The evil in the world must not make me doubt the existence of God. There could be no evil if there were no God. Before there can be a hole in a uniform, there must be a uniform; before there is death, there must be life; before there is error, there must be truth; before there is a crime, there must be liberty and law; before there is a war, there must be peace; before there is a devil, there must be a God, rebellion against whom made the devil.
Don__ be tossed away by your monkey mind. You say you want to do something___ really want to be a writer___hen that little voice comes along, __ut I might not make enough money as a writer._ __h, okay, then I won__ write._ That__ being tossed away. These little voices are constantly going to be nagging us. If you make a decision to do something, you do it. Don__ be tossed away. But part of not being tossed away is understanding your mind, not believing it so much when it comes up with all these objections and then loads you with all these insecurities and reasons not to do something.
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
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Don__ be tossed away by your monkey mind. You say you want to do something___ really want to be a writer___hen that little voice comes along, __ut I might not make enough money as a writer._ __h, okay, then I won__ write._ That__ being tossed away. These little voices are constantly going to be nagging us. If you make a decision to do something, you do it. Don__ be tossed away. But part of not being tossed away is understanding your mind, not believing it so much when it comes up with all these objections and then loads you with all these insecurities and reasons not to do something.
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