Honey Bee

This song is a new favorite.
By Zee Avi
Thank you Evangeline for introducing it to me =]
<3

Rhythm of Love

James and Wing Chi 6.18.2011 <3 

Simple, as it should be.

I always find lots of things to do when I should be studying. I have a lot I want to blog about, i've been backed up though--i really want to do a post on Nicaragua (I promise I will). But i decided on a vlog post because this song has been on my mind lately. It is by Tristan Prettyman who is a great singer/musican/songwriter.

Simple As is Should Be

*_*

The Civil Wars// Dance Me to the End of Love

Thanks Eva, for introducing The Civil Wars to me =]

Perks of Being a Wallflower

You never really know how you're doing until someone tells you


I finally finished reading Perks of Being a Wallflower. 


Sam says to Charlie: 

"Charlie don't you get it? I can't feel that. It's sweet and everything. But it's like you're not even there sometimes. It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder. What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things...Like take their hands when the slow song comes up for a change. Or be the one who asks someone for a date. Or tell people what you need. Or what you want."

Sometimes I can relate to Charlie. I think he spends too much time thinking and worrying about how other people may think or whether they will be happy, so much that that becomes the priority-- so much that it doesn't matter anymore what he feels as long as things go as planned and everyone has a good time. I don't think he realizes that by not making himself vulnerable to his friends and showing them himself and what he needs and wants and cares about, he creates in himself a person that is just there, among other people. You can see him, talk to him, hear him, laugh with him but really that is all because he is not really there. 

Her Morning Elegance

As she fights for her life, she is caught by a thread.

Pieces of pieces of paper and change

Today I got to experience and hear from Dr. Janice Thompson who is a Pastor of River of Life Church in Prov. and also a founder of prison/Life-line ministry. She was so inspiring to say the least. I have a couple of things here, please excuse the fact that they are so jumbled and in bullet form, they were just so great coming from her lips i have to write them somewhere before I forget them. 


* Men and women are equal before God but we're not independent of each other--men and women have his and her own purpose but they must work together to make up the body..you can't have too much internal conflict, the body systems, tissues and cells work as one entity. 
* To live is to have a living story-- what kind of legacy will you leave? Each life is a story and we're writing our story everyday. And with that, we need to live with purpose and on purpose. and as we do, we cannot fear because fear and faith cannot operate in the same space. She told us a funny story about her fear of dogs (since being bitten from one in high school)and how one time she was getting out of her car to get into the house and she saw a dog walking her way. She could not make herself get out of the car because of this lingering dog and she felt so helpless she had to stay in her car for 30 minutes until she got the courage to walk past the dog, 5 feet to her doorstep. Long story short, she got over her fear and even had a dog of her own for some time:) She was really cute telling that story. 
* Everyone has a purpose in this life, everyone has a purpose and role in the battle and often times the front line of the battle are made of those who are the prayers and the praisers because they bring strength to the army and to the people and fear to the enemies. It's not just our turn to the bat it is our time, its our season. 
* Love is the sign of the cross. You love vertically, you love God and if you love God, you love yourself and then you love horizontally to your friends and neighbors and family and just everyone you meet. This means loving everyone, loving those who hurt us, criminals, people of all walks of life, visions and views. Not every one group has the 'skinny' on God, he's too big for that. We might have a piece and others have another piece and others have yet another piece. Why can't we just come together to enlighten each other?