Richard Paul Evans: We love those whom we serve (p. 26)

I have come to believe that we do not walk alone in this life. There are others, fellow sojourners, whose journeys are interwoven with ours in seemingly random patterns, yet, in the end, have been carefully placed to reveal a remarkable tapestry. I believe God is the weaver at that loom.

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Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.

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The most difficult of decisions are often not the ones in which we cannot determine the correct course; rather the ones in which we are certain of the path but fear the journey.

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Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.

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So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.

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There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives

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There are people I've yet to meet who are waiting for my path to intersect with theirs, so they can complete their own journeys. I don't know who or where they are, but I know for certain that they are waiting.

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Heroes rarely look the way we draw them in our minds: attractive, imposing figures with rippling muscles and strong chins. More times than not they are humble beings, small and flawed. It is only their spirits that are beautiful and strong.

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The assumption of time is one of humanity's greatest follies. We tell ourselves that there's always tomorrow, when we can no more predict tomorrow than we can the weather. Procrastination is the thief of dreams.

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To choose the path is to choose the destination, but sometimes it seems that the path is under our feet even before we know we're walking.

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The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own-not with ink, but with our daily choices.

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Regret is the most tiresome of companions.

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From our first babblings to our last word, we make but one statement, and that is our life.

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It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number.

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Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were.

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Life is the soil, our choices and actions the sun and rain, but our dreams are the seeds.

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Some people in this world have stopped looking for beauty, then wonder why their lives are so ugly. Don't be like them. The ability to appreciate beauty is of God. Especially in one another. Look for beauty in everyone you meet, and you'll find it. Everyone carries divinity within them. And everyone we meet has something to impart.

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I have learned a great truth of life. We do not succeed in spite of our challenges and difficulties, but rather, precisely because of them.

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I believe that love is the choice we make to raise ourselves and others to the highest planes of existence.

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Often times, the greatest peace comes of surrender.

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