"We tend to run our whole life trying to avoid all that hurts or displeases us, noticing the objects, people, or situations that we think will give us pain or pleasure, avoiding one and pursuing the other."

-- Joko Beck

#Running Quotes #Hurt Quotes #Pain Quotes

“Know what you want - and get it”
“God is not only to be known in His blessed and incomprehensible being, for this is something which is reserved for His saints in the age to come. He is also known from the grandeur and beauty of His creatures, from His providence which governs the world day by day, from His righteousness and from wonders which He shows to His saints in each generation.”
“Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ.”
“Who you truly are is a place of no particular thing, but all things at once.”
“Advice may not be good advice 10 or 15 years from now. Someone could tell you something years ago and it might not work now. The world is constantly changing. One word could mean something different today. Today you can't give advice to anyone.”
“Women hand sight down through the generations. Mother to daughter.”

Source : Jewell Parker Rhodes (2012). “The Marie Laveau Mystery Trilogy: Season, Moon, and Hurricane”, p.385, Simon and Schuster
“As we gaze into the mirror it holds up for us, we too easily imagine that what we behold is Nature when in fact we see the reflection of our own unexamined longings and desires.”
“It really will benefit every area of the business. Financial struggle is something I'm very familiar with as an independent designer.”

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