“t Is vreemd, in al die jaren heb ik niet geweten dat het op kantoor zo gezellig kan zijn. In die kaas moest ik stikken, terwijl ik hier, tussen twee briefjes in, even kan luisteren naar innerlijke stemmen.”
Source: Kaas
“I understand it now. You can't shut anything out. You have to open yourself completely and just receive. Let it get close to you, everything that is, and love it.”
Source: Nothing Happened
“The girl doesn't want to have anything to do with me, Anna. I've come to terms with that. Maybe you should, as well. That way, we can all live in peace under the same roof for however long she’s here.”
Source: Just For A While
“Do not hold on to a closed door. Perhaps that closed door would have led you to an early grave.”
Source: Beyond the Closed Door: Unique Keys to Unlock Destinies
“Being in our lives *as they are* is probably one of the most common struggles people have.”
Source: Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say
“Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house.”
Source: The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
“Jesus is like us in every respect.
Don’t brush this sentence off casually. Let it sink in, deep to the core of who you are. God is like us in every respect. He is like the transgender woman who is worried she’ll be murdered while walking to her car after work. He is like the broken-hearted gay man who can’t attend the church of his childhood. He is like the bisexual intersex person who doesn’t conform to gender norms and endures the snide looks and sniggers of strangers. He is like these people just as much as the heterosexual man who is comfortable performing his gender in a way this society finds acceptable.”
Source: Where True Love Is: An Affirming Devotional for LGBTQI+ Individuals and Their Allies
“The point is not knowing another person, or learning to love another person. The point is simply this: how tender can we bear to be? What good manners can we show as we welcome ourselves and others in our hearts?”
“Accepting the power to change your life means admitting we cannot always change circumstances or the past, but we can change ourselves. It is within our control to change our thoughts, beliefs, perceptions, actions, and reactions. We create our experiences by choosing how we perceive circumstances and events around us.”
Source: From Type A to Type Me: How to Stop "Doing" Life and Start Living It
“We live in a world where people profile and label each other, size each other up. What if we shifted our focus to our similarities? To welcoming one another, listening to stories, learning from one another? It's time to change the conversation. I believe most social ills can be healed or prevented by the simple act of talking to one another, face-to-face, at a common table.”
Source: The Turquoise Table: Finding Community and Connection in Your Own Front Yard