Things I’ve Learned—And Not Always the Easy Way
- God uses and multiplies the thing that’s already in your hand.
- You can do the right thing with the wrong attitude and it counts—because you’re trying to do the right thing.
- “Foregiveness” means giving something before it’s deserved. That thing is mercy.
- Time is the most precious commodity we have. And the clock is always ticking.
- “Fear of success” is not a thing. Fear of losing success is a thing.
- It’s better to try and fail than to live with the regret of never even having tried.
- Instant success often leads to inevitable failure—because we haven’t learned to manage the instant success.
- God is way is smarter than me.
- Hardheadedness is not proof of courage. Faithfulness is proof of courage.
- There’s a huge difference between being “done” and being “finished”.
- A liar might tell the truth. We’ll just never know.
- If you’re pursuing your destiny, sooner or later you will hit a wall. Your options are to go around it, dig under it, or blow it up. Just don’t go home.
- God doesn’t do social promotion. If we don’t learn it the first time, we’ll just keep repeating the lesson—again… and again…
- Disappointment will make you bitter if you let it. Bitterness is the cancer of the soul.
- Toffee cookies are really good.
- There will always be people who have it better than you and people who have it worse. Which you focus on will determine the kind of person you become.
- If you do the most good that you can with what you already have, you’ll discover your destiny.
- Some days the dream just ain’t behavin’.
- Life is not fair. If it were, we’d all be dead.
- Common sense is not that common anymore.
- Opportunity is a gift to be handled with gratitude.
- Life “on the shelf” is usually prep time for life in the spotlight.
- You can’t out-give God. But try anyway.
- A heart of flesh cannot be forged apart from trial and anguish.
- Silence is necessary for anything to make sense.
- No seed, no harvest.
- Tea cures everything.
- Loneliness is part of the human condition. Emptiness is optional.
- What we hear ourselves say is usually what we get ourselves.
- Correction is not rejection.
- Eternity is the great equalizer.
- The end does not justify the means. Ask anyone in prison.
- Words are a double-edged sword.
- In the end, “good enough” is only someone’s opinion.
- Santa is real.
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