We read to know that we are not alone.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn fast.
Today begins my walk with you. Where you go, I go. Where you stay, I stay. When you sleep, I will sleep. When you rise, I will rise. I will pass my days within the sound of your voice, and my nights within the reach of your hand. And none shall come between us.
I am as I am. The world is as it is. Whether I am content with that has very little to do with it.
Here I am going to say something which may come as a bit of a shock. God doesn't necessarily want us to be happy. He wants us to be lovable. Worthy of love. Able to be loved by Him. We don't start off being all that lovable, if we're honest. What makes people hard to love? Isn't it what is commonly called selfishness? Selfish people are hard to love because so little love comes out of them.
He accepted what each moment brough him, and never troubled himself with matters that were outside his control.
The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad.
If you die, I'll die.'
'But is you live, I'll live.