so i have this really smart friend....her name is abby.

yep...her name is abby. And she always has fabulous advice. And she always has some amazing quotes as her status.

"Why is it that when we are doing something that is deemed inappropriate in another's eyes, we gain a greater knowledge and understanding of ourselves and of the world around us? Is life meant to be series of events which inevitably leads to lessons being learned; that is if we are open to those lessons?"

" Drop the belief that you need more time and experience to get this, for that is merely another idea arising in the timeless Being. You know that you are. In order to negate or affirm anything, you must already be there prior to whatever you will negate or affirm. You cannot be that which you perceive. You are the perceiving core. Rest as that. To grasp this is instant freedom, to miss this is bondage." - Mooji

Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.” - Deepak Chopra

"Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again." - Max Lucado

If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature - Bruce Barton

"If the world was black and white we would not need faith; we would only need conviction" - Dr. Scott Monsma

** I honestly wish that sometimes the world would be black and white. Decisions would make sense. You get what you want.....what you deserve because that is just the way it works. Relationships would be easy...black and white. You would love a person and be loved back. Pretty simple. But life is in the shades of gray. I live in a shade of gray every day. And that is where I learn to have faith again. Where I learn that my life is not my own. That my story is already written. It is in that gray color that I remember that I have a Creator that adores me, an adoration that I don't deserve. **

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through." - Zig Ziglar

Okay....so this isn't from Abby. But I love this too much to not share it.

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Accumulate experiences. Consider the lilies. Criticize by creating. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first day and last day of your life. Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshiping what's right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze new trails. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don't try to be who you're not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away.

Chase the lion.

So I can't say anything beyond this. Nothing I say or comment will increase the power of that quote. And that would be the worst thing....to water down the above quote.