By: Gabriela Yareliz What do I miss the most about Florida? Other than my family, the answer would be sunshine. That feeling of the warmth on your skin—that to me is priceless. Now, as we begin 2013, I hope we will choose to have an eternal perspective. In other words, a perspective that revolves aroundContinue reading “An Eternal Perspective”
Category Archives: philosophy
To live
By: Gabriela Yareliz It was a gray, humid day. I was out for a walk with my dog, Bunny, in the rain. It is one of those rains where everything is green and alive. I was trying to stroll while she would occasionally stop and try to make a feast out of acorns. We areContinue reading “To live”
The best and worst of 2012
By: Gabriela Yareliz The following list was compiled from notebooks where I did my articles, class journals, news outlets, etc. 2012 was great, 2013 will be just as wonderful I hope. Like every year, it had its ups and downs. The Best of 2012 Cricket: In January of 2012, I walked onto the field byContinue reading “The best and worst of 2012”
Merry Christmas!
By: Gabriela Yareliz Hi! Hi! Hi! One more exam to destroy. I want to wish everyone an amazing Christmas season. Spend time with family, reflect, have some introspection, get some safe sunshine, thank God for His amazing gifts and our incredible lives, relax, drink tea, do something new, spend less time on your computer orContinue reading “Merry Christmas!”
Week’s Picks: Dec. 17, 2012
By: Gabriela Yareliz 1] 2] “I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only the past.” -Virginia Woolf 3] 4] Theodore Roosevelt “It is not the critic who counts: not the manContinue reading “Week’s Picks: Dec. 17, 2012”
As a nation
By: Gabriela Yareliz As a nation, we must come together and pray for all of the families who lost loved ones, not only today (in the school shooting in Connecticut), but in all of these terrible and recent tragedies, shootings and suicides. President Obama sums it up so well. Our prayers are with you. InContinue reading “As a nation”
Le battement d’ailes du papillon-Happenstance
The Destiny Man: You see, every detail, every gesture, as slight as it may be, reveals an infinity of truths and thus has an endless repercussion and grandiose effects.
Just Man
By: Elie Wiesel “One of the Just Men came to Sodom, determined to save its inhabitants from sin and punishment. Night and day he walked the streets and markets protesting against greed and theft, falsehood and indifference. In the beginning, people listened and smiled ironically. Then they stopped listening: he no longer amused them. TheContinue reading “Just Man”
Because you’re worth it (wink)
By: Gabriela Yareliz You must give yourself value. The value you believe you have, and the value you believe God places on you. If you do not, the world will not place this value on you. Instead, it pulls you and stretches you. It surrounds you with destructive habits, numbers, labels and beauty, which in the beginningContinue reading “Because you’re worth it (wink)”
Week’s Picks: Dec. 10,2012
1] My little angelic creature, Milica, performs 2] 3]All that glitters-Tout ce qui brille 5] The Devil Wears Prada 6] 7] 8] Heard it on Kidd Kraddick yesterday, live–and loved it. 9] This Pinterest is lovely. 10] KHALED; YES
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