#Faith

"Unless you're a lesbian... [10w] Feminism is not a sustainable position without giving up love."

"What was love, really? Flowers, chocolate, and poetry? Or was it something else? Was it being able to finish someone's jokes? Was it having absolute faith that someone was there at your back? Was it knowing someone so well that they instantly understood why you did the things you did—and shared those same beliefs?"

"Daughter, we didn't need your note - or a prince's visit - to tell us you'd done nothing wrong. We know the daughter we raised. We fear for your future, but never for your character. You take our love and our trust wherever you wander. Father."

"Love Scars Love leaves more scars than a ten car pile-up ~and nobody's got insurance."

"Common sense is no match for the voice of God."

"Kill Buddha's Hairdresser [10w] I'd like to meet Buddha's hairdresser and shoot the prick."

"Missouri State Motto Salus populi suprema lex esto [16]If our chiggers don't getcha', Rush Limbaugh will."

"Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both."

"Concatenate /kənˈkætəneɪt/to link together, as in a chain Do you concatenate cats by tying their tails together or do you just stuff the tail of one into the mouth of the other?Which method is better for yanking your chain?"

"Our forgiving love toward men is the evidence of God's forgiving love in us. It is a necessary condition of the prayer of faith."

"Oppressor vs. Oppressed [10w] Love somtimes disintegrates into becoming the oppressor or the oppressed."

"Forgiveness without understanding is like faith without proof."

"I used to think mercy meant showing kindness to someone who didn't deserve it, as if only the recipient defined the act. The girl in between has learned that mercy is defined by its giver. Our flaws are obvious, yet we are loved and able t love, if we choose, because there is that bit of the divine still smoldering in us."

"Thoughts frame your portrait, action paints it."

"A Poem Should Be Motionless A poem should be motionlessin its eternal truthsand animated to inspire latent words into action."

"What is Love? [10w] Love is the stubborn desire to find permanencein impermanence."

"Preachiness vs. Prose vs. Poetry A poem that says what it means is prose;if it means what it says it's a sermon.Leave the homiletics for the priestsprose for the journalistsand soulful resonancefor the poets."

"What is the Meaning of Life? [10w] {3} To create its meaning every day we live and love."

"Laughter and The Chosen [10w] Making people laugh is God's gift to the Chosen People."

"Faith: a device of the mind, fed by the soul, that functions like crutches to a man in a wheelchair."