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| lately: i can't seem to turn off kings of leon
blake and i have decided that blockbuster thursday night 49 cent movie rentals are quite fantastic.
my family seems to be running on a higher level of stress lately...as dad puts it "we have our wagons overloaded" but it's been nice how we have all continually just been a vent for one another and really lean on each other for support. sometimes times like these bring us to be more of the family we should be all along.
in other news im considering a management position at gap. it's a visual aesthetic manager so it's main purpose is to manage the visual appearance of the store, rollouts and stuff like that. i dont know...we'll wait and see. i feel excited about it, but not really losing sleep over it so it's a good place to be!
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| it's been about a month of summer and i feel like i have already learned so much. i find this interesting because i didn't expect to learn or experience much of a challenge. the past few summers i have spent away. they all included working with people i had never met, hard work and little to no sleep. when i decided to stay here for the summer i was excited but wasn't expecting much of a challenge in comparison to the previous ones.
it's incredible how so often we learn so much when we aren't expecting it at all. by being still. by not doing but by being. by listening rather than talking. by reaching out rather than just self absorb.
this summer is looking very different but i am thankful. i am appreciative of god reminding me of the faithfulness of being around us right where we are, whether that's lying in the grass alone on a sunny day, or running camp for 850 kiddos. may we bask in the greatness of this very day
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| i figured id share the words of stephen christian:
"have we given our computers such life that it dictates our emotional responses?
we have given life & breath to machines, no longer to we engage people but tell our computer how we feel in hopes of hearing others feelings through there machine as well. people fall in love, break up, talk, respond, and engage without ever meeting the other person! does anyone else find this unnatural?"
i agree. and the irony of it all is that i am sharing this on a blog. this screams hypocrisy.
good day friends
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| as i logged on xanga i was surprised it remembered me...and that i could still read it through all the accumulated dust.
as we are all aware, summer is here
what a lovely time of year.
i am entering this summer with a good bit of optimism. it's going to be different, but i am sure it will be lovely in it's own unique way. this is my first summer spent at home since i graduated high school, and i seek relaxation in these few months. i have lots of sun to catch, miles to run, music to hear, movies to watch, conversations to be had, and love to experience.
i recently heard a quote of Isak Dinesen's that i wanted to share:
"[proper] pride is faith in the idea god had when he made you. a properly proud man is conscious that god made him and conscious of that idea and does not strive toward happiness or toward comfort because happiness or comfort may be irrelevant to god's idea of you. success is the idea of god successfully carried through, and a proud man is in love with that destiny"
it seems to be such marvelous time of life for so many and it should be rejoiced while it is so obviously prevalent...but may we all strive for the purpose of god being carried through us rather than our own contentment and excitement in life. this is the purpose for which we were created.
kelllllli
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| much time has passed since my last entry. i figured it was time for an update for a few reasons:
1) it cleanses my mind
2) in case fuge decides to visit my page, i figured it should be updated.
3) if anyone reads this who doesn't see me on a regular basis, you should know im not dead yet.
my life is kinda sorta busy, but not anymore that any other fellow american. one thing i can say about myself is that over the past few years i have learned to definitely enjoy some time to myself no matter how busy the rest of my life becomes.
i realized the after returning from camp that i enjoy hanging out with people who don't regularly attend bcm/church. i do enjoy church and the bcm, but i decided that so often i proclaim the message that people should be the church, and i still just invite people to meet me where i am going and then feel a warm fuzzy.
i guess i decided it was time to stop talking so much and move. so im trying.
i also recognized that while aspects of starbucks do seem to drain my soul, i love that it allows me to meet people drastically different than me, along with work with them. it has really been eye opening to be further reminded about all that is going on around me all the time.
i have so much of life still to live...i enjoy my parents so much, and am so grateful that they allow me to live under the same roof as them, eat their food, and most of all that they listen to all of my life's frustrations without earplugs and nods. i feel i have so much to learn and much to change, but i am grateful for the opportunity.
have a lovely week.
In this broken place where I was born,
It seems there is no peace
And the very soil we walk upon
Is filled with tears that never cease
And you can trace the scars of the hopelessness
Like sweat upon the backs
Of all the outcast and downtrodden
Water slips through cracks
Hold on, hold tight
And I am overwhelmed with grief
To see such suffering
For those who lack the voice to speak
All those of us left stuttering
May this not prevail
Dear Lord. Your love will never fail
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