“He tried not to think too much; thoughts would only lead to worry and worry was a waste of emotion.” Eoin Dempsey, The Bogside Boys
PROOF AND TRUTH
“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” Tana French, In the Woods
IT DOESN’T HURT TO ASK
Lose nothing for asking. (Dictionary of English Proverbs/Thomas Preston) Why are we so afraid of being told “no”? Why does it feel like personal rejection?
EVERYONE HAS A PAST
“It’s time to move on. Everyone has a past. That’s what we are, but it’s our future that counts more, what we aspire to be.
THERE IS ALWAYS A COST
“Take what you want and pay for it, says God. You can have anything you want, as long as you accept that there is a
STUFF YOU NEVER GOT TO DO
“You go through life doing all the things everyone else wants you to do, and you’ll wake up one day realizing your life’s passed you
THINGS DO CHANGE
“Some things did change. Not that she’d woken up one day as a different person. Getting older was as gradual as slipping into quicksand.” Eoin
LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD
“Now that’s a concept that’s always fascinated me: the real world. Only a very specific subset of people use the term, have you noticed? To
SOME CHOOSE DARKNESS
“Some choose darkness, others are chosen by it.” Charlie Donlea, Some Choose Darkness I had to ponder this one a bit before I could form
SACRIFICE
“There could be no freedom, no justice without sacrifice. Hadn’t all the great revolutions in history been born from people like him, wronged and thirsty
THAT ONE BEST FRIEND
People you knew when you were teenagers, the ones who saw your stupidest haircut and the most embarrassing things you’ve done in your life, and
WEALTH IS NOT PROSPERITY
Gold alone makes not prosperity (Old English Proverb). How did our society end up with such a worshipful value on money and wealth? It wasn’t
PICTURES AND MEMORIES
“Pictures and memories were all he’d ever be now.” Eoin Dempsey, The Bogside Boys
ALWAYS AN OUTSIDER
“I had always felt that I was an observer, never a participant; that I was watching from behind a thick glass wall as people went
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU HARVEST
Many things grow in the garden that were never planted there (Old English Proverb). Although we do “reap what we sow”, we sometimes, also, reap
BE OF GOOD COURAGE
Be of good courage and let us be strong, for our people and for the cities of our God; for the Lord will do what
NEGATIVITY
“I don’t do that kind of negativity. If you put your energy into thinking about how much the fall would hurt, you’re already halfway down.”
GAINS WITHOUT PAINS
No gains without pains? We, more accurately, could alter this old English Proverb to say “few” gains without pains. Sometimes, we are blessed with something
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