Paul Evans
Paul Evans
views arms sometimes
Sometimes our arms are so full with the burdens we carry that it hinders our view of the load those around us are staggering beneath.
mountain height great-heights
Without great mountains we cannot reach great heights.
stars sky
It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.
children responsibility parenting
Dance. Dance for the joy and breath of childhood. Dance for all children, including that child who is still somewhere entombed beneath the responsibility and skepticism of adulthood. Embrace the moment before it escapes from our grasp. For the only promise of childhood, of any childhood, is that it will someday end. And in the end, we must ask ourselves what we have given our children to take its place. And is it enough?
games risk
I absolutely love playing the game 'Risk.
heart shells hardest
Those with the softest hearts build the hardest shells.
climbing descending
We are all in motion. Always. Those who are not climbing toward something are descending toward nothing.
two people mountain
There are two kinds of people. Those who climb mountains and those who sit in the shadow of the mountains and critique the climbers.
gratitude mistake focus
...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude--it's the chance to paint.
planning life-is happens
Life is what happens to us while we're planning something else.
journey people waiting
There are people I've yet to meet who are waiting for my path to intersect with theirs, so they can complete their own journeys. I don't know who or where they are, but I know for certain that they are waiting.
forgiving chained
We are chained to that which we do not forgive
apology chocolate
Chocolate is God's apology for brocolli
love-is convenient painless
Love is never convenient-and rarely painless