Do not go on His errands till first you have sat at His feet.

Spiritual friends listen to God, they listen to what He is stirring in their own hearts as they engage with us. With a freedom only broken people know, they simply give that to us, whatever it is, as faithful messengers of God and lovers of our soul.

All feelings are legitimate and are meant to lead to addressing, processing, and resolving in mindful ways.

It might seem that intense feelings of love, hate, or anger can be used to impel you forward on some project, but that is an illusion. Such emotions give you a burst of energy that falls quickly and leaves you as low as you were high.

Disciplined procedures must be balanced with the ability to apply common sense to an issue, with the power to break with SOPs when necessary, with the freedom to think about alternative solutions, apply new ideas, and make adjustments to processes based on the reality of what is actually happening.

The mountain is often less a challenge in front of us as it is a problem within us, an unstable foundation that can be overcome with courage and self-belief.

It’s scary to realize that the only thing holding our friends to us isn’t our performance or our lovability, or their guilt or their obligation.

People often make the mistake of focusing on what should be done while neglecting the more important question of who should be given the responsibility for determining what should be done.

High-arousal emotions kindle the fire... activate people, and drive them to take action.

Marriage comes as a revolution. To have lived as a one and then suddenly become a two—that is an invasion. And yet there is a prize. People in long, happy marriages have won the lottery of life.