Quotes From "An Autumns Journey: Deep Growth In The Grief And Loss Of Lifes Seasons" By Craig D. Lounsbrough

Every tomorrow is an outcome of what I do today,...
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Every tomorrow is an outcome of what I do today, and the beauty of it all is that today is happening all the time. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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It’s not that I can’t remember. It’s that I prefer not to remember, which means that I prefer not to remember what not remembering did to me the last time I did it. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Denial is fear gone delusional. Acceptance is fear given to God. Engaging is fear overruled by God. Victory is fear banished by God. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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It’s not that I’ve ‘faked my own death’ as the saying goes. Maybe it’s that I’ve ‘faked my own life, ’ and in doing so I’ve yet to realize how dead I really am. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Purpose declares that the trajectory of my existence and the course of human history were intentionally set to collide at this precise moment in time because what I have to offer human history is desperately needed at this precise time. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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If I get up just one less time than the number of times I’ve been knocked down, I have done one of the most devastating things possible; I have halted my life at that very spot. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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If my goal is simply to survive the journey, then I’m not on the journey in the first place. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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I would much prefer to enlarge your life by giving you the gift of my life, rather than gifting your life to material obesity with frivolous trinkets. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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If I have forfeited the ability to wonder so as not to offend the tenets of the culture, and if I have sacrificed warm dreams on the cold altar of conformity, it is likely because I have somewhere traded the marvel of the infinite for the malaise of the finite. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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I would be quite wise to realize that I will never craft a solution that will be the ‘end-all, ’ and that God’s ability to craft perfect solutions never ends ‘at-all. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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To blithely discard the spent kernels of something that has ended is to discard the very resources that have painstakingly been harvested from that ending from which a spirited new beginning will be cultivated. Craig D. Lounsbrough