We humans...are seriously flawed. The things that are the most necessary, the most critical to us, are the things we take most for granted. Air. Water. Love. If you have someone to love, you are lucky. If they love you back, you're blessed. And if you waste the time you have to love them, you're a fool. -The Christmas List- p. 296
Richard Paul EvansLife is the soil, our choices and actions the sun and rain, but our dreams are the seeds.
Richard Paul EvansPeople can become so blinded by their own perceived victimhood that they make victims of everyone around them.
Richard Paul EvansSometimes, when tragedy strikes, people give up hope that they can expect anything more from life, when the real quest is finding out what life expects from them.
Richard Paul EvansSome so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.
Richard Paul EvansAs we walk our individual life journeys, we pick up resentments and hurts, which attach themselves to our souls like burrs clinging to a hiker's socks. These stowaways may seem insignificant at first, but, over time, if we do not occasionally stop and shake them free, the accumulation becomes a burden to our souls.
Richard Paul Evans