“We decide where the time goes. There's so much freedom in that, and so much responsibility.” — Shauna Niequist Christian living Copy Share Image
“We have, each one of us, been entrusted with one life, made up of days and hours and minutes. We're spending them… — Shauna Niequist Aging 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… — Shauna Niequist Can do 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 Time Copy Share Image
“When we, any of us who have been transformed by Christ, tell our own stories, we’re telling the story of who God… — Shauna Niequist Transformed Copy Share Image
“When things fall apart, the broken pieces allow all sorts of things to enter, and one of them is the presence of… — Shauna Niequist Broken Copy Share Image
“One of my core fears is that someone would think I can’t handle as much as the next person. It’s fundamental to… — Shauna Niequist Addiction Copy Share Image
“How often have you found yourself truly moved to change, to choose a better path or make something right, because someone on… — Shauna Niequist Change Copy Share Image
“Some of being an adult, though, is about protecting and preserving what we discover to be the best parts of ourselves, and… — Shauna Niequist Adolescence Copy Share Image
“I am still surprised on a regular basis at the love I feel for the spirit of God, the deep respect and… — Shauna Niequist Kindness 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 Alive Copy Share Image
“Grace isn’t about having a second chance; grace is having so many chances that you could use them through all eternity and… — Shauna Niequist Chance Copy Share Image
“Our friend Ian, an Episcopal priest, taught us something I’d never heard, something that shaped all of us: on a rainy night,… — Shauna Niequist Communion Copy Share Image
“One thing’s for sure: if you decide to be courageous and sane, if you decide not to overspend or overcommit or overschedule,… — Shauna Niequist Health Copy Share Image
This is it, in the best possible way. That thing I'm waiting for, that adventure, that movie-score-wor thy experience unfolding gracefully. This… — Shauna Niequist Adventure Copy Share Image
“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your… — Shauna Niequist Art Copy Share Image
“Part of the magic of the lake is that it isn’t home – it’s away, and away allows us to see the… — Shauna Niequist Way of living 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 Brighter future Copy Share Image
“Everybody has a home team: It’s the people you call when you get a flat tire or when something terrible happens. It’s… — Shauna Niequist And love Copy Share Image
“I believed that work would save me, make me happy, solve my problems; that if I absolutely wore myself out, happiness would… — Shauna Niequist Happiness 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 Advent Copy Share Image
“Years ago, Aaron and I were talking with the pastor of a fast-growing church, and another friend, a more seasoned pastor. The… — Shauna Niequist Art of life 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 Day by day Copy Share Image
“As I unravel the many things that brought me to this crisis point, one is undeniably my own belief that hard work… — Shauna Niequist Right thing Copy Share Image
“When you're (traveling) with someone else, you share each discovery, but when you are alone, you have to carry each experience with… — Shauna Niequist Discovery Copy Share Image
“My regrets: how many years I bruised people with my fragmented, anxious presence. How many moments of connection I missed - too… — Shauna Niequist Fragmented Copy Share Image
“You want me to say that when you grow, finally, all the changes will stop, but they don't. There will be another… — Shauna Niequist Another opportunity Copy Share Image
“Present over perfect living is real over image, connecting over comparing, meaning over mania, depth over artifice. Present over perfect living is… — Shauna Niequist Life Copy Share Image
“...now that I am a mother, I understand what Mother's Day is about: it's about looking through our lives and recognizing the… — Shauna Niequist Mother Copy Share Image
“Try to keep your soul always in peace and quiet, always ready for whatever our Lord may wish to work in you.… — Shauna Niequist Different places Copy Share Image
“My life is a story about who God is and what He does in a human heart.” — Shauna Niequist Doe Copy Share Image
“You cannot taste the oil until you pour out the vinegar.” — Shauna Niequist Christian living Copy Share Image
If we pay attention to our tears, they'll show us something about ourselves. — Shauna Niequist Attention Copy Share Image
“I’m finished hustling for perfect. It didn’t deliver what they told me it would. And” — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“When we do the hard, intimate work of friendship, we bring a little more of the divine into daily life.” — Shauna Niequist Daily life Copy Share Image
Somebody is looking at you - and someone needs to see you walk this journey of following God's calling. — Shauna Niequist Calling Copy Share Image
“and so I began the daily, unglamorous work of rebuilding that strong inner core - replacing that sludgy hatred with love.” — Shauna Niequist Love Copy Share Image
