Quotes from Heather Lende

me want to have that kind of easy faith, the kind that is like breathing. Faith so clear you don't even think about it, you just feel it.

While time may not heal, it does give you perspective.

How we spend our days, of course, is how we spend our lives." There

There is something about burying a friend that makes you want to declare what is most important to you in life, and if you're fortunate, that is true love.

When is it okay to decide that you don't need to do your best? That you have built enough character for one lifetime?

Campfires and birthday candles don't burn forever.

There's a Buddhist saying that when your house is done your life is over.

How we spend our days, of course, is how we spend our lives.

Only adults weep with joy. Children don't. They haven't learned how rare moments of true happiness are.

If the snow keeps me home from an important meeting, I'll take a walk in it. Shovel my neighbor's stoop. Then build a snowman at the end of the driveway. When was the last time I did that?

Campaigning and governing are not the same at all. It's easy to say what's wrong with government; it's harder to fix it, and progress can be very slow.

It's as if we are all moving through this world on a big old ship, holding on to one another as we cruise up the generous river of life. The water that floats us is always new, yet it flows in the same direction, over the same old sand.

Do we feel God's presence because we are looking for him, or do we feel it because he is looking for us?

A life spent working and living in a small town with people I may disagree with has taught me a lot about humility and forgiveness. And when to keep my mouth shut. Some lessons have been more painful than others, but my days and my life are richer because of them.

Someone who loved me was listening and watching over me. I didn't ever hear Her speak to me, but I knew She was there. I fell asleep to the comforting rhythms of the now-familiar prayers and music of Compline. I wasn't praying with my feet. I wasn't doing anything at all. I felt better than I had since my accident.

Our hearts are every bit as malleable as stardust turned to gold. Loving one another polishes them.