Either offend or represent, don’t be a spectator.

Whether we are at Cafe Gratitude or Carl’s Jr, whether we are in a cathedral or in a nightclub, whether we are inside of a mosque or on the metro, every single moment is a sacred moment. A moment far too important for us to miss. When we miss the people and the experiences and the feelings of our lives, we miss God. We don’t get to know the joy of seeing God show up in the world. More profoundly, we don’t get to participate in the wonder of God showing up in the world.

If You Respect Their Preparation,You never Drop the Baton.

What the critic as a teacher of language tries to teach is not an elegant accomplishment, but the means of conscious life. Literary education should lead not merely to the admiration of great literature, but to some possession of its power of utterance. The ultimate aim is an ethical and participating aim, not an aesthetic or contemplative one, even though the latter may be the means of achieving the former.

Vicary had decided he wanted to contribute. He wanted to do something instead of watching the world through his well-guarded window.

This is not the time to be passive. This is the time to shape, sculpt, paint, participate… the time to get sweaty, to get dirty, to fall in love, to forgive, to forget, to hug, to kiss… this is the time to experience, participate and live your life as a verb.

The world can ask you to participate, but it's a day-today decision if you want to agree to that proposal.

Life may bring you to your knees pray. Then GET UP and participate in the answer. BECOME the remedy! BE the solution!

Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.

Make the choice to embrace this day. Do not let your TODAY be stolen by the ghost of yesterday or the 'To-Do' list of tomorrow! It’s inspiring to see all the wonderfully amazing things that can happen in a day in which you participate.