Observant

By: Gabriela Yareliz

Good morning! So, guess who the new Cricket reporter is? Yup- me. Thank you Patalia House (bollywood movie) for peaking my interest. I really need to get a Cricket for dummies book or something. At least I know what a bowler is.

This morning, I looked up at a building and it was a glass encasing for each floor, and on each floor I could see a custodian. All of them waiting for the elevator with their carts. It was neat to see the elevator move through the building.  Elevators are quite magical.

Random thought from this morning’s reading: “Fear not, believe only…” Luke 8:50

I have been thinking a lot lately. My mind has ADHD ever since my editing prof decided to make me open 30 new accounts and keep up with every news organization that is reputable. Half of my days are spent listening to French and the other half is in English-Spanish with me still trying to say merci.

I’ve been thinking about:

1] How selfish we can become. We realize, I think, our own selfishness when we notice others. we are forced to introspection, and I think this is important. Everyday, I am more and more convinced that we should pour ourselves out for each other.

We should give ourselves entirely until there is nothing left for us to hold on to.

2] Our desperate need for prayer and fasting. It is crucial that we also separate time to study God’s word for ourselves. It is not enough to be told something or go by emotion and feeling.

3] People are so complex. But people are people, and we must relate ourselves to them as such. There are also amazing people.

One day they don’t exist, but the next minute they walk into your life, and something in you has already changed.

4] The heart, it is so deceitful. I am still working on the execution of guarding it. Only Christ can guard it for us. It is hard though. It’s that ADHD mentality. (This is where fasting comes in, I’ve heard,- discipline).

5] Tim Tebow is amazing. Everyone knows it. He is an example of what God can do for each one of us when we put our lives in His hands.

6] Lately, I’ve felt like I am 15 again. (Those were not my prettiest years, so maybe the fact that I am short and look that young is God giving me a chance to relive those years hahaha). I’ve been thinking a lot about the good messages in the cheesy movies Disney Channel puts out. Like how a princess is someone who helps others and is beautiful inside. How friendship and trust should be valued supremely.

I’m Disney Channeling it, complete with a more bare-faced look and clear Smackers lipgloss. Yes, Smackers. Reminds me of when I was 10. It’s a good feeling.

7] When it comes to romance…ahh the ever popular topic- these complexities are true:

-one deserves to be someone’s first choice, NOT chosen by default, boredom, selfishness, neediness…

-the person you commit to shouldn’t just be good looking and empty, or nice, great and “cute.” I think we should all reserve our right to have someone who takes our breath away. Now granted, different things will take different people’s breath away- so, yay for that. But it’s got to be that way.

-Sometimes we expect too much. (The above is not too much.) But, though we should reserve our right to be a bit shallow, we’ve got to realize that finding someone who will really care about you- that is special. Someone you really care about; that is not someone you should let go of. No one is perfect.

-Lo que sera, sera…

8] For those who are going through dark times- better times will come, because the sun always rises after the night.

In honor of my Disney Channelish ways: