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1 " Love is a beautiful, wonderful, and even sacred thing, but until it arrives, shouldn’t we give ourselves permission to thrive? "
― Mandy Hale , I've Never Been to Vegas, but My Luggage Has: Mishaps and Miracles on the Road to Happily Ever After
2 " God already has someone picked out for you, and you don’t have to frantically search for him. When it’s right, God will cross your paths. "
3 " Learn to appreciate loneliness for the gift that it truly is—a chance for God to finally get you alone so He can go to work on building a relationship withyou. "
4 " the thing about God is that He doesn’t take rejection the same way humans do. When He sets His sights on you, He doesn’t give up until He wins your affections. He is the ultimate Dream Guy. "
5 " When we overthink, we stop acting boldly and hide behind our endless streams of questions, objections, and insecurities. We drive away people and opportunities that are meant to be in our lives by overwhelming them with our expectations, stipulations, and worries. We shut off our hearts and allow our minds to work overtime, essentially turning ourselves into hamsters in wheels—endlessly grinding but going nowhere. "
6 " Or was the “something” that had changed . . . me? There comes a moment in every relationship when taking up permanent residence in the gray area between what is and what isn’t is no longer enough. When the need for clarity surpasses the need to make things work. When you start to realize that the constant limbo of an undefined relationship isn’t as fun as it was when the music first started. When you have to seek your own closure, because the other person cannot or will not give it to you. "
7 " When you stop blooming where you've been planted, it's time to put down new roots. "
8 " Here’s a little nugget I’ve learned in life about the secret to being a good friend: when words won’t suffice, lend an ear. When you can’t march into a courtroom or a conference room or a classroom and lay the smack down, lend your shoulder to cry on. When you don’t have money for expensive presents, offer your simple presence. And when you don’t know what else to do for someone, pray for him or her. It does matter. It is enough. It will be remembered for years to come. "
9 " Because sometimes, even when you see someone headed for a collision, all you can do is step out of the way and let it happen, hoping there will be something left to salvage after the wreckage is cleared. "
10 " Perhaps sometimes in life, no matter how much you want to, you can't grow into the person you are meant to be while you're standing in the shade or the sunlight of someone else. "
11 " Some relationships just don’t work out, no matter how bad both parties might want them to. Sometimes time, distance, and circumstances get in the way. And sometimes we have a purpose for our lives that couldn’t be fulfilled inside the bounds of that relationship. "
12 " What now seems wrong, unfair, and ridiculous will all make sense later. "
13 " How different things could go when you included God in the plan. "
14 " My journey, however, has followed a far less predictable story: stalled chapters, unexpected plot twists, and dozens of rewrites that have left the ending more than a little uncertain. "
15 " The whole world can be behind you and believe in you, but if you can’t believe in yourself, you’re only going to stay stuck. "
16 " When we overthink, we stop acting boldly and hide behind "
17 " That’s why it’s so dangerous to place our identities in anything other than Christ; people leave and die, jobs end, looks fade, and money is lost. "
18 " You lose everything you think is so vital to your very existence because God longs for you not just to see but to truly grasp that all you really need in this life is Him. "
19 " You wander the planet alone for a longer time than you would have liked because you have a destiny that’s so special, and so important, and so far beyond anything you could have ever imagined for yourself, a relationship before its time would only distract you from fulfilling it. "
20 " When you stop blooming where you’ve been planted, it’s time to put down new roots. "