In the process of helping others, I helped myself. In acting out of my own brokeness I became whole again. It's the kind of strength and determination you find when you have hit rock bottom and you realize you could die right now - and want to, but realize that even death won't make the difference you were hoping for.
“The goal really is to keep playing. We want everyone to hear us. We do it for ourselves, and this is what we want to do. None of us has any idea what we want to do beside music. We're really, really focused and determined to get out there and get signed. And play and make a living doing what we love doing.”
“Ellsworth comes down here and they're awfully tough. West Salem, we lost a dual match to in a team tournament, and it came down to the last match. We're pretty even with them. Our main push, team-wise, will be with Ellsworth. Whether us and West Salem knock each other and don't do the job against Ellsworth, will determine who wins it.”
“By talking to our members, I learned that tasks such as researching legal questions on their own, learning how to find reliable home improvement professionals, and determining various child care options are tasks that take time from an already busy day. Our new benefits are designed to provide women with a starting point for their questions and provide information that can help simplify these tasks.”
Strong is the man who can pull apart his own pride and hopelessness; courageous is the man who then reaches in, near his most vital inner workings to pull out the slivers and shards of mortality that have worked their way in.It’s not about determining the shade of grey the white paint in the bucket has become, but finding where the black paint is dripping from, and stopping it.
I love to walk. Walking is a spiritual journey and a reflection of living. Each of us must determine which path to take and how far to walk; we must find our own way, what is right for one may not be for another. There is no single right way to deal with late stage cancer, to live life or approach death, or to walk an old mission trail.
The job facing American voters… in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited to unify a country rather than further divide it, to heal the wounds of a nation as opposed to aggravate its injuries, and to secure for the next generation a legacy of choices based on informed awareness rather than one of reactions based on unknowing fear.
“A letter should be going out later today, hand delivered, to all of the districts mentioned in the learning community, so everyone can begin to sit down and determine what our next steps are. We have many, many parents in our district that send their children to Omaha Public Schools for a diverse educational experience, and they're upset. They don't want a division of OPS.”
James: I think people pretty much determine their fates. I think people choose their lives.Lucy: I don’t know. I think sometimes things happen to people that are beyond their control. Things that they don’t want to happen.James: I know what you’re saying. Sometimes random shit happens, but for the most part, people are where they are in life because they chose to be there.
One who would really like to know himself would have to be a restless, fanatical collector of disappointments, and seeking disappointing experiences must be like an addiction, the all-determining addiction of his life, for it would stand so clearly before his eyes that disappointment is not a hot, destroying poison, but rather a cool calming balm that opens our eyes to the real contours of ourselves.