Because the last two days have been a bit on the crappy side and stuff like this always makes me feel better, here's a list of quotes I think are sort of great. I realize I've posted some of these before, but hey, who cares, right?

"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you." - C.S. Lewis

"Above all, love each other deeply, for love covers a multitude of sins." - 1 Peter 4:8

"People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for." - To Kill a Mockingbird

"You never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."

"We read to know that we are not alone." C.S. Lewis

"Words, in my humble opinion, are the most inexhaustible source of magic we have." - Albus Dumbledore

"Turn your face towards the sun, and the shadows fall behind you."

"I just need some time in a beautiful place to clear my head."

"You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I rise" - Maya Angelou

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do some things. That which I need to do, by the grace of God I will do."

"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not the goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Here on the pulse of this new day
You may have the grace to look up and out
And into your sister's eyes,
And your brother's face,
Your country,
And say simply
Very simply
With hope -
Good morning." - Maya Angelou

God and his mop

Isn't life just one big mess made up of smaller messes? I just made one of my relationship with someone I love, well actually just stirred up what was already muddy water. Life is hard sometimes, and I tend to be pretty bad at doing it right. It's pretty obvious that I am in dire need of a savior. But lately I've had this new image of that savior in my head. I see him with a bucket and a mop, following me around and taking care of my failures. When I turn around, perplexed by his actions, he pats me on the shoulder and sends me on my way before I can even ask why he does it. I guess I should know, though. It might have something to do with this little thing called love. It reminds me of something one of the speakers at Chrysalis said: there is always more grace than there is sin. So there's my thought for today. Short, but it's what I've got.