The only good thing about having your back to the wall is that it makes it really easy to choose which way you're going to go.
Jim ButcherGod isn't about making good things happen to you, or bad things happen to you. He's all about you making choices--exercising the gift of free will. God wants you to have good things and a good life, but He won't gift wrap them for you. You have to choose the actions that lead you to that life.
Jim ButcherWhen I'm in turmoil, when I can't think, when I'm exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It's just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, something to make me feel less like jumping off a building.
Jim ButcherA pure heart and mind only takes you so far - sooner or later the hormones have their say, too.
Jim Butcher