Expect miracles.
By: Ellen G. White
Let the afflictions which pain us so grievously become instructive lessons, teaching us to press forward toward the mark of the prize of our high calling in Christ. Let us be encouraged by the thought that the Lord is soon to come. Let this hope gladden our hearts…. – {Hvn 8.1}
4 Be glad in the Lord always! Again I say, be glad! 5 Let your gentleness show in your treatment of all people. The Lord is near. 6 Don’t be anxious about anything; rather, bring up all of your requests to God in your prayers and petitions, along with giving thanks. 7 Then the peace of God that exceeds all understanding will keep your hearts and minds safe in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4: 4-7
By: Gabriela Yareliz
Summer lights are dimming; textbooks beckoning; internships interviewing; summer heat fading; rain storms pouring. It’s New York. You see the nannies with the children of different ethnicities in the strollers; young students laying out at the Washington Square Park on blankets; tourist groups buying Amorino Cones; falafel trucks smoking on corners of intersections making our hair smell like Halal food for two days, no matter what we do to it.
These days are over (relatively speaking because it’s not like summer was so relaxing–I think summer was busier than the regular school year):
Starting today:
School, fat books, and a random vibe sets in. I promise you, it (an unknown force haha) sprays tension as a mist at school; type A crazies will be melting soon and saying:
Welcome back, babes!
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“Life is scarier than a Coney Island roller coaster.” Tony Romeo
Got to cling to Jesus, and just keep moving.
3] The way we feel when we think about our first assignment readings for the semester after a summer with no vacation.
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5] La Vita e Bella
6] Pray
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8] Rules for living
9] Fatal
10] Back to School
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12] Missing the DMV.
13] Those eyes–a powerful weapon.
14] Summer Associate/Clerkships: As interviews for next year’s summer jobs approach…
So, we are all praying, applying and interviewing. What not to do:
This week will be fab–just fab.
Be inspired. Make impressions. Make everything count.
By: Gabriela Yareliz
Yes, a new addition to my New York series. As summer has come to a close, I went with my Russian dolls to the Manhattan beach (ironically in Brooklyn), we ate at Nargis, an Uzbek place in Brooklyn with an amazing Avocado salad, and then we hit up the fruit market, Brighton Beach boardwalk, the aquarium and Coney Island.
These past few days have been perfection. School started last week for a lot of us, so summer is basically over with the exception of short excursions on the weekends.
Brooklyn is pretty awesome; pretty littered (as is Manhattan), but the fruit is cheaper, there is more diversity and more sunshine.
Manhattan Beach is small, but there is a nice area for tanning, the water is chilly, and at a distance you can see million dollar homes standing in their glorious sunshine. The restrooms are also pretty clean (this is a big deal if you are at a beach in NYC–I was surprised, which is why I think it’s worth mentioning).
For the rest of you lovely people out there: enjoy your vacations. If you are working, don’t forget to dance in a sunshine filled street while the sunshine lasts.
Soon, we’ll be buried in a haze of chilled smog under grey ominous clouds that steel our sunshine.
Today, I went with KK to the Hudson to roast in the UV rays for a bit. Plenty of men in Speedos were laying out (slightly creepy), some women were ironically clad in bikinis but sitting under shady trees. Some ripped dudes were walking their bikes. The Citi bike thing has been a hit here this summer.
New Yorkers are enjoying their last days of loveliness. You, wherever you are, do the same.
A song for dancing in the streets in the last days of summer:
By: Gabriela Yareliz
Naina and Bunny. 🙂 So cute. How could you go wrong with a guy named Bunny?
(Kabira has been stuck in my head for days.)
Bunny: But there is a right time for everything, and today, it’s the right time for this… Naina, will you marry me?
Naina: You’ve lost your mind. This is fake. (The ring)
Bunny: But my love is real, baby! Sorry, I didn’t have a lot of time…Naina!!
Naina: Bunny, you’ll run away.
Bunny: So you bring me back.
Naina: So that means you’ll run away?!
Bunny: I won’t go anywhere! Try it and see!
Naina: Try!? Marriage isn’t about trying. Once you are in it, it’s boiled food for fifty years ’til you die! Can you handle it?
Bunny: Are you trying to scare me?
Naina: Already scared? This is not your cup of tea.
Bunny: Fine then. I am going.
Naina: Bunny!
Bunny: Will you marry me or not?
Naina: Why do you want to marry me?
Bunny: Because I can’t escape you. You’ve screwed me over! I still want the same things, but now, I want them with you! I still want to see every corner of the world, but with your hand in mine! Look Naina, time waits for no one. It flies past us, and we get left behind. And before I get left too far behind, I want to spend some time with you. You make me happy Naina. In my mind, we are already married. Now come on, you marry me too!
Such a long speech; the least you could do is clap.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. Job 22:21.
Translated by: BollyMeaning
Too mun shudee tu mun shudi
Mun tu shudam tu mun shudee
You have become me, you have become me
I have become you, you have become me
Hai niddar dil daa safar
Ho niddar dil de hamsafar
Raj key humsey wafayein lenaa
Taazaa hawaayein lenaa
The journey of heart is fearless
Oh the companion of the heart, be fearless
Take faithfulness from us
Take fresh air from us
Haan dil ke kisse mein
Jo din hai hisse mein
Laaye jaayenge, paaye jaayenge laayenge
Woh dil se..
Hata de fikrein
Bhula de fikrein
Jala de fikrein
In the story of heart,
whatever days are there in your share (in your fate)
They’ll be brought, they’ll be had,
s/he’ll get them (to you) from the heart..
Remove the worries,
forget the worries,
burn the worries..
Yaaraa sang aa aa jahaan khwaabon ka doonga
Jis mein hogaa sab zindaa
Sheher bhi dil ke maanindaa
Khul kar saansein legaa baashindaa
Come O beloved, I’ll give you the world of dreams,
Where everything will be living..
Even the city will be like heart itself,
One will breathe freely (there)..
[as in, one will be completely free there.]
By: Gabriela Yareliz
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