Ideas Quote by Barbara Brown Taylor

“When I talk about losing myself, which I did, it's losing my idea of who I was and my idea of what I was supposed to be doing and the idea of what my value was to God. I lost all of that at least.” quote by Barbara Brown Taylor — Download Open image

“When I talk about losing myself, which I did, it's losing my idea of who I was and my idea of what I was supposed to be doing and the idea of what my value was to God. I lost all of that at least.”

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“I cannot say for sure when my reliable ideas about God began to slip away, but the big chest I used to keep them in is smaller than a shoebox now. Most of the time, I feel so ashamed about this that I do not own up to it unless someone else mentions it first. Then we find a quiet…

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I love being alone. I learned that from my father, I think, who loved his own company.

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There was no time anymore to be quiet or still or pray. So, in many ways, that's what led to my downward spin.

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