Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. Matthew 10:39
“You ought to be like a person who lets go and like one who gathers. You should let go of riches and gather virtues, let go of what will pass and gather eternal things, let go of visible things and gather invisible. In return for the pleasure of the body, I will give you the exultation of your soul; in return for the merriment of the world, I will give you the merriment of Heaven; in return for worldly honor, the honor of the angels; in return for the presence of family, the presence of God; in return for the possession of goods, I will give you myself, the giver and Creator of all things.”
St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373) in Saints’ Quotes: Holy Quotations for Purification of the Soul, Collection Two.
This is one of those quotes that inspires you so much you just have to read it again, and then resolve to lose your life for the sake of Christ to gain everything you’ve ever dreamed in Him. Read. Resolve. Repeat.