When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
Bob GoffRead
We all want to have a place where we can dream and escape anything that wraps steel bands around our imagination and creativity.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of having a personal sanctuary for creativity and dreaming, free from constraints.
Bob Goff's quote highlights the universal desire for a safe haven where individuals can unleash their imagination and creativity. It suggests that the world often imposes limitations that stifle innovation and personal growth, represented metaphorically by 'steel bands.' Thus, having a space to dream and escape these limitations is essential for nurturing one's creative spirit.
In practice
This quote can be used in a creative writing workshop to inspire participants to find their own creative spaces.
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.
You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Tell your story with your whole heart.
When we leave Mass, we ought to go out the way Moses descended Mt Sinai: with his face shining, with his heart brave and strong to face the world's difficulties.
I believe we have all been created for greater things than we can comprehend. The times call for great things, but great things in the noblest and most redemptive sense are predicted upon tolerance, love, respect, understanding, dignity, prayer, God.
Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there's a seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes a rose.
When I put on our U.S. kit, I do it for my family and for my country. But I understand now that I also do it for every single American girl out there who wants to see someone who looks like them - someone whose story reminds them of their own - when they watch their women's national team.
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