Running was hard.
First chapter was great.
Music still addicting.
Body feels great.
Friend is fantastic.
Planning is fun.
Day one, so far so good.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Brave
I would love to do this in the middle of SLC city.
This song is fantastic.
I think at times we stress too much about what others think of us.
I find that I have more joy when I forget about others opinions and do what makes me happy.
I find the good in the small and simple things.
I see the small flowers, clouds, and I find joy in drawing with chalk on the sidewalk.
I love listening to music and thinking up music videos.
I enjoy feeling the sun ride upon my face.
I love talking in the dark.
I enjoy being myself:
Quiet
True
Honest
Listener
Creative
Loud
Pretty
Adventurous
Loving
Brave.
I find the good in the small and simple things.
I see the small flowers, clouds, and I find joy in drawing with chalk on the sidewalk.
I love listening to music and thinking up music videos.
I enjoy feeling the sun ride upon my face.
I love talking in the dark.
I enjoy being myself:
Quiet
True
Honest
Listener
Creative
Loud
Pretty
Adventurous
Loving
Brave.
To be brave it to be true to who you are!
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Things to be thankful for...
...Matt's new job, which he loves at Vivint
...My new job at Brick Oven, which I adore
...Having a body that works and does everything imaginable with ease
...Having a healthy body
...Having family who supports us when we need help
...Facebook, for keeping us connected with those we otherwise wouldn't be with
...My mom, fitting for Mother's Day tomorrow, don't ya think?
...Summer vacation
...Bike rides with Leah
...Majestic sunsets
...Aching feet from a job well done
...My hair growing out to the point of being braided
...Friends feeling comfortable enough to confide in me
...My spiritual gift of being able to listen
...Photo-booth nonsense with Sarah
...Walking to work
...My husband, who makes me smile on a daily basis
...Music
...Choir
...My first ever tips!
...Ashleigh and her thoughts
...Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies
...That one chirping cricket outside our window
...My new job at Brick Oven, which I adore
...Having a body that works and does everything imaginable with ease
...Having a healthy body
...Having family who supports us when we need help
...Facebook, for keeping us connected with those we otherwise wouldn't be with
...My mom, fitting for Mother's Day tomorrow, don't ya think?
...Summer vacation
...Bike rides with Leah
...Aching feet from a job well done
...My hair growing out to the point of being braided
...Friends feeling comfortable enough to confide in me
...My spiritual gift of being able to listen
...Photo-booth nonsense with Sarah
...Walking to work
...My husband, who makes me smile on a daily basis
...Music
...Choir
...My first ever tips!
...Ashleigh and her thoughts
...Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies
...That one chirping cricket outside our window
Thursday, May 9, 2013
On a happier note.
Last I posted I was feeling a little bit down about the whole world issues thing.
I realized through taking with others and my own thoughts that I can only do as much as I am able.
I can make a difference in the lives of those that I come in contact with.
I can make a person smile while riding my bike or walking down the street.
I can bring the spirit to our home which invites others to come.
I can do the best I can which on a small scale can change the world.
On another note, are you seeing the transformation our blog is beginning to take on?
I'm quite excited for it, although it may be a constant work in process because I found I can't sit in one place for too long. It just doesn't make sense.
From now on you will be seeing more pictures on this blog. I think people like pictures, as do I.
If I don't start documenting these events in my life, whether large or small. I won't have the opportunity to remember as much detail as I would otherwise want to.
So. There you go.
Sun is shining, I'm going to do something new today.
I realized through taking with others and my own thoughts that I can only do as much as I am able.
I can make a difference in the lives of those that I come in contact with.
I can make a person smile while riding my bike or walking down the street.
I can bring the spirit to our home which invites others to come.
I can do the best I can which on a small scale can change the world.
On another note, are you seeing the transformation our blog is beginning to take on?
I'm quite excited for it, although it may be a constant work in process because I found I can't sit in one place for too long. It just doesn't make sense.
From now on you will be seeing more pictures on this blog. I think people like pictures, as do I.
If I don't start documenting these events in my life, whether large or small. I won't have the opportunity to remember as much detail as I would otherwise want to.
So. There you go.
Sun is shining, I'm going to do something new today.
Look at this fantastic sunset!
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
When you see the world, do you wish you could change it?
You know...sometimes I wish I could legitimately express myself in song
or in writing
or in conversations I have with others.
I have a hard time telling myself that what I write, what I say, and what I sing are important for others to hear or to be recorded.
It's hard though, when you're not sure what to how to phrase what you want to say.
I have deep feelings about the way the world is going.
Going to pot it is.
It is losing it's viable beauty that made it so wonderful in the history books, or back when my grandparents were growing up.
But has there really ever been in a time in human history where everything was right, good, and praiseworthy?
As far back as my education has taken me and my mind seems to let me recollect, no. It hasn't.
This world has always had some vying for more wealth, power, and pure brute strength over someone else.
There has never been a time in this history of this world where people were just civil towards everyone they come in contact with.
We as humans have to have someone to blame for our problems or there wouldn't be any problems.
There wouldn't reality TV shows if we showed genuine concern and love for others.
There wouldn't be wars and calamities around the globe if everyone would just talk, and respect others opinions and beliefs.
Why can't I believe in my God while you believe in your 10 or no God at all.
Why can't anyone have the same amenities as me, day in and out.
Why are there people on this earth that don't have water.
Why are there hundreds of babies in orphanages without a mother to coddle and cuddle them.
Why are there hundreds upon thousands of suicides each year.
Why is there so much wrong with the world.
The future is going to be much different for our generation than it was for my grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles.
We, will not receive social security, we will not see a beautiful country full of beautiful people, we will not have the bright future which people 60 years ago lived in.
We have too many opinions in the world.
We have too many people believing that their way is the right way.
Why can't we all just be honest is saying that we all think we have it right, but we don't.
When their are differing opinions, someone gets the back hand of the deal.
The world is a place where you look out for yourself.
The world is a place where forgetting about the third world countries, sick and dying babies, and focusing only on self growth and gain in taught and silently revered.
We as a country revere those in the spotlight, the "chosen ones" who are given (on a daily basis) more money than any person should have.
What do they do with that money?
Spend it on clothes, fashion shows, award shows that don't give a dime back to the world.
I'm not saying entertainment isn't great, it is.
But when we idolize these people, we lose what really is important.
The people we should be idolizing are those we don't hear about on the news, the ones that give their whole lives to trying to change the world.
I, ungratefully, am not one of them as much as I would like to be.
These people are one person against millions who are only thinking of themselves.
Including me.
There have been countless times, recently even, that I have only thought about myself.
I have only thought about money, food, and the future of me.
I've been quite selfish towards this earth, which can be beautiful but is crumbling all around us.
I'm scared for the future.
I wish I could change things, I wish I could help those who cannot be helped...
I wish I could do more.
But I am only one, I am only person who doesn't stand more than five foot two...on a good day.
When you see the world, do you believe it?
When you see the world, do you wish you could change it?
or in writing
or in conversations I have with others.
I have a hard time telling myself that what I write, what I say, and what I sing are important for others to hear or to be recorded.
It's hard though, when you're not sure what to how to phrase what you want to say.
I have deep feelings about the way the world is going.
Going to pot it is.
It is losing it's viable beauty that made it so wonderful in the history books, or back when my grandparents were growing up.
But has there really ever been in a time in human history where everything was right, good, and praiseworthy?
As far back as my education has taken me and my mind seems to let me recollect, no. It hasn't.
This world has always had some vying for more wealth, power, and pure brute strength over someone else.
There has never been a time in this history of this world where people were just civil towards everyone they come in contact with.
We as humans have to have someone to blame for our problems or there wouldn't be any problems.
There wouldn't reality TV shows if we showed genuine concern and love for others.
There wouldn't be wars and calamities around the globe if everyone would just talk, and respect others opinions and beliefs.
Why can't I believe in my God while you believe in your 10 or no God at all.
Why can't anyone have the same amenities as me, day in and out.
Why are there people on this earth that don't have water.
Why are there hundreds of babies in orphanages without a mother to coddle and cuddle them.
Why are there hundreds upon thousands of suicides each year.
Why is there so much wrong with the world.
The future is going to be much different for our generation than it was for my grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles.
We, will not receive social security, we will not see a beautiful country full of beautiful people, we will not have the bright future which people 60 years ago lived in.
We have too many opinions in the world.
We have too many people believing that their way is the right way.
Why can't we all just be honest is saying that we all think we have it right, but we don't.
When their are differing opinions, someone gets the back hand of the deal.
The world is a place where you look out for yourself.
The world is a place where forgetting about the third world countries, sick and dying babies, and focusing only on self growth and gain in taught and silently revered.
We as a country revere those in the spotlight, the "chosen ones" who are given (on a daily basis) more money than any person should have.
What do they do with that money?
Spend it on clothes, fashion shows, award shows that don't give a dime back to the world.
I'm not saying entertainment isn't great, it is.
But when we idolize these people, we lose what really is important.
The people we should be idolizing are those we don't hear about on the news, the ones that give their whole lives to trying to change the world.
I, ungratefully, am not one of them as much as I would like to be.
These people are one person against millions who are only thinking of themselves.
Including me.
There have been countless times, recently even, that I have only thought about myself.
I have only thought about money, food, and the future of me.
I've been quite selfish towards this earth, which can be beautiful but is crumbling all around us.
I'm scared for the future.
I wish I could change things, I wish I could help those who cannot be helped...
I wish I could do more.
But I am only one, I am only person who doesn't stand more than five foot two...on a good day.
When you see the world, do you believe it?
When you see the world, do you wish you could change it?
Monday, May 6, 2013
No need for a title.
I'm quite content.
It's a good feeling to have a clean apartment, have your belly full of good food, and your husband asleep on the bed because he had a fantastic first day of work.
Today I started, and finished, The Magician's Nephew, the first in the Narnia series. These books, I have never read and now that I have an exponential amount of time on my hands, I decided to read all of them. Finally.
As if 24 was a couple years later for reading these fantastic written books.
There were many times while I was reading the book that I saw connections to the gospel.
There have been many a person who have said there are religious stands taken within the pages of C.S. Lewis' novels.
I can see them clear as day, especially in the first installment.
There is a part in the book where Aslan creates Narnia.
It begins as a small humming, or sweet low song which eventually invites the lights in the firmament to appear, followed by the growth of vegetation and landscapes.
You read and see Aslan creating the day and night, the oceans and the shores, preceded by the creation of all the animals of the world.
The imagery that I was able to read and be apart of was magnificent. I love being taken out of my rocking chair window and thrust into another world, a world that is not my own.
With sweet parting words, C.S. Lewis describes, perfectly, the rolling of life.
I loved it so much that I had to take a picture to share it with you.
It starts with, "When things go wrong...."
Isn't that the darnest and truest thing you have heard in awhile?
It's a good feeling to have a clean apartment, have your belly full of good food, and your husband asleep on the bed because he had a fantastic first day of work.
As if 24 was a couple years later for reading these fantastic written books.
There were many times while I was reading the book that I saw connections to the gospel.
There have been many a person who have said there are religious stands taken within the pages of C.S. Lewis' novels.
I can see them clear as day, especially in the first installment.
There is a part in the book where Aslan creates Narnia.
It begins as a small humming, or sweet low song which eventually invites the lights in the firmament to appear, followed by the growth of vegetation and landscapes.
You read and see Aslan creating the day and night, the oceans and the shores, preceded by the creation of all the animals of the world.
The imagery that I was able to read and be apart of was magnificent. I love being taken out of my rocking chair window and thrust into another world, a world that is not my own.
With sweet parting words, C.S. Lewis describes, perfectly, the rolling of life.
I loved it so much that I had to take a picture to share it with you.
It starts with, "When things go wrong...."
What fantasticism it is to have so much time to read, ponder, and enjoy the humming of the world to such an extent.
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