Last week was an interesting week...
it was the first week to "fly by" in a long time. My weeks usually drag along and the weekends pass me by in a blur. I have discovered that I thrive on being constantly busy and I work very well under pressure, but I love having nothing to do on the weekends (which is rare), or days that epitomize the word beautiful.
Speaking of beautiful,
Here we are entering spring. I adore spring, probably because when it finally arrives, I have been ready for it for over a month.
here are some random thoughts that entered my mind about spring.
Spring is fresh, spring is new, spring is most enjoyable. and superb weather to go to the zoo in.
Waking up for an eight o'clock class is more bearable when it is a perfect Spring morning.
Everything is cool and quiet, the sun feels soft and lovely. You can tell the day will be beautiful and you can simply enjoy it longer than most.
When you breathe in , the flowers are sweet and the dew is a perfect accent to the ground.
It seems necessary to praise God for a morning like this, yet the weather makes it easy.
This morning was liberaating and almost comforting. In the face of so much work that needs to be done, it made me take a step back and alter my stressed perspective.
God is wonderful, He is faithful to our needs. Praise Him for the early Spring mornings.
Monday, February 28, 2005
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
to Carin
Faith is a passionate intuition. William Wordsworth
my dear friend,
You are passionate about being used by God and being able to change the world. Carin Evelyn will become an even more extraordinary person than she is now, I have faith in that. I also have a passionate intuition that God hears the cries of your soul lately and He has provided an opportunity that answers your hearts desire. Remember that He IS bigger than the obstacles that we cannot see over and we mut all have faith that His faithfulnes will provide. Life should be lived my dear friend, and we have to take steps into the fog before we see the sunshine. But fog is a scary thing, it is incredibly hard to see through. I will pray for you to have strength, and wisdom, and peace and pray that you recieve all the support and prayer you need. You know you have mine.
" Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. " -Ecclesiastes 4:12
my dear friend,
You are passionate about being used by God and being able to change the world. Carin Evelyn will become an even more extraordinary person than she is now, I have faith in that. I also have a passionate intuition that God hears the cries of your soul lately and He has provided an opportunity that answers your hearts desire. Remember that He IS bigger than the obstacles that we cannot see over and we mut all have faith that His faithfulnes will provide. Life should be lived my dear friend, and we have to take steps into the fog before we see the sunshine. But fog is a scary thing, it is incredibly hard to see through. I will pray for you to have strength, and wisdom, and peace and pray that you recieve all the support and prayer you need. You know you have mine.
" Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. " -Ecclesiastes 4:12
snow drifts
I feel as though lately I have been trying to walk through a snow drift.
I can see where I want to go, I can see this huge picture around me, but trudging through the snow is slow and difficult, the trek appears daunting. Albiet a beautiful sight. Sometimes I get stuck, most of the time I am cold and wet, but very happy to be where I am. Yes, the more I think about it and apply this analogy to my life, the more it seems to ring true. At this moment, I feel as though I am trudging through a snow drift. But oh yeah, I love snow.
I can see where I want to go, I can see this huge picture around me, but trudging through the snow is slow and difficult, the trek appears daunting. Albiet a beautiful sight. Sometimes I get stuck, most of the time I am cold and wet, but very happy to be where I am. Yes, the more I think about it and apply this analogy to my life, the more it seems to ring true. At this moment, I feel as though I am trudging through a snow drift. But oh yeah, I love snow.
Friday, February 11, 2005
Is love...?
a collection of quotes to muse over since "Love is in the air" this time of year~
"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained." -- C.S. Lewis
"Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable." -- C.S. Lewis
"Love is love's reward. " --John Dryden
"Love is the beauty of the soul."-- Saint Augustine
"It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun."-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
And of course, at the risk of being cliche', 1 Corinthians 13... although the Word is the best thing to quote.
"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained." -- C.S. Lewis
"Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable." -- C.S. Lewis
"Love is love's reward. " --John Dryden
"Love is the beauty of the soul."-- Saint Augustine
"It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun."-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
And of course, at the risk of being cliche', 1 Corinthians 13... although the Word is the best thing to quote.
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
quoteable
Everyone is quoteable, everyone is witty, even if it is a complete accident.
Have you noticed that the best inside jokes are usually quotes?
anyway~
Carin is the most quoteable friend I have, although, on occasion, I have discovered my new friend Doug to be rather brilliant and profound. Amazingly, they both managed to come up with the same idea about originality..ironic isn't it?!!!
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"It's mostly that everything I think, I realize someone else has already said and probably better. That is why I quote instead of form opinions and read instead of write... because I truly felt I had nothing meaningful to say. It had been said. I suppose I could go on and on about this, but I'm sure it's all been said and much better..." - Doug Baker
"I find it amazing to my stark feelings of individuality, that someone has always already written the deepest thoughts Ive had. Each prayer I've prayed and expression uttered, was merely a repeat of an already spoken thought. Creativity is simply when you havent found that other persons work that mirrors yours." - Carin Cambron
I digress.
Have you noticed that the best inside jokes are usually quotes?
anyway~
Carin is the most quoteable friend I have, although, on occasion, I have discovered my new friend Doug to be rather brilliant and profound. Amazingly, they both managed to come up with the same idea about originality..ironic isn't it?!!!
.
"It's mostly that everything I think, I realize someone else has already said and probably better. That is why I quote instead of form opinions and read instead of write... because I truly felt I had nothing meaningful to say. It had been said. I suppose I could go on and on about this, but I'm sure it's all been said and much better..." - Doug Baker
"I find it amazing to my stark feelings of individuality, that someone has always already written the deepest thoughts Ive had. Each prayer I've prayed and expression uttered, was merely a repeat of an already spoken thought. Creativity is simply when you havent found that other persons work that mirrors yours." - Carin Cambron
I digress.
Monday, February 07, 2005
INTO MY OWN
One of my wishes is that those dark trees,
So old and firm theye scarcely show the breeze,
Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of doom,
But stretched away unto the edge of doom.
I should not be withheld but that some day
into their vastness I should steal away,
Fearless o ever finding open land,
Or highway where the slow wheel pours sand.
I do not see why I should e'er turn back,
Or those should not set forth upon my track
To overtake me, who should miss me here
And long to know if still I held them dear.
They would not find me changed from him they knew-
Only more sure of all I thought was true.
Robert Frost
He speaks to my soul on occasion~
One of my wishes is that those dark trees,
So old and firm theye scarcely show the breeze,
Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of doom,
But stretched away unto the edge of doom.
I should not be withheld but that some day
into their vastness I should steal away,
Fearless o ever finding open land,
Or highway where the slow wheel pours sand.
I do not see why I should e'er turn back,
Or those should not set forth upon my track
To overtake me, who should miss me here
And long to know if still I held them dear.
They would not find me changed from him they knew-
Only more sure of all I thought was true.
Robert Frost
He speaks to my soul on occasion~
unmorbid
In the attempt to sound as unmorbid..not morbid? as possible, everyone should take into account that cemetaries are more than "just a bunch of dead people."
hmmm.
hmmm.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Baked Lays
There is a funny story that transpired today... just goes to show that you have to laugh at yourself if you have a tendency to be a little high strung.
I was upset at life in general being out of place the other day and I went to Wal-mart to buy myself Sour cream and cheddar baked Lays which have to qualify as the best chips in the world. I put them in my room and looked forward to eating them all day long!
To my dismay and slight anger, they were gone that evening... it seems my roomates friends got the munchies... grrrr. I definitely threw a small inner temper-tantrum and went to vent to Mike. He listened to me rant about the chip eaters as we drove al across town, poor thing. Of course then I felt terrible for going on like that... being his thoughtfull and sweet self, he pulled into Wal-Mart on our way to dinner with full intentions of buying me another bag of those chips! aww..
except they were out. shelf totally empty. not kidding. I was crushed.
All hopes dashed (not really, just adding drama), we walked toward the exit only to have our thoughts interrupted by the intercom which announced that sour-cream and cheddar baked lays were very delicious and on sale, buy some. Thank you Wal-Mart, I tried. It was one of those moments that you kinda want to cry, but the pure irony and coincidence is hysterical, so we burst out laughing instead. Fun times make me smile and see the big picture again, focus on the things in life that really matter!
I was upset at life in general being out of place the other day and I went to Wal-mart to buy myself Sour cream and cheddar baked Lays which have to qualify as the best chips in the world. I put them in my room and looked forward to eating them all day long!
To my dismay and slight anger, they were gone that evening... it seems my roomates friends got the munchies... grrrr. I definitely threw a small inner temper-tantrum and went to vent to Mike. He listened to me rant about the chip eaters as we drove al across town, poor thing. Of course then I felt terrible for going on like that... being his thoughtfull and sweet self, he pulled into Wal-Mart on our way to dinner with full intentions of buying me another bag of those chips! aww..
except they were out. shelf totally empty. not kidding. I was crushed.
All hopes dashed (not really, just adding drama), we walked toward the exit only to have our thoughts interrupted by the intercom which announced that sour-cream and cheddar baked lays were very delicious and on sale, buy some. Thank you Wal-Mart, I tried. It was one of those moments that you kinda want to cry, but the pure irony and coincidence is hysterical, so we burst out laughing instead. Fun times make me smile and see the big picture again, focus on the things in life that really matter!
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