Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “quote about choices”
One of these days I’m going to catalogue my quotes and tally how many posts I’ve written that deal with facing — and overcomng — defeat. Quite a few, I’m thinking. Sometimes when I find a quote about overcoming defeat and then I blog about it, I’m writing myself out of a funk. And then there are times I’m …
I select a quote for various reasons. A quote may: make me laugh. make me pause and realize, “Now there’s a new way to think about (fill in the blank).” challenge my “I’ve got this all figured out” preconceived idea. give me some practical ways to approach life. Today’s quote is a bit of practical wisdom that, if heeded, …
I have had my heart broken … and I am thankful for it — now. In the breaking, I found both my weakness and my strength. No one else broke my heart. I did that. Yes, someone’s actions hurt me deeply, but it was my actions — my reactions — that caused my heart to crack. To crumble. To break. Instead …
There are times I find a quote … like it … and then am surprised by who said it. Today is one of those times. “Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.” Isn’t that such sage advice? And then I googled Liz Smith and discovered she’s a gossip columnist, known as “The Grand Dame …
Discovery — sometimes the process appeals to me. And sometimes, well, sometimes it doesn’t. The whole adventure of discovering me? I’ve alternated between ignoring myself … and chasing after myself demanding, “Stop running away and just tell me who you are!” I am all for discovering what I do. We’re confronted with that “What do you want to be when you …
Was anyone else surprised that Groucho Marx said something this insightful? No disrespect meant towards Groucho — but I think of him as the wisecracking guy with the ginormous eyebrows and the cigar. I admire Groucho’s focus on each new day as it came — his realization that he couldn’t change yesterday or control tomorrow. And I like that he …
And there you have it: Life choice distilled down into one 20-word sentence. Is your life other-focused or you-focused? Or is it a constant arrival at the fork in the road and deciding, once again, which way do you go? It’s not that I think going one way is wrong (enjoyment) and going the other way is right (living to …
Miracles. They cause us to stop and wonder: What just happened? Water into wine? (John 2:1-11) Blindness into sight? (Mark 8:22-25) Death into life? (John 11) More than what … miracles cause us to stop and wonder: How did that happen? And we stumble into awestruck silence when we realize there is no answer, no explanation … but God. My …
It’s a funny thing, writing books. Sometimes as an author, we have a vision of what the theme of a story might be, other times, it just takes on a shape of its own. When I first set out to write the Cadence of Grace series, the theme of Be Still My Soul was how God can see us …
Anybody else ever want a do-over? Anybody else wish there was a rewind button on life, just so you could go back five, maybe ten, seconds and make a different choice? (They worked that do-over concept into the movie Galaxy Quest, but the rewind button had a fancy name: Omega 13.) But I digress. Reality is, we rarely, if ever, …
