Hey everyone! Sorry it's been so long since I've posted, but I've been crazy busy. I don't have time now to give you an update, but I want to share some videos with you. Several years ago, the camp that I went to showed a short film, and I really liked it. I hadn't been able to find it until now, so you can imagine how excited I was when found it on youtube. Anyway, it's about thirty minutes long, and you have to watch it in segments, and it has captions because it's not in English, but I think it's totally worth it.
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
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 mostrespectedGreat 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. :)
Hey peoples! I've recently decided to do a 'quotes of the month' on the last day of every month. Hope you enjoy!
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness. -Ouida
"A few years ago, Japanese watermelon lovers suddenly found the normally rotund fruit sitting squarely on the shelves of supermarkets." PialiBanerjee
May you always have work for your hands to do. May your pockets hold always a coin or two. May the sun shine bright on your windowpane. May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you. And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you. - Irish Blessing
Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand. Stanislaus
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. -Oscar Wilde
Oh, how small a portion of earth will hold us when we are dead, who ambitiously seek after the whole world while we are living! -Philip of Macedon
"If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans." author unknown
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. - Albert Einstein
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. - Robert Frost
If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. - Mary Engelbreit
I want to live homeless for a year. I know, I know, living homeless is crazy. First of all, it's dangerous. And then there all the other ways that I could go about doing what I want without doing such a drastic thing as moving to a big city with no money and no home.
What is it I want to do? Oh, so glad you asked. :) I want to help homeless people, and tell them about God. But that's just part of my idea.
First, let me give you some background on my thoughts, and what I've grown up thinking.
I read an article in the JBU paper last semester about a guy who spent six months homeless. The article explained that the guy realized that he was not living the way he felt the Bible called him to live. He wanted to change his perspective, and challenge himself. I found the article really interesting, and it got me thinking. I've never really known a homeless person. Even people who do have a house or apartment but are really really poor, what do I know about that kind of lifestyle?
What I do know about homeless people and really really dirt poor people, I've learned from living in a parsonage for eight years. I saw so many people come and ask for help; some people were really in need, but many were just making rounds. They'd go to one church after another asking for money, and then go spend it on drugs or cigarettes. Sometimes the church would ask for a phone number of a friend or boss to verify a person's story, but then the he or she would split. It's made me less likely to trust people asking for help.
So, I still want to help homeless people. I think that they are often forgotten about, or ignored. Maybe they are just grossly generalized as drug addicts who have no future.
This makes me wonder: how could I know how to really help homeless people in a way that would really benefit everyone? I don't think that it would be worth the risk to just give money to anyone, because there is no way that I could guarantee that they don't use it to their harm on drugs or cigarettes or alcohol. Giving food could only help for a short time, shelters would be a good place to start, but is another soup kitchen or shelter really going to make that much difference? What could I do?
I've decided that the only way that I personally could really learn how to help is to actually live homeless. It sounds drastic, but I don't really think there is any other way to get the kind of knowledge of needs other than being in situations myself. (No that does not mean that I'm going to start doing drugs, alcohol, or other...bad things. I'm talking about basic needs like shelter and food.)
I do realize that this would be a very dangerous thing to do, so I will admit that I would not want to do this alone. I think that the best option would be to wait until I am married, and start a ministry with my husband. That being said, I guess I'll have to wait for this dream to come true until I'm out of collage, have fallen head over heels for a guy, and gotten married. ;)
