Its sort of my job to feel good.
A. J. JACOBSThere’s a beauty to forgiveness, especially forgiveness that goes beyond rationality. Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great & powerful one
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How do you gag the voice in your head that says, ‘You don’t have to [do it] today. There’s always tomorrow.’?
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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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Since I was relatively new to the Bible, I was surprised by the Old Testament God. He’s wrathful, but at other times, He’s incredibly compassionate. He’s not a one-dimensional figure at all.
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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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I was what they call ‘skinny fat’ – a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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I know that knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing – but they do live in the same neighborhood. I know once again, firsthand, the joy of learning.
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I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action–no matter what the action is–might help you feel better.
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I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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I’ve never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.
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When I was with the serpent-handlers in Tennessee, it was the most bizarre method of worship I could think of. Yet when you sit with these people, you can kind of see how it makes sense.
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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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