Bethany Loginow

Life update: Jack (11) texts me every morning about Wordle and Connections and I’m here for it

“Avoid getting into the business of manufacturing trombone oil. You may become the greatest trombone-oil manufacturer in the world, but in the end, the world only consumes a few quarts of trombone oil a year!” —Dan Burke, former boss of Bob Iger

“Once you ask if there is meaning, the only answer is yes. You can’t get away from it.” —Marilynne Robinson, Jack, p 36

“the strongest sign of authenticity in what you and I are doing is the inadequacy we feel most of the time” —Eugene Peterson

“What we experience as the self is completely bound to others, determined not by essential qualities, but by relationships. We are the fluid product of our interactions with others.” — Jenny Odell

“When God can raise the dead, not even death is the end. Resurrection and forgiveness mean the future is always an open source of surprise.” How to Inhabit Time, James K.A. Smith, p 41

A super good and encouraging video on marriage—youtube.com/watch?v=3Z9eSS…

Aim at Heaven and you will get earth “thrown in”: aim at earth and you will get neither. - CS Lewis

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were those who thought most of the next… It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this [world]. - CS Lewis

Jesus: cast your burdens on Me You: Nah, I got this Also you:

Whats your happiness with your use of 2021?

Often when we reach out to those who are suffering, we reduce our relationship with them to one of pure ministry. Sadly, that has the effect of causing sufferers to feel like nothing more than a problem that needs to be fixed. Bringing good/fun things into a dark life is a gift.

@Harris_Bryan I’m curious about where this is going

Do you want to read more or less?

How many business and self development books have you read in 2021?

"Nearly everything in life is unfavorable once it grows to a certain size. It is entirely possible to have too many clients, too much work, too much fame, too much free time, and so on. Pay attention to when the thing you're chasing exceeds its usefulness." –@JamesClear

"One of the only true shortcuts in life is finding an expert and apprenticing under them." –@JamesClear

"Finishing projects is part of what it means to deliver high quality work. It's not high quality if your perfectionism prevents you from finishing." –@JamesClear

"Not being busy is a competitive advantage. Most people are so strapped for time they can't take advantage of lucky opportunities or quickly resolve unexpected problems. Maintain a bias toward action, but leave room for the unexpected." –@JamesClear

What had they done? He thought that in the history of the world it might even be that there was more punishment than crime but he took small comfort from it. — The Road, Cormac McCarthy, page 33

“No matter how much money you have, if you’re still worried, you aren’t wealthy.” - Nick Murray, Simple Wealth

The easiest work in the world is to find fault. —Charles Haddon Spurgeon