When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
Bob GoffRead
Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It's about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us, a hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That's what I want my life to be all about - full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.
Interpretation
Being engaged in life means living fully and embracing hope and love.
Bob Goff's quote emphasizes the importance of actively engaging with life, portraying it as a journey filled with love, hope, and courage. He suggests that being fully present and expressing joy creates a vibrant existence that dispels negativity and brings light to the world, advocating for a life marked by spontaneity and deep affection.
In practice
This quote can inspire a speech at a graduation ceremony about embracing life's adventures.
When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
Whimsy doesn't care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts.
God pursues us into whatever dark place we've landed and behind whatever locked door holds us in. He holds our unwashed and dirty hands and models how He wants us to pursue each other And He says to ordinary people like me and you that instead of closing our eyes and bowing our heads, sometimes God wants us to keep our eyes open for people in need, do something about it, and bow our whole lives to Him instead.
What distracts us will begin to define us. We don't need to swing at every pitch.
All the Hennessy and weed can't hide, the pain i feel inside, its like I'm living just to die.
But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and searched for music, and destiny turned me into the object of my hunt. The circumstances of life became my 'antlers' and prevented me from returning home.
As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be sure if one will awake. The way my health is now, this is becoming more and more real.
The modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top
I have in my own fashion learned the lesson that life is effort, unremittingly repeated.
There comes a point in your life when you realize how quickly time goes by, and how quickly it has gone. Then it really speeds up exponentially. With that, I think you start to put a lot of things into context; you start to see how huge the world is, and really, the universe.
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