By: Gabriela Yareliz This message by Charles Metcalf III at Mosaic was fire. đ„ If you are looking for a message to inspire and shake you, look no further. So many important insights on what it means to live by faith and not feeling, and following the truth no matter what the season. âSometimes, youContinue reading “What Faith Feels Like? (Mosaic)”
Category Archives: literature
August
âThis is how August feels to me, that strange moment while youâre on a swing when you arenât going up or down but feel suspended in mid-air. Even the air outside feels still, like itâs between an inhale and an exhale, a pause between two pages of a book.â Jillian Hankins
My Summer with Homer
By: Gabriela Yareliz It was the summer before 9th grade. I was a volunteer, with my grandmother who was visiting us for the summer, at the vacation Bible school my brothers were attending in the neighborhood. One of the books on my summer reading list was The Odyssey. You could find me reading it outsideContinue reading “My Summer with Homer”
More
âMore to feel. More to uncover. More to re-lease. More to embody and become.â Mimi Ikonn
This Weekâs Favorites 07.11.26
By: Gabriela Yareliz I eventually made it home from Nashville. I took a flight from hell with little-to-no AC again (JetBlue), trapped in a seat with parents who had zero control over their children. (And these were not babiesâ we understand babies). The mom kept shrieking next to me, âMOMMY IS DOING HER BESTTTTT!â IContinue reading “This Weekâs Favorites 07.11.26”
The Secret Garden
âI am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense enough to get hold of it and make it do things for us.â Frances Hodgson Burnett By: Gabriela Yareliz When I was a teen, we regularly visited an office that offered certain services. The services were not for me, and I wouldContinue reading “The Secret Garden”
Make Meaning
By: Gabriela Yareliz How do we measure life? I was reflecting on this when Ranier Wyldeâs words came to me. Wylde discusses Sisyphus. His piece is great, and it reminded me of how much Stoicism has impacted how I think of things in the world. When faced with a dilemma, I do often stop andContinue reading “Make Meaning”
Delay
âYou may delay, but time will not.âBenjamin Franklin
Secret to Happiness
âWhen I was little my parents would always say, the secret to happiness is âSomeone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to.â And at the end of the day, they’re pretty spot on.â Natalie Saxton
Love the Questions
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, toContinue reading “Love the Questions”
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