Sure, it’s a nice flavour.
But is it anyone’s favourite?
Is it anyone’s most hated?
If we try to please everyone, we don’t light up anyone.
It’s OK to offend the odd person… just remember that they were going to be offended and that they wanted to be!
In arguments, we often want to be right. But being right is not the same as being wise.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.
We often try to outrun the storm, emotionally, physically, spiritually.