thank god I had the quadratic equation to calculate the parabola of the ball I just threw.

Wholeness is what we ought to be striving for and part of that is sadness, disappointment, frustration, failure; all of those things which make us who we are. Happiness and victory and fulfillment are nice little things that also happen to us, but they don’t teach us much. Everyone says we grow through pain and then as soon as they experience pain they say “Quick! Move on! Cheer up!” I’d like just for a year to have a moratorium on the word “happiness” and to replace it with the word “wholeness.” Ask yourself “is this contributing to my wholeness?” and if you’re having a bad day, it is.

Embarrassment steals life.

If you find it hard to spend even ten minutes of your day with God here on earth what makes you think that you would want to spend eternity in His presence? Practise for eternity.