“aslan, aslan. dear aslan,” lucy sobbed. “at last.” the great beast rolled over on his side so that lucy fell, half sitting and half lying between his front paws. he bent forward and just touched her nose with his tongue. his warm breath came all round her. she gazed up into his large wise face. [...]

almighty God, who of Thine infinite wisdom hast ordained that i should live my life within these narrow bounds of time and circumstance, let me now go forth into the world with a brave and truthful heart. it has pleased Thee to withhold from me a perfect knowledge; therefore deny me not the grace of [...]

“between stimulus and response there is a space. in that space is our power to choose our response. in our response lies our growth and our freedom.” the man responsible for this quote is a man who had more right than anyone to respond to life’s circumstances with an attitude of hate and disgust. our [...]

“‘do you take pride in your hurt?’ samuel asked. ‘does it make you seem large and tragic?’” - east of eden, steinbeck our past is not bigger than we are, and neither is our pain. don’t be tricked into thinking it is. nothing we have done or will do is bigger than the moment we [...]