Still the voices of your critics. Listen intently to your own voice to the person who knows you best. Then answer these questions Do you think you should move ahead How will you feel if you quit pursuing this thing you want to do And what does your best self advise What you hear may change your life.

I know that your soul is on life support and that you feel lost and like youre completely spinning out of control but youre finding yourself here tonight even in this darkness.

Yank some of the groans out of your prayers and shove in some shouts.

Beauty is not who you are on the outside it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.

I had this dream about you. We went hunting up in the mountains and I caught a unicorn. You told me now I know how it feels to be you.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didnt do than by the ones that you did do. So throw off the bowlines sail away from safe harbour catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Nostalgia has a way of blocking the reality of the past.

It was rather beautiful the way he put her insecurities to sleep. The way he dove into her eyes and starved all the fears and tasted all the dreams she kept coiled beneath her bones.

Prayer is asking God to incarnate to get dirty in your life. Yes the eternal God scrubs floors. For sure we know he washes feet. So take Jesus at his word. Ask him. Tell him what you want. Get dirty. Write out your prayer requests dont mindlessly drift through life on the American narcotic of busyness. If you try to seize the day the day will eventually break you. Seize the corner of his garment and dont let go until he blesses you. He will reshape the day.

I had a dream about you. Flowers were overflowing in the cemetery so we decided to have a picnic there. You brought apple pie and I brought my Aunt Mildred whod been dead for some time and I just hadnt gotten around to disposing of her body. I thought youd think me both efficient and romantic but it turns out you didnt. You only saw the romantic side of my action.