“ Starting over begins when I develop a reawakened appreciation for what I already have, a renewed recognition of what I’ve recklessly forsaken, a rehabilitated understanding that I foolishly do both of… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Although it pains me to admit it, I am quite familiar with the holes in life. And this familiarity is due to the fact that I spend far more time in these holes than I spend on the paths that brought m… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Everything I touch makes me a little bit more like the thing I’m touching, so I’d better start paying attention to what I’m touching. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If I assume the ‘truth’ to be negotiable based on whether or not it serves my agenda, then my agenda has become my ‘truth.’ And the ‘truth’ of the matter is, when I do this I’ve chosen to take a treac… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ When I’m at the bottom looking up, the main question may not be ‘how do I get out of this hole?’ In reality, the main question might be ‘how do I get rid of the shovel that I used to dig it? Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ The dark might be dark, but at least we don’t have to look at ourselves when we’re standing in it. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ To my own demise, I rarely ask why I’m hungry because I’m focusing all of my energies on getting fed. And if I persist in such a diminishing cycle, in all probability I will eventually starve to death… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Self-serving biases and self-centered agendas are cotton jammed in the ears of our conscience. Even if truth shouts, we can’t hear it. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ It is the fool who declares ‘I am ascending the summit,’ while he’s toddling around in the ditch. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If I’m chasing the wrong thing, what I’m chasing will end up chasing me. And in the end, I’m less likely to be the one doing the catching. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ A true work of art is shaped by the hands of another, and if in shaping us that ‘other’ is anything other than God, the piece will never touch the remotest periphery of its potential. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ God would have us cherish even the smallest of blessings, for in taking a blessing for granted we are well on our way to taking it to its grave. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I would like to say that I’m sacrificial. But am I sacrificial enough to acknowledge the fact that I’m not? Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ To abandon the child ‘within’ means that the adult ‘without’ will be an adult in name only. And frankly, I can only name a handful of things that are that tragic. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If I have attached anything to sacrifice other than loss, I have at some level assumed a pay-off. And if I’ve assumed a pay-off, I’m only assuming a sacrifice. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If I am indeed my own god, I’d better start praying to myself to get myself out of myself. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ The present is too often squandered grieving the past or fearing the future, which makes the present nothing more than a cheap facsimile of what was or what will be instead of what it could be. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ We can breathe in the sweet scent of a tepid summer’s meadow after the kiss of a warm rain, and in the very same moment we can stand utterly breathless underneath the expanse of untold galaxies that b… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If we’re missing life it’s probably because we’re expecting it to reveal itself to us, rather than realizing that life is revealed by us looking for it. Craig D. Lounsbrough
