Compiled by: Gabriela Yareliz “Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the tune, and not be dismayed at the “rests.” They are not to be slurred over, not to be omitted, not to destroy the melody, not to change the keynote. If we look up, GodContinue reading “When it feels like you are on ‘pause’”
Category Archives: philosophy
Before I run off
By: Gabriela Yareliz I have been called in to work today. It turns out there will be a Spanish speaking group there… ahh the benefits of being a polyglot. I encourage anyone who has any slight interest in any culture or language to go for it. It will always pay off. It adds something toContinue reading “Before I run off”
Oswald on prayer…
Found by: Gabriela Yareliz I always appreciate and love his quotes… He is one of those people who encourages us to keep praying. To know that life is like music, and that even when we feel silence– God is still in the “rests,” and that the music would not be the same without the rests.Continue reading “Oswald on prayer…”
Americaaaaa
By: Gabriela Yareliz The Fourth of July, a day when I think about the inscription on the statue of liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”Continue reading “Americaaaaa”
Saawariya
By: Gabriela Yareliz I saw this movie a while back around graduation time with Liz. My grandmother calls it the movie about the idiot (Ranbir Kapoor’s character) and the vagabond (Salman Khan’s character). I thought it was interesting. Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “White Nights.” A young man strikes up a friendship with a girl who isContinue reading “Saawariya”
Romans 8:38-39
Go for it
Dewey Bozella
By: Gabriela Yareliz I have been thinking of Dewey Bozella, the boxer who was in jail for most of his life for a crime he didn’t commit. He came to the University of Florida this past school year. When one hears his story there is a lot one can learn; he is a man ofContinue reading “Dewey Bozella”
When you really want something
By: Gabriela Yareliz I began reading the book of 1 Samuel. It begins with the story of Hannah, the childless woman who wanted a child more than anything. It is a story I have referred to before, because it is one that I really love. During the festivities in Shiloh, she is upset. She won’tContinue reading “When you really want something”
Today’s Top Picks: Peace, Clarins and Futbol
By: Gabriela Yareliz 1] Thomas Merton said something along these lines: We cannot have peace with one another because we are not at peace with ourselves. We cannot have peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God. 2] Clarins App en francais On a Shallow Note If you thought I was shallowContinue reading “Today’s Top Picks: Peace, Clarins and Futbol”
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