Quotes about Balance

The balancing act we parents attempt is convincing our children: 1. You are loved more than you can imagine. 2. The world does not revolve around you.

Simone Weil was absolutely right- beauty and affliction are the only two things that can pierce our hearts. Because this is so true, we must have a measure of beauty in our lives proportionate to our affliction. No more. Much more. Is this not God's prescription for us? Just take a look around.

When your phone chirps or vibrates, don't react. Make it wait till you pick it up. In these small ways I'm making my phone a tool again, something that serves me instead of the other way around.

My soul just can't do life at the speed of smartphones. But I was asking it to; everybody's asking theirs to.

The beauty is that as you become more whole, you can become holier. And as you become holier, you can become more whole.

Must live maturely, knowing that whatever else is happening, we must preserve the relationship if we would find our way.

If I've lost the capacity for, and the enjoyment of relationship, I know things are deeply off in my soul.

A workspace with minimal distractions A daily walk (many would write in the morning, stop for lunch and a stroll, spend an hour or two answering letters, and knock off work by two or three in the afternoon) A clear dividing line between important work and busywork Limited social lives.

Turn your phone off at 8:00 p.m. Give yourself some evening time for real things. And banish all technology from your bedroom.

We're all living in the shadow of that infamous icon, "The Proverbs 31 Woman," whose life is so busy I wonder, when does she have time for friendships, for taking walks, or reading good books? Her light never goes out at night? When does she have sex? Somehow she has sanctified the shame most women live under, biblical proof that yet again we don't measure up. Is that supposed to be godly—that sense that you are a failure as a woman?

The outer life we live from ought (I ought to do this) rather than from desire (I want to do this) and management substitutes for mystery.

Given the right plan, everything in life can be managed... except your heart.