Paul Evans
Paul Evans
inspiring adversity successful
Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were.
stars sky
It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.
grace forgiving faults
The truest grace is not to forgive, but to have never found fault.
appreciate-beauty people looks
Some people in this world have stopped looking for beauty, then wonder why their lives are so ugly. Don't be like them. The ability to appreciate beauty is of God. Especially in one another. Look for beauty in everyone you meet, and you'll find it. Everyone carries divinity within them. And everyone we meet has something to impart.
gratitude powerful emotion
. . . Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.
grateful thinking glasses
You're the type who thinks of the glass as being half full, instead of half empty. "No," she said, "I'm just grateful for the glass.
syndromes tourettes
I have Tourettes syndrome.
discovery inner-power
Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.
humble guy okay
I'm a humble guy, okay?
love-is brave and-love
But more than brave, you have love. And love is brave.
punishment people population
People aren't wired to be alone. Even in the stressful population of prison, solitary confinement is still considered a cruel punishment.
growing-up children believe
We humans are born egocentric. The sky thunders and children believe that God is mad at them for something they've done - parents divorce and children believe it's their fault for not being good enough. Growing up means putting aside our egocentricity for truth. Still, some people cling to this childish mind-set. As painful as their self-flagellation may be, they'd rather believe their crises are their fault so they can believe they have control. In doing so they make fools and false gods of themselves.
gratitude joy
There can be no joy without gratitude.
religious writing hopeful
I find myself seeking out the commonalities of our different religious experiences with hopes of encouraging, through my writings, the most hopeful, loving and redemptive qualities in all of us.