Mary sat on a bench in the park. It was the middle of the night and she was alone and she felt at peace. She leaned back and looked upward. The sky was endless and expansive and the stars stretched on forever. It made her feel very small but it also made her feel very important. Of all of the things that might have ever had the chance to exist in the history of the universe, she had the privilege of being one of them. A living, thinking, feeling being, with the ability to control her own destiny.
As wondrous and expansive as stars and the entire universe were, none of them had this power. None of them had any control. And yet she felt humbled to be a part of it at all. It felt like a trade-off. In this life you could only be one or the other: wondrous and expansive or small and in control.
Stichwörter: power peace night control small
Why do I lunge for control instead of joy?...do I thin Jesus grace too impotent to give me the full life...Whenever I am blind to joys well, isn't it because I don't believe in Gods care? P 130
Ann VoskampThe act of tattooing one's skin was a tranformative declaration of power, an announcment to the world: I am in control of my own flesh.
Dan BrownStichwörter: art flesh control tattoo dan-brown the-lost-symbol
She was in control of her life, even though it seemed she wasn’t. All she had to do was take the steering wheel and start driving.
Missy LyonsStichwörter: happiness inspirational-quotes control life-changing
If we are to be aware of life while we are living it, we must have the courage to relinquish our hard-earned control of ourselves.
Madeleine L'EngleStichwörter: life courage bravery control life-and-living being relinquish-control
When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
Baruch SpinozaStichwörter: emotions attitude control
We say we long for intimacy with God and others, and yet we structure our lives so that this becomes impossible. One might think we are avoiding intimacy, that maybe we really like our finely managed lives just the way they are.
Mark GalliStichwörter: control communion-with-god
[denial] is an attempt to bring order to our lives.
Mark GalliMagic is dangerous: it's neither good nor bad, right nor wrong; it can be both a blessing and a curse. It takes strength, the strength of a man, to make the magic his own, to make it serve him, and not the other way around.
Daniel WallaceStichwörter: strength power magic control dangerous
Her need is so immense that you become surrounded by it; this need is so enormous that you realize you can actually control it, and I know this because I've done it before.
Bret Easton EllisStichwörter: manipulation control
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