“ To maximize our lives we think that we should get up and join in the race. Yet, we rarely consider that maybe it’s less about joining a race and more about actually creating one. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ 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
“ It would be wise to define ‘living’ as walking in the fullest expression of who I am, verses wallowing in the confines of who I’m not. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Life is not about getting everything right, as much as it’s about working to live right. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ It may be that we’re not seeing the wonder in life because all we’re doing is wondering how we’re going to survive life. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Maybe we ought to consider that sometimes the most destructive outcomes in our lives are the ones that we’ve created. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ The worst denial of all is being in denial that we’re in denial in the first place. And I would wonder if that’s not exactly where most of us live out most of our lives. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ No person, collection of people, institution, government or organization of any kind can in any way promise to meet all of my needs for no person, collection of people, institution, government or orga… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ To lust for something is desire turned selfish and gone mad. To embrace God’s passion is desire turned selfless and gone mindful. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Mediocrity is ‘purpose’ left to rot in minds ensnared in the deluded rationalization that vision is nothing more than a collection of fanciful dreams constructed by an imaginary God. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I have diligently disciplined my life to search out life’s gifts in the places where life stores its scraps. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ To live safely within the realm of possibility is to know nothing other than that which is possible. To live boldly within the realm of God is to experience everything that’s impossible. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ It is not within my power to refuse the journey of life regardless of the nature of my fears or the depth of my selfishness, for the definitions of ‘journey’ and ‘life’ are indistinguishably synonymou… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I have finally come to realize that it’s being forced to be honest with myself that’s made my pain painful all along. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Peace is achieved when our conscience rests in the fact that we’ve engaged in ‘right’ living, verses believing that living is a ‘right. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ To fall down is to face the weakness of my humanity, test the mettle of my character, and push the limits of my strength. Therefore, falling down will tell me who I am far more clearly than most thing… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ 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
“ God invites. We decline. And because of that single foolhardy decision we spend the rest of our lives ‘declining’. Craig D. Lounsbrough
