Every boy and every girl deserves a chance to see this world…

Lyrics by Keegan Smith: Road Trippin’

I got the pedal to the medal
My foot through the flow
My windows rolled down
Music blasting so loud
I’m just road trippin’
Rock it out, Road trippin’ (x3)

Let the concrete jungle full of pain
Replace my struggles with a mountain range
From fast pace cars they roll so slow
To a rippling river that only flows
In one direction
My direction

The outside world is so refreshing
This connection is a blessing
Trail blazin’
Life lesson

Every boy and every girl
Deserves a chance to see this world
So put away your MTV, your ipod players and your DVDs
Wakeup, stretch out
Get out, move on
The air out here is best at dawn
Wakeup, stretch out
Get out, move on
The air out here is crisp and

I got the pedal to the medal
My foot through the flow
My windows rolled down
Music blasting so loud
I’m just road trippin’
Rock it out, Road trippin’ (x3)

I got the pedal to the medal
My foot through the flow
My windows rolled down
Music blasting so loud
I’m just road trippin’
Rock it out, Road trippin’ (x3)

Inspiration for the day, Jan. 15, 2013

By: Gabriela Yareliz

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.” -Mother Teresa

“One often sees a call only in retrospect. This too is God’s design. God often reinforces our faith after we trust him, not before.”-Ravi Zacharias

“There is no greater discovery than seeing God as the author of your destiny.” -Ravi Zacharias

“Having the answers is not essential to living. What is essential is the sense of God’s presence during dark seasons of questioning.”-Ravi Zacharias

“The four absolutes we all have in our minds: love, justice, evil, and forgiveness.”-Ravi Zacharias

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.” -Mother Teresa

Echa pa’lla

By: Gabriela Yareliz
Today, it looked like sunset all day in NYC. Not a pretty sunset, but darkness. The positive was it was 50 degrees.
School starts tomorrow; some things have gone amazingly; other things haven’t exactly gone as planned, it doesn’t mean they aren’t working out but it isn’t what I had in mind… but that is how God works. My pastor told me last Sabbath: Sometimes, our greatest disappointments turn out to be our greatest blessing.

Anyway… embracing the heritage, here are two songs. Positive songs reminding us about the beauty of life and its simple and fantastic miracles. Human emotion, happiness and dance.

STAY POSITIVVVVVVEEEE (as my friend Olga would say) and

get up and move! 😉

Take the bad and move it to the side and lift your hands [enjoy the moment]!
Then move to the side and then to the other.
This is the Latin invasion, don’t like it? Keep walking…
Everybody up, up–time to enjoy life.-Pitbull

ZUMBA-Don OMAR (This is how I exercise [Zumba]–oh, the fun)

Madness!

By: Gabriela Yareliz

The more I see of this city, it still amazes me that we humans are willing to live in certain conditions…especially when other places have a lower cost of living and better lifestyles to offer. Like, there are places where you don’t pay $7 for a loaf of bread and $12 for a regular jug of Tropicana (no joke… true story); places where the sun shines, and you can live in a place with space that doesn’t look like a dungeon. Let’s just say I feel lucky to live where I live in the city. Manhattan, the island of rich people. New York City is quite deceiving; the glitter and glamour is not for all–only those who can afford it or can pretend to afford it– anyway, enough with my New York sentiments. It is just hard to be in this gray city watching people around you either living in their own world or simply trying to make it.

Today, I saw a guy reverse down 5th Ave in a silver BMW. Another guy crossing 5th Ave., with a stroller, dropped his baby’s toy and is on his cell phone (FOLLOW THIS SEQUENCE), and he lets go of the stroller to pick up the toy while the stroller rolled away (with the baby in it, mind you); he then ran after it. Another guy cursing out a woman on his phone. Amazing.

Oh, the madness.

I loved my time in Florida. It was a time of family. I miss them very much. Moments with family can be so random, funny and wonderful. There is nothing like family.

Sigh… classes start up again soon. Thank God first semester went fantastically. Praise Jesus! Spring is on the way, Valentine’s Day will be romancing us before we know it…I hope that soon an end to what seems like an endless stretch of gloominess in this city will end.

I flew back into the city, got my room ready for the new semester; the new routine.

I wish you all a good night my lovely friends. Thank you for your amazing readership this past year. Thank you for caring about the things I care about even slightly, and for taking the time to read what I write.
Sending my love …

Fresh


By: Gabriela Yareliz
So… it is the new year.
We must start it off right and fresh.

Being in the city, I have discovered city+cold=nasty skin. Dry, flaky and acne prone.

If you want something organic to help you clear up your skin (without all of those chemicals!) Try it out… Juice Beauty Organics Clear Skin Kit. I am using it and I really like it. Maybe it is also the Florida weather and sun, but my skin looks waaaay revitalized, fresh and it isn’t chalky and dry.

I bought it at Ulta.

Also, a lot of my favorite tutorial people on Youtube have been complaining about adult acne. I thought makeup was bad, but I never imagines we put petroleum derivatives on our faces.
The Women’s Forum has a list of bad ingredients your should check your makeup bag for. Start small, but definitely eliminate things with Petroleum and Sodium Lauryl Sulfate.

These harmful ingredients can be found in very pricey makeup products known for their “quality.”
EEEEK.

Some brands that offer a healthier alternative:
Tarte

Korres

Okay, so this has been a very girly talk. But seriously guys can start off fresh too this year. Exfoliate, get some sun at least 15 min. a day, moisturize, stay hydrated and take care of your skin no matter where you are in the world.

CURRENT OBSESSION: A fabulous thing I swear by: Vitamin E pills. pop them for the oil inside and they are great for broken, chapped or wind burned skin and lips. Don’t use on skin if you will have a lot of sun exposure because it stains. Only use at night, so your skin can revitalize and heal over night, and then wash it off.

Keep warm, stay healthy and be fresh!