“Oh, the quiet moments alone with God I sacrificed in order to cross a few things off the to-do list I worshiped.” — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“We decide where the time goes. There's so much freedom in that, and so much responsibility.” — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“We don't learn to love each other well in the easy moments. Anyone is good company at a cocktail party. But love… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“There are times when the actual experience of leaving something makes you wish desperately that you could stay, and then there are… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“The world is alive, blinking and clicking, winking at us slyly, inviting us to get up and dance to the music that's… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I've spent most of my life and most of my friendships holding my breath and hoping that when people get close enough… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“My Mom and Dad and brother have grown through the years into my closest friends, the people who tell me the most… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“The world is alive, blinking and clicking, winking at us slyly, inviting us to get up and dance to the music that’s… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“But if you can find it within yourself, in the wildest of seasons, just for a moment, to trust in the goodness… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“...when I've practiced acceptance, when I've floated instead of fought, when I've rested, even for a moment, on the surface instead of… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“Today is your big moment. Moments, really. The life you've been waiting for is happening all around you. The scene unfolding right… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I tried all the outside ways first—I imagined the changes I needed to make were about time management, or perhaps having the… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“When you haven’t yet had your heart really broken, the gospel isn’t about death and rebirth. It’s about life and more life.… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“What I’m finding is that when I’m hungry, lots of times what I really want more than food is an external voice… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I don't want to wait anymore. I choose to believe that there is nothing more sacred or profound than this day.I choose… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I found that each time a test was negative, it stopped the dreaming and hoping for a while. Taking the test was… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I was at a pool party with some of my oldest, most-favorite friends. I've known them since high school, so at this… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“AIDS orphans, and while she was there, she felt alive and full of purpose for the first time in years. When she… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I believe deeply that God does his best work in our lives during times of great heartbreak and loss, and I believe… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I have always, essentially, been waiting. Waiting to become something else, waiting to be that person I always thought I was on… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“Today is your big moment. Moments, really. The life you’ve been waiting for is happening all around you. The scene unfolding right… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I have always, essentially, been waiting. Waiting to become something else, waiting to be that person I always thought I was on… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“believe that this way of living, this focus on the present, the daily, the tangible, this intense concentration not on the news… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I hate that for a season, no had to be the answer to almost everything. But over time, when you rebuild a… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
...what I can do is offer myself, wholehearted and present, to walk with the people I love through the fear and the mess. That's… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
“We decide where the time goes. There's so much freedom in that, and so much responsibility.” — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your flute, or… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
“When things fall apart, the broken pieces allow all sorts of things to enter, and one of them is the presence of God.” — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
“The world is alive, blinking and clicking, winking at us slyly, inviting us to get up and dance to the music that’s been playing… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
“I have always, essentially, been waiting. Waiting to become something else, waiting to be that person I always thought I was on the verge… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
“I am still surprised on a regular basis at the love I feel for the spirit of God, the deep respect and emotion that… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
“...now that I am a mother, I understand what Mother's Day is about: it's about looking through our lives and recognizing the act of… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
“We have, each one of us, been entrusted with one life, made up of days and hours and minutes. We're spending them according to… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
“Years ago, Aaron and I were talking with the pastor of a fast-growing church, and another friend, a more seasoned pastor. The first pastor… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
“I believe deeply that God does his best work in our lives during times of great heartbreak and loss, and I believe that much… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
“Our friend Ian, an Episcopal priest, taught us something I’d never heard, something that shaped all of us: on a rainy night, with the… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
“When you haven’t yet had your heart really broken, the gospel isn’t about death and rebirth. It’s about life and more life. It’s about… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
“Present over perfect living is real over image, connecting over comparing, meaning over mania, depth over artifice. Present over perfect living is the risky… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share
