The size of your success is measured by the
strength of your desire; the size of your dream;
and how you handle disappointment along the
way.
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of
discipline or the pain of regret or
disappointment. Disappointment is inevitable. But to become
discouraged, there's a choice I make. God
would never discourage me. He would always
point me to himself to trust him. Therefore, my
discouragement is from Satan. As you go
through the emotions that we have, hostility is not from God, bitterness, unforgiveness, all of
these are attacks from Satan.
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so
beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of
pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of
disappointment and never-satisfied love. The
cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty
of monotony.
When people get married because they think
it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced
very soon, because all love affairs end in
disappointment. But marriage is a recognition
of a spiritual identity.
There can be no deep disappointment where
there is not deep love.
Regret is not a proactive feeling. It is situated in
disappointment, sorrow, even remorse. It
merely wishes things were different without an
act to cause a difference. However, repentance
is different. Repentance is an admission of,
hatred of, and turning away from sin before God.
The beauty is that through disappointment you
can gain clarity, and with clarity comes
conviction and true originality.
Like everyone else in this world, I have had
struggles. There's disappointment and
obstacles in everybody's life. I feel like I was
writing 'Second Chance' not just for myself, but
also for the people who have structure.
The principles of living greatly include the
capacity to face trouble with courage,
disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial
with humility.