Quotes of the month

I was going to get this out this morning, but I forgot. :-/ Anyway, here you go.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both. -Horace Mann

Walking is man's best medicine. -Hippocrates

Hope cherishes the soul of him who lives in justice and holiness, and is the nurse of his age and the companion of his journey -- Hope which is mightest to sway the restless soul of man. -Pindar

Yes, I am your best friend. Yes, I would die for you. Yes, I'm about to steal your chips. -Quote from facebook

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society, as a blazing meteor when it descends to earth, is only a stone. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. -Jules Renard

As we are, so we do; as we do, so it is done to us. We are the builders of our fortunes. -Robert W. Emerson

Some people are grieved because they imagine I am in the hands of unscrupulous persons who lead me astray and persuade me to espouse unpopular causes and make me the mouthpiece of their propaganda. Now let me be understood once and for all that I do not want their pity; I would not change places with one of them. I know what I am talking about. -Helen Keller

There is nothing which for my part I like better . . . than conversing with aged men; for I regard them as travelers who have gone a journey which I too may have to go, and of whom I ought to inquire whether the way is smooth and easy, or rugged and difficult. - Plato

For he who is the calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and ate are equally a burden. -Plato

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 most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. - Marianne Williamson

Feeling old, music, drivers license, music, book, computer mic, cell phone

I've not really been able to sit down and write a post this week, but I've had little tidbits of things I wanted to tell you about. So, today I am just going to be lazy and combine several paragraphs into a post until I have a decently long bit of writing that I'll then call a post, even though it has no flow what-so-ever. I hope my changing the subject several times doesn't give you whiplash. :-/

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I feel old. My brother reminded me the other day that it's already September. How is that possible? Goodness. It is my belief that no person of my incredibly young age should be able to let a whole MONTH sneak up on her.

Also, my mother has gotten me ridiculously addicted to her music. I have been walking around the house listening to Simon and Garfunkel, and The Who. (My mother would like it mentioned here that The Who was even old when she was in high school, and she's not quite that old.) Anyway, I seriously do love the two groups. This is another thing to add to my list of reasons I feel old.


In other news, I am hopefully going to get my drivers license, insurance, and a car all within a month. (Yay!)


Lately, I've been listening to a Toby Mac song, Get Back Up. I really like it. I couldn't find a video with lyrics, but here's a video/soundtrack. [Edit: you might want to pause the audio player on the right side-bar before pressing play. :)]





I just finished re-reading the book Gone to Texas, by Louise Jackson. (We are actually distant relatives- she's my great uncle's sister-in-law.) I have read it before, (several times,) and just decided to re-read it. I had forgotten how much I love it! It's about a couple of guys, Ephraim and Finis, traveling to Texas from Virginia, and their adventures on the way there. One of the things I like best about the book is the historical aspect. Ephraim was based on Louise's great-grandfather, who really did travel from Virginia to Texas. One of the other characters, railroad, was named for a real person found in old Washington, Arkansas records.


I had to get a computer mic for school the other day. I was so excited, because not only will it be fun to use for school, it'll also be fun to use for other things. G-mail has a voice chat that I'm excited to try out, as well as a computer phone. The phone is free, and practically untraceable, potentially making prank calls really easy. No, I won't be prank-calling people, but the idea that I could somehow makes me giddy-happy.


While we are on technological subjects, I might as well mention that I got a new cell phone. It's about half the size of my old, and most respected Great Orca. I have not found a name for it yet, so if you have any ideas, use the comment box to tell me about them. :)



Okay, that's all I have.


See you soon!


Lauren