This is personal! Both for me and you. Success is about intentionality. Very little in life just "happens". So, as we discuss different topics and thoughts, let's have this in mind - intentionality! Because we all want to succeed and success is intentional!
Pain teaches us how to evaluate the environment we live in. It also solidifies our resolve to be more watchful and caring of our own lives and, hopefully, those around us as well as facilitating in our maturing.
Pain is an incentive to be part of a community of empathy. Pain helps us identify with others and them with us.
To truly live, we have to live in community! It's like a fresh stream of water flowing into a pond. Without it, stagnation occurs and it's only fit for frogs! You're far more than a frog!
True authority is given, it’s never taken! It is bestowed on people for the proper execution of that authority. You never own your authority - don't act as though you do!
I miss Robin Williams not because he made me laugh, but for something far deeper - something more profound than just entertainment.
There are deep mysteries to be found as we intentionally seek spiritual rest, or sabbath. One of those is delight. Delighting in the things of creation is a gift given to us by God that needs to be recaptured.
Keep this in mind, people do change but only when acted upon by a force! How strong will that force need to be for you to change? And once change comes, additional adjustments may need to be made to support the new, great change.
God has something special in store for those who seek after him. Don't let yourself be cheated by thinking a "sabbath" isn't much different than any other day. It can be very different, and very special!
The more control you try to maintain, the less you'll see God's work. To truly be free, you have to surrender control!
Knowing how you're wired, especially as an introvert in an extrovert world, will aid you in all you do. We live in a society that favors personality over character, but that doesn't mean that it's right!