Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.

John Eldredge
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  1. We're all golden sunflowers inside. - Allen Ginsberg

  2. Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived. - Eleanor Roosevelt

  3. [F]or just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else. It's here, and you'd better decide... - Lev Grossman

  4. In a person's lifetime there may be not more than half a dozen occasions that he can look back to in the certain knowledge that right then, at that moment, there was room for nothing but happiness in his heart. - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

  5. Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon. - Charles M. Schulz

More Quotes By John Eldredge
  1. We think you'll find that every woman in her heart of hearts longs for three things: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty. That's what makes a woman come alive.

  2. The culture of women in the church today is crippled by some very pervasive lies. "To be spiritual is to be busy. To be spiritual is to be disciplined. To be spiritual is to be dutiful." No, to be spiritual is to be in Romance...

  3. 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.

  4. The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.

  5. She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master's finishing touch.

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