February 2012
121 posts
“If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or...”
– Thomas Merton (via thatkindofwoman)
Mind BLOWN by this quote right now.
A Troubadour's Philosophy:
Singing isn’t worth a thing
If the heart sings not the song,
And the heart can never sing
If it brings not love along.
- Bernard of Ventadour, c.1140-1190
Storming of Bastille:
In that day, when your enemies are slaughtered and the towers fall, there will be streams of water flowing down every mountain and hill. The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the LORD begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them. (Isaiah 30:25-26)
Marriages:
Friends that are engaged right now: Jake and Kelsy // Carly and Billy // Tiffany and Joshua // Alex and John …Just to name a few.
Having the sudden onslaught of engagements has sent my mind spinning. Here’s a small glimpse:
Thinking back through relationships is a fun lane to travel. To remember where people were at the beginning, middle and now at the beginning of the end. It is...
Dark
Christian: I wish you could rent a baby for a while.
Me: I know! I want to play with a baby.
Jenny: Come help in the kids ministry.
Christian: Sara? In the kids ministry? She's too dark for the kids ministry. She'd tell the kids how hard life is.
Me: *laughlaughlaugh* I am great with kids! ... But that's true.
(...I didn't get it verbatim but it's the gist of it.)
“The creative adult is the child who survived”
– Ursula K. Le. Guin.
“There is no life without change.”
“Deserve your dream.”
– Octavio Paz
One day...
… this will all be over.
That day is not today.
“I’m not fascinated by people who smile all the time. What I find interesting is...”
– Unknown (via youngfolksociety)
“You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible...”
– The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
– Van Gogh
Sharing Poetry: Margaret Atwood, "Girl Without... →
sharingpoetry:
Walking through the ruins on your way to work that do not look like ruins with the sun pouring over the seen world like hail or melted silver, that bright and magnificent, each leaf and stone quickened and specific in it, and you can’t hold it, you can’t hold any of it. Distance…