The story of my recent life.’ I like that phrase. It makes more sense than ‘the story of my life’, because we get so many lives between birth and death. A life to be a child. A life to come of age. A life to wander, to settle, to fall in love, to parent, to test our promise, to realize our mortality- and in some lucky cases, to do something after that realization. – Mitch Albom

The story of my recent life.’ I like that phrase. It makes more sense than ‘the story of my life’, because we get so many lives between birth and death. A life to be a child. A life to come of age. A life to wander, to settle, to fall in love, to parent, to test our promise, to realize our mortality- and in some lucky cases, to do something after that realization. – Mitch Albom

An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it. – Jef Mallett

Remember the White Knight. – Trenton Lee Stewart

The story of my recent life.’ I like that phrase. It makes more sense than ‘the story of my life’, because we get so many lives between birth and death. A life to be a child. A life to come of age. A life to wander, to settle, to fall in love, to parent, to test our promise, to realize our mortality- and in some lucky cases, to do something after that realization. – Mitch Albom

God has given us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Why would God give us such a complex organ system unless he expects us to use it? – Ben Carson

…most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. – Anne Lamott

Life is not the way it’s supposed to be, it’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference – Virginia Satir

Be confident small immortals. You are not the only voice that all things utter, nor is there eternal silence in the places where you cannot come. – C.S. Lewis

The opinions of others cannot damage you. – Veronica Roth

Now,” those Plumbago lips say, “You are going to tell me your story like you just did. Write it all down. Tell that story over and over. Tell me your sad-assed story all night.” That Brandy queen points a long bony finger at me. “When you understand, ” Brandy says, “that what you’re telling is just a story. It isn’t happening anymore. When you realize the story you’re telling is just words, when you can crumble it up and throw your past in the trashcan,” Brandy says,”then we’ll figure out who you’re going to be. – Chuck Palahniuk

Now,” those Plumbago lips say, “You are going to tell me your story like you just did. Write it all down. Tell that story over and over. Tell me your sad-assed story all night.” That Brandy queen points a long bony finger at me.

“When you understand, ” Brandy says, “that what you’re telling is just a story. It isn’t happening anymore. When you realize the story you’re telling is just words, when you can crumble it up and throw your past in the trashcan,” Brandy says,”then we’ll figure out who you’re going to be. – Chuck Palahniuk

We are not called by God to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love. – Jean Vanier