“A personal offense is like a scratch on a phonograph record. I couldn't move my thoughts beyond my pain. It kept repeating, as if I were stuck within its grooves. There was only one way to play beyond it. I had to forgive them, so my heart could take its form again.” IfsWayHeartPlayPainMovingFormRecordsMy HeartForgivingStuckOne WayOffenseMy ThoughtsScratchesGroovePhonograph Author:Laurel Lea
“Tis not my talent to conceal my thoughts, Or carry smiles and sunshine in my face, When discontent sits heavy at my heart.” HeartFacesTalentMy HeartHeavyDeceitSunshineMy ThoughtsDiscontent Book:Cato. A Tragedy. London 1808 Source: Cato. A Tragedy. London 1808
“When in such sadness I earnestly elevated my spirit into God and locked my whole heart and mind along with all my thoughts and will therein, ceaselessly pressing in with God's Love and Mercy, and not to cease until he blessed me? then after some hard storms my spirit broke through hell's gates into the inmost birth of the Godhead, and there I was embraced with Love as a bridegroom embraces his dear bride.” MindHeartHardWholeSpiritHellSadnessBirthMercyBlessedEmbraceDearStormCeaseBrokeGatesLockedMy ThoughtsHeart And MindBridesGod's LoveBridegroom Author:Jakob Bohme
“But angels come to lead frail minds to rest in chaste desires, on heavenly beauty bound. You frame my thoughts, and fashion me within; you stop my tongue, and teach my heart to speak.” MindHeartDesireSpeakTeachFashionMy HeartAngelBoundsTongueHeavenlyWithin YouMy ThoughtsFrailChaste Book:Poetical works Source: Poetical works