Life is always lived in the eye-of-the-storm
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
When I look back on all these worries,
I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed
that he had had a lot of trouble in his life,
most of which had never happened.
- Winston Churchill
A few minutes ago every tree was excited,
bowing to the roaring storm,
waving, swirling, tossing their branches
in glorious enthusiasm like worship.
But though to the outer ear these trees
are now silent, their songs never cease.
- John Muir
The Eye-of-the-Storm.
Surrounded by the winds and the rain,
yet peaceful in its own unworldly way -
an unnatural ruddy-cloudy misty-bright kind of way.
Whatever comes next, the eye of the storm is
a moment of serenity among the challenge -
a time for repose and contemplation.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Tested by Storms
How to Stop Worrying
Beyond Fear
Daily Worries
If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty,
then we wait forever.
And miss the entire point.
- Dirk Benedict
If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
- Katharine Hepburn
In your days - things like this happen to you...
You get a tap, a nudge, a gentle shake,
and life whispers to you, "I know you're tired -
but I don't want you to miss this."
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Opportunities are like sunrises.
If you wait too long, you miss them.
- William Arthur Ward
Love is life.
And if you miss love, you miss life.
- Leo Buscaglia
Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.
- Jonathan Larson
Further reading:
Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing - a Parable
We Come This Way But Once
Living Deeply
Enjoy Your Life
Dancing Through Life
Live Fully
Friends share our pain and touch our wounds
with a gentle and tender hand.
- Henri Nouwen
Share your heart as deeply as you can reach.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving
and tolerant of the weak and the strong.
Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
- George Washington Carver
This is what the Lord asks of you: only this,
to act justly, to love tenderly,
and to walk humbly with your God.
- Micah 6:8
There never was any heart truly great and generous,
that was not also tender and compassionate.
- Robert Frost
Further reading:
What Does Love Look Like?
The Universal Sacrament of Compassion
Feeding the Children
What Does Compassion Look Like?
Proactive in Our Love
Choose to Love Life
