“As I unravel the many things that brought me to this crisis point, one is undeniably my own belief that hard work… — Shauna Niequist Hard work 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 Anxiety 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
I believe still today what I have always believed: that God is good, that the world He made is extraordinary, and that… — Shauna Niequist 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
“the home team concept for me is not all about getting myself out of the doghouse with a whole bunch of people… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
But our hearts are more elastic than we think, and the work of forgiveness and transformation and growth can do things you… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
I want to cultivate a deep sense of gratitude, of groundedness, of enough, even while I'm longing for something more. The longing… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“In a thousand ways, you live by the sword and you die by the sword. When you allow other people to determine… — Shauna Niequist Sword Copy Share Image
I want you to stop running from thing to thing to thing, and to sit down at the table, to offer the… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“But this is what I'm finding, in glimpses and flashes: this is it. This is it, in the best possible way. That… — Shauna Niequist Adventure Copy Share Image
“Many of us who have found ourselves to be useful in Christian service have found ourselves unable, if we’re honest, to connect… — Shauna Niequist Brothers and sisters Copy Share Image
“I forget so easily that there’s a bigger picture. I’m easily seduced by the bustle of the day—lunch and laundry, deadlines and… — Shauna Niequist Bigger picture 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
“It's not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What's hard, she said, is figuring out what you're… — Shauna Niequist Care Copy Share Image
“The grandest seduction of all is the myth that DOING EVERYTHING BETTER gets us where we want to be. It gets us… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“the difference between restaurant cooking and home cooking—and often, too, the difference between great flavor and tasteless food—is two things: more heat… — 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 Inspirational-living Copy Share Image
“We travel because I want my kids to learn, as I learned, that there are a million ways to live, a million… — Shauna Niequist Travel 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
“...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 Acceptance Copy Share Image
“We sometimes choose the most locked up, dark versions of the story, but what a good friend does is turn on the… — Shauna Niequist Dark 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 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 Copy Share Image
“Brave doesn't always involve grand gestures, sometimes brave looks like staying when you want to leave, telling the truth when all you… — Shauna Niequist Brave Copy Share Image
“The heart of hospitality is about creating space for someone to feel seen and heard and loved. It's about declaring your table… — Shauna Niequist Hospitality Copy Share Image
“I have also long held the belief that one's tears are a guide, that when something makes you cry, it means something.… — Shauna Niequist Attention Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and look back and realize that the best thing about me… — Shauna Niequist Best thing Copy Share Image
“It’s about learning to show up and let ourselves be seen just as we are, massively imperfect and weak and wild and… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud...I want my everyday to make God belly laugh,… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“Years ago, a wise friend told me that no one ever changes until the pain level gets high enough. That seems entirely… — Shauna Niequist Change Copy Share Image
“Left to our own devices, we sometimes choose the most locked up, dark versions of the story, but what a good friend… — Shauna Niequist Friendship Copy Share Image
“When you offer peace instead of division, when you offer faith instead of fear, when you offer someone a place at your… — Shauna Niequist Faith Copy Share Image
This is how the world changes - little by little, table by table, meal by meal, hour by hour. This is how… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I believe that suffering is part of the narrative, and that nothing really good gets built when everything's easy. I believe that… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“People called me tough. And capable. And they said I was someone they could count on. Those are all nice things. Kind… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“Life hands us opportunities at every turn to get over ourselves, to get outside ourselves, to wake up from our own bad… — Shauna Niequist Bad dream 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 Copy Share Image
