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Selling the birthright

By: Gabriela Yareliz Quotes by Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2 There is a story of two very different twins. One who had a birthright (he was the firstborn son, named Esau), and he didn’t really care about it. The one who didn’t have the birthright, Jacob, wanted it bad. One dayContinue reading “Selling the birthright”

False Spring

“When spring came, even false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest. The only thing that could spoil a day was people and if you could keep from making engagements, each day had no limits. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good asContinue reading “False Spring”

Successful Women

By: Gabriela Yareliz I had a conversation with someone about how it’s harder for women with higher education to date, marry or simply find someone they can hold conversation with who isn’t afraid of her. “In reality it is the college-educated woman who is the prize. Her husband can expect a higher level of income,Continue reading “Successful Women”

Valentine’s Day

“To love another person is to see the face of God.” Jean Valjean, Les Miserables By: Gabriela Yareliz Happy Valentines Day! I thought the storyline in the ad [above] was so cute…and Hrithik Roshan looks ah-ma-zing. Here is a beautiful remix of songs that I found. Paying some tribute to a language that inspires soContinue reading “Valentine’s Day”

A Moveable Feast

By: Gabriela Yareliz Here is some inspiration from Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast. 1. We become better people when we laugh and make others laugh “They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seedsContinue reading “A Moveable Feast”

You Belong to Me

“So I went on writing. The story was writing itself and I was having a hard time keeping up with it. […]I’ve seen you, beauty, and you belong to me now, whoever you are waiting for and if I never see you again, I thought. You belong to me and all of Paris belongs toContinue reading “You Belong to Me”

“I am an ordinary person who has been blessed…”

“I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.” Sonia Sotomayor