Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
– Nelson Mandela
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/144557-resentment-is-like-drinking-poison-and-then-hoping-it-will
Apr 012013
Mar 312013
Mandy Hale, thesinglewoman.net
A healthy relationship will never require you to sacrifice your friends, your dreams, or your dignity.
– Mandy Hale, thesinglewoman.net
https://twitter.com/TheSingleWoman/status/315682101330575360
But Jesus said, If you would come after me, you should give up your selfish ways, up to and including the sacrifice of your life, and then follow me daily.
I was called to surrender my choice of friends, my choice of dreams, and at times my dignity, many years ago when I answered the call to become a Christian. I let go of streetwise hooligans who said they were my friends. I stopped doing the things I wanted to do simply because I had a passion for them. I was scorned and humiliated by haters. I soon discovered loving friends, some of whom are still with me decades later. I soon realized the dreams I gave up were not as good for me as the dreams God gave me to replace them. I soon discovered that the approval of shallow people is not as valuable as the peace in my heart that only God can give.
Mandy Hale, the author of the quote I selected for this Easter 2013, is a Christian. What she is writing about is a relationship with a man, not a relationship with God. Men are not God, that they should ask of you this kind of sacrifice. Question their authority. Respect yourself. Anyone romancing you is a traveling companion on your road of life, not a deity. Don’t let them act like one or take God’s place in your life. I think that’s what Mandy is saying.
Have a Blessed Easter!
http://bible.cc/matthew/16-24.htm http://bible.cc/luke/14-27.htm
Mar 312013
Happiness is like jam, you can’t spread even a little without getting some on yourself.
– Vernon McLellan, Complete Book of Practical Proverbs and Wacky Wit
Mar 302013
The Master is an artist, His slave the clay. With the whip He will shape her. With humility He will mold her. Some will admire her, but only the Master, not even the slave, will know her true beauty: for her true beauty lies in her love for her Master.
– J. Yednak
Mar 292013
Intimacy is based on shared vulnerability…nothing deepens intimacy like the experiences that we share when we feel flayed, with our skins off, scared and vulnerable, and our partner is there with us, willing to share in the scary stuff.
– Dossie Eastman and Katherine Liszt, The Ethical Slut
Mar 282013
Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
– Margaret Lee Runbeck
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/112885-happiness-is-not-a-state-to-arrive-at-but-a
Mar 272013
My kink is better than your kink? Never! It is just our way of doing things. What we all need to remember is my kink and your kink is, in the end, OUR kink and we really need to learn to stand together and respect one another for our individuality as well as our collective identity.
– Miria Hunter, in her essay Your Kink, My Kink?
http://withinreality.com/wp/your-kink-my-kink/