There are things you cannot understand, and you must learn to live with this. Not only must you learn to live with this, you must learn to enjoy this. Donald Miller More Quotes by Donald Miller More Quotes From Donald Miller The downside of being a writer is you get plenty of time to overthink your life. Donald Miller plenty I started Storyline after I'd accomplished all my goals and still wasn't happy. I'd become a New York Times bestselling author, which was my goal from high school, and yet I was less happy after accomplishing my goals than I was before. Donald Miller goal new-york school Every day you live is a page. Every year, a chapter. Your life, a book. What is it about? Donald Miller pages book years I'm not a pastor; I've never been on staff at a church. Donald Miller staff pastor church In exchange for our humility and willingness to accept the charity of God, we are given a kingdom. And a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion. Donald Miller charity humility men What do markets do? They consolidate, they breakout, they extend, they overextend, they back and fill, they consolidate, and repeat the process. That's all you need to know about the markets. Donald Miller repeats process needs We live on top of the created world, I think to myself, not in it. Donald Miller world thinking I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone who has everything figured out. Donald Miller awe bigger needs Other people keep our souls alive, just like food and water does with our body. Donald Miller soul water people Passion about nothing is like pouring gasoline in a car without wheels. It isn't going to lead anybody anywhere. Donald Miller pouring car passion Even our beliefs have become trend statements. Donald Miller statements trends belief Somehow I had come to believe that because a person is in need, they are candidates for sympathy, not just charity. It was not that I wanted to buy her groceries, the government was already doing that. I wanted to buy her dignity. And yet, by judging her, I was the one taking her dignity away. Donald Miller government judging believe ...if I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don't believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn't matter what I say. Donald Miller believe people jesus Right, but you know, what would any of us lose by losing our possessions. Maybe we would gain something, like relationships, like the beauty of good friends, intimacy, you know what I mean, man? Like we wouldn't be losing anything if we lost our stuff, we'd be gaining everything. Donald Miller good-friend men mean I know our culture will sometimes understand a love for Jesus as weakness. There is this lie floating around that says I am supposed to be able to do life alone, without any help, without stopping to worship something bigger than myself. But I actually believe there is something bigger than me, and I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone who has everything figured out. Donald Miller believe lying jesus But the people who took the bus didn't experience the city as we experienced the city. The pain made the city more beautiful. The story made us different characters than we would have been if we had skipped the story and showed up at the ending an easier way. Donald Miller pain beautiful character We live in a world where bad stories are told, stories that teach us life doesn't mean anything and that humanity has no great purpose. It's a good calling, then, to speak a better story. How brightly a better story shines. How easily the world looks to it in wonder. How grateful we are to hear these stories, and how happy it makes us to repeat them. Donald Miller grateful shining mean At the end of the day, when I am lying in bed and I know the chances of any of our theology being exactly right are a million to one, I need to know that God has things figured out, that if my math is wrong we are still going to be okay. And wonder is that feeling we get when we let go of our silly answers, our mapped out rules that we want God to follow. I don't think there is any better worship than wonder. Donald Miller letting-go silly lying Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy. Donald Miller fancy shy want Robert McKee says humans naturally seek comfort and stability. Without an inciting incident that disrupts their comfort, they won’t enter into a story. They have to get fired from their job or be forced to sign up for a marathon. A ring has to be purchased. A home has to be sold. The character has to jump into the story, into the discomfort and the fear, otherwise the story will never happen. Donald Miller home jobs character
