100 Things to Think About

1. People can like you without loving you.
2. The most dangerous human tendency is that in which one wants what can never be had, yet despises what is already gained.
3. The emptiest life I can imagine is one chasing after happiness.
4. Why do people make themselves animals?
5. Beauty depends on perception.
6. The only thing that matters, ever has mattered, or ever will matter is pure, unremitting love. Nothing else is of value.
7. Love is God.
8. People are as easily forgotten as they are remembered.
9. You can exist without living.
10. You are not a body.
11. The only real purpose of an earthly life is to learn what is required of you for eternity.
12. The end never really is the end.
13. There is nothing new under the sun.
14. People are stupid.
15. Earthly existence is temporary.
16. Humans are undeservedly higher up even than the greatest seraph.
17. Loving others is better than being loved.
18. The heart is deceitful and evil above all things. Who can understand it?
19. If you can't hang on to God, then you can't hang on to a spouse.
20. God sent his angels messages to all of us, but only a few listen.
21. Tears are a gift from Heaven.
22. People have to realize they are insufficient before they can strive to be sufficient.
23. People are as easily forgiven as they forgive others.
24. I hate the cliche: "How are you?" No one really wants to know how you are!
25. I hate the cliche: "What's up?" There is always too much going on that is important and not enough that is trivial -- which is all people really want to hear about -- so you say: "Not much."
26. Except for Christ, you are never really blameless.
27. People have told me I am like a child. Maybe children have the right idea about things.
28. I am like the wind. The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.
29. I think money makes people unhappy.
30. Anyone can say anything. Very few people are real.
31. No one is really special. It's just that very few people realize the obvious.
32. Sometimes it's right to stop praying and take action.
33. God created romance to give us just a small understanding of his passion for us.
34. To live, you must die to yourself.
35. Everything in life is in perfect order. Why do you think that is?
36. You should never date anyone you wouldn't seriously consider marrying.
37. The United States is NOT a Christian country. As a matter of fact, it is illegal to be a Christian.
38. I doubt that there is anyone who honestly disbelieves the existence of a God.
39. Idolatry is everywhere.
40. What good is courage without fear or virtue without temptation?
41. Everyone is really a lot stronger than they think they are.
42. When you love someone, you die to yourself.
43. If you chase after things of the earth, you will become a part of the earth.
44. People can do anything to you, except take away your soul. No one can touch your spirit.
45. I'm probably about the wealthiest person on the planet -- in wisdom, in luxuries, in hope.
46. Death comes closer every second. Are you ready for its arrival?
47. People who see angels are not exceptionally holy. It is only the weak that need a mediator.
48. Knowing everything isn't always pleasant.
49. Sometimes I feel like the only human being on the planet who has any vision.
50. I think most people wast a lot of time trying to convince others that they're sane.
51. Everyone is messed up.
52. I honestly have no talents; the little I can do does not belong to me.
53. Giftedness without character will crush you.
54. I think high school is one of those experiences that should be completely forgotten as soon as it is over.
55. The only true talent is life.
56. Everyone is heterosexual.
57. Lust is one of the trickiest demons; it feels just like love. It seems so right and wonderful and perfect moments before it crushes you.
58. The reason most proclaimed Christians are fake is not because they don't believe in a Savior; it's because they don't realize how much they need one.
59. If the only moral basis we have is selfish human ethics, our destruction is certainly not far away.
60. Some people put walls up merely to see who is willing to break in.
61. Be careful how you treat strangers -- they may be angels in disguise.
62. Fitting in on Earth will make you an outcast in Heaven.
63. I am never really alone.
64. It doesn't matter if you know for sure everyone thinks you're the best thing out there; it's still nice to get acknowledgement.
65. I am dead.
66. Humans can never fully understand their purpose as long as they have an earthly existence.
67. Knowing everything doesn't change anything.
68. Sometimes, when giving up dreams, the end result is better than anything you could have ever dreamed of.
69. A real Christian never goes a day without asking him/herself if he/she is really real.
70. Are we cheating God?
71. Wishes do not come true merely because you wished them.
72. At the risk of sounding heartless, people are easily replaceable. Anyone can replace anyone.
73. The pursuit of something good can lead a person to evil.
74. If I know I can't be perfect, then why do I worry about it so much?
75. I think the main reason behind failure's disappointment is that we don't really want what we think we want.
76. How terrible it is to understand the pattern of your own life and be unable to change it!
77. Extreme ability is determined by extreme disability.
78. People must create their own value in society.
79. There are no accidents.
80. The yellow grass, along with the green grass, grows all around; the only question now is which you are going to pay more attention to.
81. Love is illogical: You don't love someone because you should or even because you want to -- you just do. You can't choose love; it chooses you.
82. Happiness and joy are not the same thing.
83. Things are not always as they seem; as a matter of fact, more often than not, they aren't.
84. I may be a silly, stupid little girl, but I am also Jesus' beloved bride.
85. Be extremely careful when making promises.
86. God exists outside the realm of time.
87. We are relational creatures.
88. You cannot justify any one's actions by saying, "They were just born that way!" People are born naturally evil. Does that mean we should nurture and instill it in our children? If we are supposed to just accept everyone the way they are, then what is the point of society? We should be a wild, chaotic species of savages like the other animals!
89. If you claim to be a Christian but refuse to follow God's laws out of childish arrogance, then your life is utterly meaningless and the saddest and most worthless you could ever have.
90. Every time you sin, Jesus suffers again.
91. Even a raindrop appears deep to a molecule.
92. There is no use worrying over or trying to change the inevitable. The future, like the past, is set in stone. What will happen will happen.
93. The cause of all our problems -- the origin of the human condition -- is the fact that we put too much value on things that can never be valuable.
94. Perhaps I was given a guardian angel so that I could learn to be a guardian angel to others.
95. As all writers or painters or artists of any kind know, no one can love a creation as the creator does.
96. Are things really changing, or is it all an illusion?
97. You may know everything, but your knowledge is useless if you can't explain to others its relevance to life.
98. The most beautiful gifts come wrapped in ugly paper.
99. You don't have to be extraordinary to be loved; all you really have to do is exist.
100. No one can ever really be happy because happiness is dependent on circumstances. Joy is real because, when present, nothing can change it.