“It is not our contemplation of life. Rather, it is the living out of our lives so that we have something to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I ask, ‘Is the cup half-empty or half-full?’ And when I ask that question, I am amazed at how many people have… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The difference between a ‘man’ and a ‘father’ is that the former shares his genes, but latter gives his life.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Beginnings and endings are simply part of a journey that isn’t stopped by either.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Most often, what I don’t know will have a vastly greater bearing on my life that what I do know.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Living for myself ends at myself, and that is very small place to end.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.” — 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
“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 Copy Share Image
“To recklessly excuse a failure is to believe that I’ve effectively erased it from the story of my life, when I’ve actually… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I realize that I have been thrust into an existence so vast in both scope and complexity that I cannot hope to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The losses in my life are so immense that I can barely stand and hardly breath. But I must remember that it… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“If I wish to write anything across the pages of your life that I do not wish to ascribe my name to,… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“God will always want me more than I will want Him. And it seems quite reasonable to me that the greatest way… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“There is no doubt that you will touch a life today. It's just the manner in which you choose to do so,… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Being thankful for something instantly grants that thing a depth it would not have had were I not thankful for it. And… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“My Dad did nothing to elevate himself, for selflessness was a trait within himself that compelled him to live outside of himself.… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s an issue of being unable or unwilling to realize that we can actually impact things sufficiently to change things, rather… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“As it peaks over the horizon, does not a sunrise whisper the opportunity to try again. And if the day passes and… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“If you walk alone, your perspective of the journey is held hostage to the entirely singular view through which you experience it.… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seems that we choose to see the ‘parts’ of our lives as the ‘whole’ of our lives. Parts are far… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Thanksgiving is not some formulaic action based on a tedious ledger that neatly tallies everything I have received so I can determine… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I laid in the grass one day instead of walking through my day. And what I found was that laying in the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Some things must be pursued, or they may in fact pursue us.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough 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
“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 Copy Share Image
“The most critical time in any battle is not when I’m fatigued, it’s when I no longer care.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“A life that chooses not to grow is a life that died long before it ever lived.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Life is such that beginnings and endings are neither. For in fact, they perpetually lay the groundwork for the other.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Life is measured by a collection of moments rather than the passing of minutes.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Much like life, you don't complete a puzzle by throwing away the pieces.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“If I want to spend my life unpacking my life, why am I always collecting boxes?” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“It is not the force of the wind, but the depth of the roots.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I’m not trying to save you from yourself. I’m trying to help you save yourself from yourself.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The fact that I can get away with something is the very reason why I shouldn’t do it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Rather than being incensed by the nature of the bruise, maybe we should be inspired by the possibilities in the bruise.” — 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 without cultivate… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“It’s better to die for what’s right than live for what’s wrong.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“To stand at the very moment when all seems lost is the point of insanity for the coward, but it is the home of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Thankfulness acknowledges that we can’t own anything, but we can experience everything. And just knowing that makes me thankful.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Do not be fooled. Passive prayers hastily tossed out as some second-thought appeasement at those junctures when life’s more pressing duties benevolently grant us… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
