I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature I could think of; for to have been thought about, born into God’s thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest, & most precious thing in all thinking. -George McDonald
To Love At All
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid …
The Best Things In Life
The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily …