From Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, by Ellen G. White Form a character for heaven. Sleep not at your post. Deal faithfully and truly with your own soul. – {1T 241.1} The daily study of the Scriptures will have a sanctifying influence upon the mind. You will breathe a heavenly atmosphere. Bind this preciousContinue reading “Consecration”
Tag Archives: Life
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”
How do you measure a year?
By: Gabriela Yareliz What strangeness, the concept of time. I think it’s the ultimate science. Who can decipher time? Time is interesting. It can serve as a warm blanket that makes us feel safe, healed, comforted; or it can leave us like a broken bottle that’s been shattered in an alley that no one willContinue reading “How do you measure a year?”
Thoughts for Today: October 2, 2013
Great Tumblr quotes: “There is no designated time for anything in your life. You don’t have to have your first kiss at any certain time, you don’t have to get married in your 20s and you don’t have to do anything just because other people think it’s best. In fact, you will be much betterContinue reading “Thoughts for Today: October 2, 2013”
Non guardarmi così
By: Gabriela Yareliz Ciao my friends! Sometimes, there are things that make you feel slightly uncomfortable, maybe insecure and a little lost. Oh, the liberty when you set it aside and decide it no longer has your energy and focus! Let go of whatever brings you down or makes you lost, whether it be aContinue reading “Non guardarmi così”
It
By: Gabriela Yareliz I read that the origin of the concept of people being ‘it,’ came from this: “It isn’t beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It’s just ‘It’.” Mrs. Bathurst, Rudyard Kipling Be your own ‘it’ girl or ‘it’ man. Be original, appealing, lovely, humble, and have that extra ingredient no oneContinue reading “It”
Autumn Thoughts
Below are some picks from http://autumnindie.tumblr.com. A very quotable blog. “She asked, ‘You are in love, what does love look like?’ To which I replied, ‘Like everything I’ve ever lost came back to me.’” Nayyirah Waheed “Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. YourContinue reading “Autumn Thoughts”
Burdens
This Week’s Picks: August 25, 2013/ Back to School
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 ofContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: August 25, 2013/ Back to School”
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