When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
Bob GoffRead
Love like there's no tomorrow; live like there's no yesterday. We're forgiven; now go love people like we believe it
Interpretation
Embrace love and life fully, without being burdened by the past or fearing the future.
This quote emphasizes the importance of living in the present moment with a heart open to love and connection. Bob Goff encourages us to let go of past regrets and anxieties about tomorrow, advocating for a joyful and forgiving approach to life and relationships. By loving others as if every moment is precious, we create deeper connections and foster a sense of community and acceptance.
In practice
This quote can be shared at a wedding to inspire couples to cherish their love.
When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It's about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us, a hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That's what I want my life to be all about - full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.
Whimsy doesn't care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts.
God pursues us into whatever dark place we've landed and behind whatever locked door holds us in. He holds our unwashed and dirty hands and models how He wants us to pursue each other And He says to ordinary people like me and you that instead of closing our eyes and bowing our heads, sometimes God wants us to keep our eyes open for people in need, do something about it, and bow our whole lives to Him instead.
and he said her name to fill the space of five years.
Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.
The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I'm thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho. You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
I have a strong will to love you for eternity.
If you want to fall in love, you can't hold everything in. You have to open up, take that risk. You'll be hurt sometimes, but if you don't, you'll never be happy. The one you find may not be the kind of woman you expected to fall in love with, but it wont matter, you'll love her for exactly what she is.
She had grown older. And he loved her more now than he had loved her when he understood her better, when she was the product of her parents. What she was now was what she herself had decided to become.
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