One for my Quote Book!!

I got the idea of keeping a journal of my favorite quotes from my friend, Kelly.  Although we grew up together, it somehow took us about 18 years to discover that we both share a love for quotes.  And I mean a L-O-V-E for quotes.  Regardless of their origin--movies, philosophers, my hilarious friends, humanitarians, my parents, Scripture, my high school math teacher.. I love them all.  Words are so powerful and influential, and I want to be sure to have the good stuff right on hand--now if I would just use it more often!

So without further ado...and before I add this one to my Facebook profile...here's a quote that just really resonates with me right now, at this very instant.  I'll spare you the self-disclosure here.  Just trust me that this one...this one is definitely for my book, and maybe it will be one for yours, too!  I do, however, have to give credit where it is due, while at the same introduce you to another one of my favorite things.  I discovered the quote at the bottom of the April 4th entry on the Living Proof Ministries Blog.  Ever heard of Beth Moore?  Follow this blog, but after you read mine! :)

It goes like this...

“You must once and for all give up being worried about successes and failures. Don’t let that concern you. It’s your duty to go on working steadily day by day, quite quietly, to be prepared for mistakes, which are inevitable, and for failures”

(Anton Chekhov quoted in Madeleine L’ Engle, Herself, 72).

Hang on with me for just one more minute here!!  This quote is so freeing for me.  What a simplistic yet difficult command!  I am a continuous work in progress in the area of remembering to accept the fact that I will make mistakes.  This might sound so simplistic to some of you, but my goodness is this an area of weakness for me!  I love what the author of the blog entry, Melissa, goes on to conclude about this quote.  I use her exact words:

"The ugly truth is sometimes I am inordinately afraid of making a mistake. And this is not humility, folks, but a very sneaky and dark form of pride."

Yuck.  Pride.  But what truth!  And this form of pride is indeed sneaky, as in the butler from Mr. Deeds, "don't underestimate my sneakiness" sneaky!  I need to chunk up the deuce to pride and say hola to humility. I don't know if this quote is helpful to any of you, but mercy it sure does speak to me!  What courage it takes to truly adopt and act in this truth!

And that is why the above quote is one of my FAVORITE THINGS!!

Now excuse me.  I have to go add this quote to my Facebook profile....