Postcards Motivational Quotes

What would happen if you gave yourself permission to do something you’ve never done before? There’s only one way to find out.

Practice makes comfort. Expand your experiences regularly so every stretch won’t feel like your first.

Mistakes help to sharpen your next steps. They don’t prove that you shouldn’t try again.

Follow your heart. Then root its longing with the facts.

Showing up begins long before you stand at the start. Prove yourself an exception in a world where people talk more than act. Intent without follow-through is hollow. Disappoint yourself enough times and empty is how you feel. Make yourself proud. Fill yourself up. Show up.

Risk: no full life occurs without it.

The notion of the perfect time is more than myth. It's the ultimate self-delusion.

Stand up for yourself by not standing yourself up.

Each of us has our definition of adventure: ending an unsatisfying relationship, returning to school, parachute jumping or training for a marathon. Go ahead. Get your thrill on.

We can talk about it, dream about it and dissect the fine print. In the end, only action satisfies our longing.

What do you resist examining up close? How can you ground yourself so you feel safe enough to try?

To believe that we can have what we want is an act of trust – not only of others but also, ourselves.

No moment is too small to claim. Strung together, moments fashion a life.

We should notice how remarkable it is that so many of the central characters in the story of the New Testament are arrested. John the Baptist, Jesus, all of the twelve disciples, Paul and his companions, John of Patmos—they all end up in jail at some point. We even have a genre of the New Testament known as “the prison epistles.”  This should alert us to the truth that the gospel is uncomfortably political. The gospel of the kingdom is not partisan—it will not serve the partisan interests of a particular political party—but it is intensely political. It’s political because it poses a direct challenge to the principalities and powers and the way the world is arranged. What Herod and the rest of the ruling elite got right about the message of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth was that it carried enormous political implications—political implications that motivated them to attack the kingdom of heaven.

I love to receive a beautiful postcard from your place of voyage.

If companionship is a mandate for all of our experiences, then we will miss out on many of life’s blessings.

The study book for life’s tests is the whole of our experience. Though we may feel unprepared, tests appear only when we are truly ready to ace them.

I recently heard of a real estate professional who LOVES to cook. So, her niche market? Foodies. She attends local restaurant events and cooking classes and turns strangers into friends and clients. Her closing gift to new homeowners? A recipe box. Then she sends new recipe postcards every month to tuck inside. Isn’t that a smart way to stay connected in a meaningful way?

The gospel is not motivational talks about happy marriages, being debt free, and achieving your destiny.