Quotes About Guidance

I have to say, old friend, you were supposed to help train her, not drop her off a cliff.

Is it such a shameful thing, he thought, to be the man who likes to provide information for others, rather than be the one who has to use that information?

I cannot know truth, so I follow one who does.

People generally don't know what they want, though they almost uniformly hate being told what it should be.

Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?

As Rumi says, "We're all just walking each other home.

Quoting Viola Davis (who is sharing rules she lives by): '4. I will not be a mystery to my daughter. She will know me and I will share my stories with her—the stories of failure, shame, and accomplishment. She will know she's not alone in that wilderness.

We're all just walking each other home.

Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?" As

I once heard Anne Lamott say, "Help is the sunny side of control." Yes

focus on doing the next right thing.

Joseph Chilton Pearce writes, "What we are teaches the child more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become.

The real questions for parents should be: "Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?" If so, plan to make lots of mistakes and bad decisions. Imperfect parenting moments turn into gifts as our children watch us try to figure out what went wrong and how we can do better next time.

her job was creating the space for others to perform.

when you're on your path, the universe will conspire to help you.

We need to be the adults we want our children to be.

I often say that Wholeheartedness is like the North Star: We never really arrive, but we certainly know if we're headed in the right direction.

As someone who struggles watching my kids struggle, I can tell you—this is hard. I remind myself of the saying "Prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child.

We're all just walking each other home." For

If you fall out of the boat put your feet up, lie back and relax. Your life jacket knows which way is up. Let the river hold you. You won't drown." -Zambezi River Guide.

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.

Recognize that God is with you. * Acknowledge God knows what He's doing. * Search for God's will: the path He desires you to take in life. * Consider what God did for you when He sent Jesus to die on the cross (forgiveness and righteousness)

When we wander off the path, that trust pulls us back; and we do not flinch, hesitate, or worry about being unwelcome in the Father's arms.

In days long ago when there were no spiritual directors or brilliant commentaries on Scripture, fidelity to God's will was the whole of spirituality.