is hurting you?
You need not stay where you are; there are other places you could occupy, possibly more happily than where you are now.
What keeps you were you are?
If there is nothing, walk away.
If there is something, you will know why you stay.

“The idea of happiness is surely the sun at the centre of our conceptual planetary system – and has proved just as hard to look at directly.”

~ Michael Frayn

"Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order."

I hate forcing myself to let go of one person that I need in my life.  It's the only thing that makes sense; but, at the same time, it's the same thing that complicates me.  I know very well that I'm better off without that person, yet I feel empty whenever I try to let go. 

Is emptiness better than constant hurting?

"You have searched for true love in your own way. But my ways are not your ways. I want to script a beautiful tale just for you, but first you must trust Me with the pen of this precious area of your life. Will you let Me write your love story?"
~ God

I was drowning in loneliness the whole week and this text message reaffirms my belief that God is indeed planning something special for me along the way. Happy Sunday, everyone!

"You can't deny laughter. When it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants."
~ Stephen King

The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.

"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing; others judge us by what we have done."

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts, once one knows of the necessary ingredients of happiness—simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience. Happiness is no vague dream, of that I now feel certain.”