By: Gabriela Yareliz Frosty morning to you. That is what this morning was. It has been so incredibly cold. We’ll all be drinking Barley drink (Kaffree Roma-substitute for coffee) and our (eye) glasses will be fogged as we seek warmth. We are now condemned to months in tights, boots, gloves, coats and wind. On theContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: November 10, 2013”
Category Archives: philosophy
Let it be
By: Gabriela Yareliz Sometimes, we are afraid to grow up because of all the pain that comes with it. Whatever happens, an answer will come. Let it be.
For you on this November morning
This Week’s Picks: November 3, 2013
By: Gabriela Yareliz Welcome November! Can you believe it? Already November. It is so cold outside, and it gets dark quickly. In one day, the temperature changed like 15 degrees. There is longing in the air. Longing for: seeing pets, family laughter, eating soup, staying under the covers all morning, reading something that makes youContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: November 3, 2013”
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Designed to live by choice
From Life’s Greatest Lessons or 20 Things I Want My Kids to Know, by: Hal Urban “We can’t choose what happens in our lives, but we can choose how to respond. We have the ability to survive hardship and overcome handicaps. We have the capacity to rise above negative circumstances because we have free will,Continue reading “Designed to live by choice”
Courage
“If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, ‘I will be bigger than you. You cannotContinue reading “Courage”
This Week’s Picks: October 27, 2013
1] Demi Lovato’s best song: 2] How to stay warm now that it is freezing (wink) By: Gabriela Yareliz (me) 1] Tights/leggings (the very hated elements of winter that help) 2] Laugh 3] Gloves that are not knit; that have no holes where the cold seeps in 4] Grow your hair long and wrap itContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: October 27, 2013”
Compassion
“A lot of us think we are compassionate because we get emotional when we watch a sad video or someone tells us a sad story, but compassion is never compassion until you are willing to cross the street to be inconvenienced or interrupted yourself.” Christine Caine on Chris Fabry Live!
Real Adventure
Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person – Yvon Chouinard, Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman I think traveling, law school, my field of work and trusting in God are my real adventure. -GY
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