"You were made to see God."

once bitten, twice shy

"The moving walkway exit is approaching"

I see it a lot when I interview people and talk about vacation. They talk about how they are wound up and checking emails and sitting on the beach with their laptops. And their fear is: If I really stopped and let myself relax, I would crater. Because the truth is I’m exhausted, I’m disconnected from my partner, I don’t feel super connected to my kids right now. 

It’s like those moving walkways at the airport — you’ve got to really pay attention when you get off them, because it’s disorienting. And when you’re standing still, you become very acutely aware of how you feel and what’s going on in your surroundings. A lot of our lives are getting away from us while we’re on that walkway.

Lillian Cunningham, from the Washington Post

man...

amanda hagelstein

http://6abc.com/news/woman-killed-in-newark-hit-and-run/549504/

interesting

Do not waste time bothering whether you 'love' your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.

CS Lewis

just gotta work once

childlike faith

Overthinking is a dangerous thing at times -- sometime's faith isn't suppose to be this compicated. The "all or nothing" concept in the Christian faith is prevalent throughout the bible, notably some harsh verses criticizing "lukewarm" Christians.

Am I lukewarm? I'd be lying if I said I wasn't. I don't think it's because I don't pray enough or read my bible enough, but it's because this underlying doubt that there's something better than God out there.

Something.

A child simply clings to his father and mother has no doubt that they love him the most. They're all in, yet they're not pulling off different feats of faith every other day. They simply know that there's nothing better.

And somewhere in my mind, I know that to be true too, but my heart isn't so sure.

good (sleepless) vibes this morning

from mr rogers

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2002/june/060902c.html

jetlag still has the best of me