Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy. How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened ( Read more... )

In happy moments, praise God.
In difficult moments, seek God.
In quiet moments, worship God.
In painful moments, trust God.
In every moment, thank God.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

Unhappiness is not to love without being loved, but to be loved when one does not love.

"May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart. May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom, and peace. May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, ( Read more... )

 It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt.-- Fyodor Dostoyevski

lately I've been apathetic in my religious journey, it seems. maybe it's just because during my visit, my friends and family have let me down.

all of this makes me want to rebel and go back to my empty town and drink and smoke and be a hedonist. it's hard convincing myself otherwise. but the dostoevsky quote made me happy and realize I shouldn't ( Read more... )