I always know that I can make it no matter what I go through. Because Jesus said, "during the worst times of your life, it's then that I carried you."

Life is like a bicycle built for two. Jesus is in front leading & we are behind Him pedaling.

Treat everyone like you treat Jesus, because you do not know who you might be talking too. Jesus comes in many forms.

Absent a sense of the preciousness of one's own life, why respect the life of anyone else?

... But if I spend [all] my time *reading* about adventures, I won't actually be *having* them.

Maybe it's all utterly meaningless. Maybe it's all unutterably meaningful. If you want to know which, pay attention to what it means to be truly human in a world that half the time we're in love with and half the time scares the hell out of us. Any fiction that helps us pay attention to that is religious fiction. The unexpected sound of your name on somebody's lips. The good dream. The strange coincidence. The moment that brings tears to your eyes. The person who brings life to your life. Even the smallest events hold the greatest clues.