Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.
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Anand Thakur
Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.
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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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We are not inviting—we are guarded. Most of our energy is spent trying to hide our true selves, and control our worlds to have some sense of security.
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Caring for your heart is also how you protect your relationship with God. The heart is where we commune with him. It is where we hear his voice. Most of the folks I know who have never heard God speak to them are the same folks who live far from their hearts.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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So long as man remains no real threat to the Enemy, Satan’s line to him is ‘You’re fine’. But after you do take sides, it becomes ‘Your heart is bad and you know it’.
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A man’s calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
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Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
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We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
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In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.
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To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you’re always trying to understand character and motives.
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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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Story is the language of the heart.
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Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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I wasn’t mean; I wasn’t evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
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Eve is a life giver; she is Adam’s ally. It is to both of them that the charter for adventure is given. It will take both of them to sustain life. And they will both need to fight together.
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