“I’m not necessarily excited about the things that I can see in front of me. Rather, I’m excited about the things that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Bravery Copy Share Image
“Only one tree remained standing in a field cleared of trees. Yet that never deterred it from being a tree.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Bravery Copy Share Image
“It is the state of the heart within us that determines the nature of the triggers we will pull outside of us.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“To have a child is to voluntarily bare one’s soul to the angst that arises when we love another human being more… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Angst Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the evidence of everything that I wish were not evidence points me to all of the things that I’ve spent my… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I have defined victory not by the outcome of any battle, but by the integrity with which I fought the battle.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Battle Copy Share Image
“The miracle is that the brilliance of the miraculous can live in the blandness of the mundane. The greater miracle is that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“At the point that we can no longer see the dream, we need to have rehearsed it so many times that we… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Determination Copy Share Image
“While many might disagree with me, I do not believe that it’s a small step from independence to entitlement and then anarchy.… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Anarchy Copy Share Image
“To be ignorant of the sacrifices of others that yielded the blessings I enjoy leaves me exchanging the reality of 'blessing' for… — Craig D. Lounsbrough America Copy Share Image
“It is when an end descends that we either find immense joy in its departure, or we are weighed heavy with grief… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Beauty of life Copy Share Image
“Although what I see in the mirror often doesn’t fit who I believe myself to be, that person provides me with everything… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Identity Copy Share Image
“Suddenly finding myself imprisoned in the ruins of the fortresses I created, I realize that that which I built to protect me… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Boundaries Copy Share Image
“Truth has legs that are longer than any of our lies. In time it will catch up to us, not because the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Deceit Copy Share Image
“There is no story (regardless of how dark it might be) that does not contain within its pages a handful of words… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Life Copy Share Image
“I realize that I render people invisible because I am too ridiculously busy traveling to places far and wide to see people… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness is inherently powerful enough to extend itself wholly and completely to us even when we are the ones in need of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Forgive yourself Copy Share Image
“I only own something because someone somewhere sacrificed in order to create the situation where I have the opportunity to own it.… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Appreciation Copy Share Image
“Maybe we were chosen because in being chosen we were granted the power to choose another who needed to be chosen worse… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Silence was not built to be filled by noise, for when we do we forfeit what we would have heard had it… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I might ignorantly press someone to pick up the pace and run, when given the nature of their circumstances walking is running.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“A label locks me into a definition that people use to control me. A vision graces me with an idea that serves… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Control Copy Share Image
“Just be yourself instead of trying to prove yourself. For if you do, the former will automatically take care of the latter.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The darkness might hide things really well, but it doesn’t have the power to make them disappear. And when it comes to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Dark Copy Share Image
“Although the magnitude of my pain would scream otherwise, I cannot be so remiss as not to realize that my wounds are… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Life is so utterly enraptured with beginnings that it can do little else than perpetually create space for them. And those spaces… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Beginnings Copy Share Image
“If we do not determine to aspire to that which we write about, we should rid ourselves of every single sheet of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Accountability Copy Share Image
“Let me be strong, for to be anything else is to languish in the abyss of compromise and to descend to places… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Abyss Copy Share Image
“Failures however, are the stuff of scrutiny. And so we often erect memorials over our failures while our successes drift into the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Failure Copy Share Image
“Bravery is not the absence of fear, for then I doubt that anyone would be truly brave. Rather, it is passion clothed… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Bible Copy Share Image
“I can wait for life to shape me in whatever manner it chooses. Or I can shape me to make life whatever… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“To embrace the magnitude of our destiny, we must at times question its existence in order to become convinced of its presence.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“In the peace of winter’s chill, I stacked firewood to fuel a stove that kept me warm. And I thought about how… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Far too often, the best thing I can have in my hand when someone makes a promise is a really big broom… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The main barrier to our belief that life can be better is our belief that someone else is supposed to do it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Accountability Copy Share Image
“I'm in a hole because at some point I found a shovel and started digging. Maybe I should trade my shovels for… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Choice Copy Share Image
“I yearn not for the easy path, but for the right path. For 'easy' and 'right' are rarely compatible.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“A ‘good’ father will tenderly cultivate his children. But a ‘good’ father who is also a ‘brave’ father will let the children… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Brave Copy Share Image
“If you receive a gift without understanding the heart of the giver, you might have received something but it wasn’t a gift.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Gift Copy Share Image
“Once we allow our brokenness to become our norm it no longer appears broken, which is the most broken kind of brokenness.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Acceptance Copy Share Image
