How do you gag the voice in your head that says, ‘You don’t have to [do it] today. There’s always tomorrow.’?
A. J. JACOBSI found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.
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After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There’s something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence.
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Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
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The Bible talks a lot about thankfulness, and I’m more thankful than I ever was. I try to concentrate on the hundreds of things that go right in a day, instead of the three or four that go wrong.
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The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one.
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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’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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After a while, if you’re committed, you start to believe in the things in which you’re praying. It’s just cognitive dissonance. You can’t live a completely religious life and not start to have it sink in.
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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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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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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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Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it’ll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It’s like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.
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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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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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I grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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