Two men looked out of prison bars.
One saw mud, the other, stars.
-Author unknown
Two men looked out of prison bars.
One saw mud, the other, stars.
-Author unknown
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Hello all,
I just have a quick couple of prayer requests to mention for those who still stop by. We recently found out that my grandfather has cancer. It looks like something the doctors will be able to tackle, but please pray that all goes as well/better than hoped.
One of my mother’s best friends was also diagnosed with cancer a few months ago and due to its rapid spread, has now been given a week or so left. Please pray for her as well. She is a wonderful woman of God and very dear to our family.
Thank you so much!
May inexplicable peace and joy of our Savior abound in your home this Christmas.
Lady Carmen Quixote
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After a recent trip to the grocery store, I have determined that I am at a very unusual stage of life.
As we walked back from the grocery store we were momentarily detained at the playground by an inviting set of swings. I set my bag of oatmeal and soup cans on the rocks nearby. While swinging, I accidentally kicked the bag open, sending the boxes and cans rolling and bouncing across the ground. I was just sort of tickled by the scenario…
Who faces such a problem? I’m old enough to purchase my own groceries, but swings are not yet past me. I hope they never will be.
Here’s another momentous occasion: My first carton of eggs. Organic nonetheless.
…and these are just some happy pictures of September-nothing to do with growing up.
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written with music
Aspen, I know your secrets
and I saw you on that day
when they asked me
if this could be my home
where the wild grasses sway
I think… that you love the wind
when it’s raging through your leaves
and I know that
you adore the tempest
more than all the other trees
Rain drops… may as well not fall
if they drip a soothing rain
but a sprinkle
Lest they’re pounding hard
and they’re pouring down the panes
You love… the imbrifero
At its overpow’ring best
It incites you
and you invite the storm
as it thunders in your chest
Aspen, when the clouds have passed
I could never even tell
but your branches
as they quiver softly
say you love the calm as well
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“Waterborne diseases are caused by stupid things like pathogenic microorganisms which are directly transmitted when contaminated fresh water is consumed.” -Wikipedia
I jest not. That was the first line of the article on waterborne diseases this afternoon. On an unrelated note, did you know that Polish is the fourth largest Wikipedia edition?
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Excerpt from a journal entry I recently wrote for class
In this week’s selection of reading, the author describes the human need to escape from the chaos and mindless noise of everyday life and simply be silent. Without this, he says, he become “fretful, uncertain beings immersed in a cacophony of noise that destroys sanity and equilibrium.” The picture he painted of the human propensity towards incessant “busy-ness” was sad and striking. I, for one, have found that I cannot function as efficiently if I do not set aside some time during my day to simply pause and enjoy the quiet. As often as I can, I like to spend this time outside. I walk, jog, or sometimes just sit in a serene, woodsy spot and soak in the music of birds and trees. I don’t understand why many people find this to be such a challenge. The radio goes on the moment they hop in the car, and televisions provide a steady hum of white noise as they carry out daily activities around the house. The iPod has practically become a bodily appendage and the term “awkward silence” is applied to any 20 second interval of break in conversation. What has caused our society’s unusual discomfort with a mere moment of quiescence? Everybody knows how to pray–to utter a few words of thankfulness and praise or pour forth a long list of supplications. But do we ever calm our restless souls and vagrant minds enough to hear Him speak?
…and I wonder why I don’t always understand what God is asking of me. Take some time to listen to Him today.
P.S. The picture below is roughly what today looked like. Roughly.
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