Saturday, December 25, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
The only people for me are the mad ones,
the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk,
mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time,
the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn,
like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and
in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!
-Jack Kerouac
the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk,
mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time,
the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn,
like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and
in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!
-Jack Kerouac
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
But the biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make while
doing this. I did not live in the moment enough. this is particularly
clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. there
is one picture of the three of them sitting in the grass on a quilt in
the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages 6, 4 and 1. And I
wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how
they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I
had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner,
bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and
the getting it done a little less."
-Anna Quindlen
doing this. I did not live in the moment enough. this is particularly
clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. there
is one picture of the three of them sitting in the grass on a quilt in
the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages 6, 4 and 1. And I
wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how
they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I
had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner,
bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and
the getting it done a little less."
-Anna Quindlen
Friday, November 12, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
There is no grace for your imagination. But there is grace for TODAY.
"As your days" it says in Deuteronomy, "so shall your strength be"
(33: 25). Charles Spurgeon says, "The Lord, the ever-merciful, has
appointed every moment of sorrow and pang of suffering. If He ordains
the number ten, it can never rise to eleven, nor should you desire
that it shrink to nine"
-Charles Spurgeon
"As your days" it says in Deuteronomy, "so shall your strength be"
(33: 25). Charles Spurgeon says, "The Lord, the ever-merciful, has
appointed every moment of sorrow and pang of suffering. If He ordains
the number ten, it can never rise to eleven, nor should you desire
that it shrink to nine"
-Charles Spurgeon
Friday, November 5, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant
things as interruptions of one's "own," or "real" life. The truth is
of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one's
real life—the life God is sending one day by day; what one calls one's
"real life" is a phantom of one's own imagination. This at least is
what I see at moments of insight: but it's hard to remember it all the
time.
-C.S. Lewis
things as interruptions of one's "own," or "real" life. The truth is
of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one's
real life—the life God is sending one day by day; what one calls one's
"real life" is a phantom of one's own imagination. This at least is
what I see at moments of insight: but it's hard to remember it all the
time.
-C.S. Lewis
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
To wait open-endedly is an enormously radical attitude toward life. So
is to trust that something will happen to us that is far beyond our
imaginings. So, too, is giving up control over our future and letting
God define our life, trusting that God molds us according to His love
and not according to our fear... That, indeed, is a very radical
stance toward life in a world preoccupied with control.
-Henri Nouwen
is to trust that something will happen to us that is far beyond our
imaginings. So, too, is giving up control over our future and letting
God define our life, trusting that God molds us according to His love
and not according to our fear... That, indeed, is a very radical
stance toward life in a world preoccupied with control.
-Henri Nouwen
Monday, September 27, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
This life is not a state of being righteous, but rather a growth of righteousness; not a state of being healthy, but a period of healing; not a state of being, but becoming; not a state of rest, but of exercise and activity. We are not yet what we will be, but we grow toward it; the process is not yet finished, but is still going on; this life is not the end, it is a way to a better. All does not yet shine with glory; nevertheless, all is being purified.
-Martin Luther
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
We laughed and laughed, together and separately, out loud and silently, we were determined to ignore whatever needed to be ignored, to build a new world from nothing if nothing in our world could be salvaged, it was one of the best days of my life, a day during which I lived my life and didn't think about my life at all.
-Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
-Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most.
We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?'
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
-Maryanne Williamson
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success.
When you do a thing, do it with all your might.
Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality.
Be active, be energetic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world,
I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside
them they've got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds.
Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands maybe.
-Neil Gaiman
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
"Many people lose confidence in prayer because they don't understand the answers that they receive. We ask for strength and God sends us the difficulties which make us strong. We pray for wisdom and God sends us problems, the solutions of which develop wisdom. We plead for courage and God gives us danger to overcome. We ask for favors and God gives us opportunities."
-Elder Sterling W. Sill
Monday, January 25, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
the inspiration:
It is no secret that I love the 26 humble letters that make up our alphabet.
I love the sounds they make on the tongue,
the curve of their shape in my own handwriting,
the words they make in perfect combinations
and the sentences, paragraphs, poems, books and thoughts they have inspired throughout generations.
I invite you to follow me as I gain inspiration from those who have said it best and, in turn, share it with you.
These are the quotes that I think are worth repeating.
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