December 2010
25 posts
“Our right to be different is, in a deep sense, the most precious right we human...”
– Lillian Smith
Letter to God
I wrote this while in Costa Rica during my first semester…
Heavenly Father,
Lord I want to thank you for bringing me here to Costa Rica. Lord I want to thank you for saving me. If you would not have brought me here Lord I know that I would be far from you. I thank you that you care enough for me and you got me out of my former situation. I thank you for picking me up and rescuing me. You...
“Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.”
– Sidonie Gabrielle
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be...”
– Isaiah 9:6 (KJV)
“Be whoever you are, extremely loud”
– Gerard Way
“I don’t want to be married just to be married. I can’t think of anything...”
– Mary Ann Shaffer (via kari-shma)
Grateful
Today I was reminded to be grateful. Not because I witnessed a huge miracle or because I received a large gift. I was reminded to be grateful for the “little” things in life (In reality nothing we receive from God is little. Everything he gives us is a BIG deal. We deserve nothing). I am not entitled to anything here on this earth. Apart from Christ I am nothing and can do nothing...
“One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.”
– Henry David Thoreau
“Fall in love when you’re ready, not when you’re lonely.”
– a Great man
“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.”
– Victor Borge
Youth
Wasn’t it easier in your lunchbox days? Always a bigger bed to crawl into Wasn’t it beautiful when you believed in everything? And everybody believed in you? Wasn’t it easier in your firefly-catchin’ days? And everything out of reach, someone bigger brought down to you Wasn’t it beautiful runnin’ wild ‘til you fell asleep? Before the monsters caught up to...
“My ambition is to be happy.”
– Penelope Cruz