Monday, April 21, 2008

Monday Quote


"If it falls to your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven will say, 'There goes a man who does his job well.' "
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

I love this quote; I always have. I don't care if you are a CEO, a janitor, a chip fryer at the local fast food joint, a doctor, a tattoo artist, or a circus clown. You are made in the image of a Holy God, you are so incredibly unique and precious.

Every single person has a story to tell. Don't think your story isn't as good, as glamorous, as interesting, or as clean as someone else's story. Don't be afraid to tell the scary parts. And no skipping around; that's cheating! The world NEEDS to hear your story, and only you can tell it. So open the book, turn the page, take a deep breath and begin. I'll even help you get started:

"Once upon a time, the Creator made an amazing creation that went by the name of....

2 comments:

Mike Leonard said...

Forgetting what lay behind, both the good and the bad and being present in what is today. All my ideas of what our life was is shattered, what is today is not anything that I imagined. As of 3 weeks ago we thought we knew what life was supposed to be for us, and then we were thrown up and haven't landed.
Will we land? is it even important to land? can we enjoy life without answers here on earth?
Whatever we do, do it with all our might and unto HIM...
Today we are practicing HIS wimgs and letting them carry us to destinations unknown....the only thing for certain is that HE has us!

WE love you and miss you..love your page and will love to keep to keep up on you through it!

Love, Susan and Mike

ROSIE said...

Annie,

Thank you for reminding us, with unconditional love, of what we all need to hear.

Love,
Rosie