Daily life Quote by Shauna Niequist

““When we do the hard, intimate work of friendship, we bring a little more of the divine into daily life.””

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...what I can do is offer myself, wholehearted and present, to walk with the people I love through the fear and the mess. That's…

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“We decide where the time goes. There's so much freedom in that, and so much responsibility.”

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“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your flute, or your dancing shoes. Pull out your camera or your computer or your pottery wheel. Today, tonight, after the kids are in bed or when your homework is done, or instead of one more video game or…

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“When things fall apart, the broken pieces allow all sorts of things to enter, and one of them is the presence of God.”

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“The world is alive, blinking and clicking, winking at us slyly, inviting us to get up and dance to the music that’s been playing…

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“I have always, essentially, been waiting. Waiting to become something else, waiting to be that person I always thought I was on the verge of becoming, waiting for that life I thought I would have. In my head, I was always one step away. In high school, I was biding my time until I could become the college version of…

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“I am still surprised on a regular basis at the love I feel for the spirit of God, the deep respect and emotion that…

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“...now that I am a mother, I understand what Mother's Day is about: it's about looking through our lives and recognizing the act of…

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“We have, each one of us, been entrusted with one life, made up of days and hours and minutes. We're spending them according to…

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“Years ago, Aaron and I were talking with the pastor of a fast-growing church, and another friend, a more seasoned pastor. The first pastor was telling the story of how the church had exploded, how they couldn’t stop the growth, how it was utterly out of their control, an inexplicable, unstoppable phenomenon. The seasoned pastor pushed him gently: “You’ve built…

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“I believe deeply that God does his best work in our lives during times of great heartbreak and loss, and I believe that much of that rich work is done by the hands of people who love us, who dive into the wreckage with us and show us who God is, over and over and over. There are years when…

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“one of the chief aspects of mothering is prayer,”

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