Soooo….I have decided that I am going to start over.
I am just going to completely start over with my life…completely.
Because chasing something that I tell myself is going to make me happy…knowing full well that it won’t — yea, I am just going to let that whole notion go. I am going to stop trying [...]
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A Different Perspective…
Posted in Celebration of Creation, The Love Fast, tagged being alive, being free is being loved, being free is being loving, being free is love, being loved, false evidence appearing real, fear, freedom is love, God, God's peace, having peace, love, peace, peace and love, thank God, thank you, thank you God on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I know what fear feels like. Not that fear that is caused by a frightening movie, experience or another individual. No…I am referring to that fear that exists in the back of your mind, right in the corner of your soul…that if you are not paying attention, it can take over your sight, your mouth, [...]
Love
Posted in Grandma's hands, tagged cynicism, friendship, love, love of friendship, love really is on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished watching Sex and the City (the feature film) and throughout the film, I thought about love and romantic relationships. I thought about the pain and the mending of broken heart, dried up tears and empty arms. I wondered if love really is real….if it is truly tangible and sustainable.
I cannot answer any of [...]
I am enough
Posted in Grandma's hands, tagged anything to offer this world, BE, be best self, be divine in 2009, blessings, breathe, deeply humbled, elevate in 2008, elevating throughout this entire year, faith, fear doubt insecurity speed bumps, feeling confused, First Lady Michelle Obama, friendship, Get up from there and live like the glorious girl you a, God, hiding parts of myself, honest, honesty, humility, I am colossal and extraordinary, I am deeply humbled, I am enough, I am human, I am not perfect, I am so grateful, I am so loved, inspiration, lessons, Life, love, no fear, persist in love, reflection, refreshing, Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees, trust, you are my everlasting home, You have to find a mother inside yourself on December 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside….You don’t have to put your hand on Mary’s heart to get strength and consolation and rescue, and all the other things we need to get through life — you can place it right here on your own heart. Your own heart….All those times your father treated you mean, Our Lady was the voice in you that said, ‘No, I will not bow down to this. I am Lily Melissa Owens, I will not bow down.’ Whether you could hear this voice or not, she was in there saying it….When you’re unsure of yourself, when you start pulling back into doubt and small living, she’s the one inside saying, ‘Get up from there and live like the glorious girl you are.’….She’s the power inside you, you understand?….And whatever it is that keeps widening your heart, that’s Mary, too, not only the power inside you but the love….And when you get down to it, Lily, that’s the only purpose grand enough for a human life….Not just to love, but to persist in love….This Mary I’m talking about sits in your heart all day long, saying, ‘Lily, you are my everlasting home. Don’t you ever be afraid. I am enough. We are enough….”
I love The Notebook.
Posted in The Love Fast, tagged Allie, i want all of you forever you and me every day, if you're a bird i'm a bird, love, love is bigger than anything you can imagine, love is past linguistic expression, love is past physical expression, love is something worth living for, love just is love, love throughout every fiber of your being, loving past yourself, Nicolas Sparks, Noah, real love, The Notebook, true love on November 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I love everything about “The Notebook”.
I just finished sobbing over the movie….maybe I will buy the book (by Nicholas Sparks) so I can sob some more.
I absolutely adore the characters, Noah and Allie.
I love the beauty of the locations throughout the film.
And the music…oh the music. It brings me to tears and smiles everytime, [...]
Follow my heart…and find God…
Posted in Grandma's hands, tagged doubt, faith, follow heart, God, growth, insecurities, leaning into fear, lessons, love, trust, uncertainty on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
God only gives us what we are ready for…although sometimes we don’t understand because we cannot see through the pain. But if we just open our eyes to look for the lesson, we realize that we are not only capable to deal with the situation, we are more than prepared with God’s love holding us [...]
‘By grace you have been saved through faith…it is the gift of God”
Posted in Grandma's hands, tagged Esphesians, faith, friendship, God, grace, guidance, imperfection, lessons, love, mercy, pain, pride, spiritual on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am saved by God’s grace.
I am here right now because of God’s mercy and because of God’s grace. Mercy is when we are spared from receiving what we should receive and grace is when we are given what we do not deserve. And I am grateful that God has extended both of these to [...]
family means teamwork…
Posted in Grandma's hands, tagged blessings, family, fingers, God, hand, honesty, issues, Life, love, teamwork, together on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was talking to a friend of mine last week and we happened to start talking about the challenges that sometimes face individual family members. And he said something very profound to me that has strengthened my faith in creating, growing, and strengthening bonds within one’s family. He said that “family is teamwork”. And as [...]
Achieving your childhood dreams….
Posted in Grandma's hands, tagged blessings, carnegie mellon, childhood dreams, dreaming, last lecture, love, pancreatic cancer, randy pausch, terminal illness on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Randy Pausch passed away on July 25, 2008. He is survived by loving parents, a beautiful loving wife and three gorgeous young children.
This man was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and had only about six months left to live. However, before he and his family heard this diagnosis, he had been selected to give “The [...]
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