“It's not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What's hard, she said, is figuring out what you're willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about.” WantGivingSaidHardCareOrderDecisionSacrificeWillingGiving UpWhat You WantFresh Start Author:Shauna Niequist
“The grandest seduction of all is the myth that DOING EVERYTHING BETTER gets us where we want to be. It gets us somewhere, certainly, but not anywhere worth being” WantWritingPowerfulMythSeductionInspiring Writing Author:Shauna Niequist
“I want to cultivate a deep sense of gratitude, of groundedness, of enough, even while I'm longing for something more. The longing and the gratitude, both. I'm practicing believing that God knows more than I know, that he sees what I can't, that he's weaving a future I can't even imagine from where I sit this morning.” KnowsWantBelieveI CanEnoughMorningImagineGratitudeLongingGod KnowsWeavingGroundedness Book:Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes Source: Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes
“I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud...I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift.” WantLaughingEverydayPopsGladLoudBellyMake Me LaughLaugh Out LoudBelly Laughs Author:Shauna Niequist
“I want you to stop running from thing to thing to thing, and to sit down at the table, to offer the people you love something humble and nourishing, like soup and bread, like a story, like a hand holding another hand while you pray. We live in a world that values us for how fast we go, for how much we accomplish, for how much life we can pack into one day. But I'm coming to believe it's in the in-between spaces that our lives change, and that the real beauty lies there.” PeopleWorldWantBelieveRealStoriesHandsRunningLyingValuesSpaceOur LivesPrayingOne DayOffersTablesHumbleAccomplishBreadLife ChangingI Want YouPacksSoupReal BeautyHand Holding Author:Shauna Niequist
“When you eat, I want you to think of God, of the holiness of hands that feed us, of the provision we are given every time we eat. When you eat bread and you drink wine, I want you to think about the body and the blood every time, not just when the bread and wine show up in church, but when they show up anywhere- on a picnic table or a hardwood floor or a beach.” ThinkingWantShowsBodyHandsGivenChurchBloodDrinkTablesWineBreadBeachHolinessI Want YouProvisionPicnicsBread And WineHardwood Author:Shauna Niequist