“Begin now, as you read these words, as you sit in your chair, to offer your whole selves, utterly and in joyful abandon, in quiet, glad surrender to Him who is within. In secret ejaculations of praise, turn in humble wonder to the Light, faint though it may be.” MaySelfWholeLightTurnsSecretWonderOffersQuietPraiseHumbleGladSurrenderChairsAbandonJoyfulEjaculation Author:Thomas Raymond Kelly
“Lord Beaverbrook was fundamentally a lonely man, with a low sense of his own self-worth, who was incapable of forming a stable, loving relationship with anyone. He could charm or he could bully; he could give or he could take; he was glad to see his guests arrive and pleased to see them go. Although many people genuinely loved him, he was incapable of believing that this was either possible or true. No wonder he was so restless, so impatient, so vindictive, so quick to lose his temper, so eager to stir things up.” PeopleMenGivingBelieveSelfLosesWonderLordLowsLonelyGladSelf WorthCharmTemperGuestsStableIncapableBullyRestlessImpatientBritish HistoryVindictiveLoving RelationshipsLonely Man Author:David Cannadine
“When I remember something which I had, But which is gone, and I must do without, I sometimes wonder how I can be glad, Even in cowslip time when hedges sprout; It makes me sigh to think on it,--but yet My days will not be better days, should I forget.” ThinkingShouldI CanSometimesRememberForgetWonderGoneRegretGladShould ISighSproutsBetter DaysRemember Something Book:The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow Source: The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow
“All this stuff is so mind-blowing to me that I get to do in my life. Throwing the first pitch out at the White Sox game on a random Wednesday? Like who am I? How did I get this life? I'm glad I'm not jaded, and little kids are the least jaded people in the entire world, so it's fun to be around people that still find wonder in how cool things are.” PeopleWorldMindFirstsLittlesStillsKidsGamesFunStuffWhiteWonderGladThis LifeThrowingLittle KidWednesdayMind BlowingCool ThingsJaded Author:Jonah Hill
“I'm glad that Jewish kids are taught about the Holocaust and other stories in our history, but I wonder if there are ways that this information and narrative can be transmitted differently.” IfsWayStoriesKidsWonderInformationTaughtGladNarrativeHolocaust Author:Jill Soloway