Monthly Archives: March 2016

Tuesday Badinage: March 8, 2016

“¿Cómo se manifiesta el amor a Dios? Por el amor al hombre. Para encontrar la paz en los cielos, es preciso encontrar el amor en la tierra.” Paulo Coelho “How does one manifest love toward God? By loving man. To find peace in the heavens, one must find love on Earth.” Paulo Coelho

Reflections Before Bedtime #77

By: Gabriela Yareliz I left my house and felt something was different. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, until I reached the intersection, while I was waiting to cross. I wasn’t wearing leggings; that was it! In the winter, leggings become a second skin, if you will. I wear leggings under everything. TheContinue reading “Reflections Before Bedtime #77”

Monday Inspiration: March 7, 2016

By: Gabriela Yareliz It’s a new week! Diverse trials and perhaps exhaustion awaits some of us, this week. If you are already looking at your week, and your eye is twitching– here is a word for you: “But now, says the Lord, He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: ‘FearContinue reading “Monday Inspiration: March 7, 2016”

Reflections Before Bedtime #76

By: Gabriela Yareliz And so, that is what I have learned; that when you love someone, you never give up on them. Because, “love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.” 1 Corinthians 13: 7-8

Reflections Before Bedtime #75

By: Gabriela Yareliz [Adapted from an earlier conversation with Feliz about love and the people we choose to care about and build with…] There’s a ‘you’ and a ‘me.’ Together, these become ‘we.’ And given the chance– I think we would be pretty amazing.    [Image from Tumblr]

Women’s Month: Berta Cáceres

By: Gabriela Yareliz Today, we mourn the assassination of a great indigenous rights and environmental rights champion and activist, Berta Cáceres. She is known for her tireless work to bring awareness to important issues. She was co-founder of the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations in Honduras and the 2015 winner of the GoldmanContinue reading “Women’s Month: Berta Cáceres”

Thursday Badinage: March 3, 2016

“I met the woman I desperately wanted to marry […] I am very aware of how good it is when life is good, and I try to celebrate that because I am very well aware of the times that life isn’t so good.” “From the first day I met Amal, I began preparing for theContinue reading “Thursday Badinage: March 3, 2016”

Women’s Month: Katharina von Bora

By: Gabriela Yareliz First day of March! March is Women’s Month, and throughout the month, I like to feature notable women who marked history, show boldness, take up action or causes, or minister to people in a special way. The first woman I want to feature is one my mother told me about, Katharina vonContinue reading “Women’s Month: Katharina von Bora”