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Country: United States
State: California
Interests: sleeping on the bus, making fun of myself, taking dumb pictures, perfecting my zoolander "bluesteel" face, singing out of tune, getting massages, dancing in the middle of the streets to the beat of my car's emergency light, acting like gangstas, getting stuck in the carpool lane, constant soul-searching, over-analyzing.
Expertise: acting confused when i really am not, nerdy-smack talking: "imma jack up your DNA translation, your enzymes as u know it, do NOT exist. u may as well kiss your tRNA goodbye cuz they are USELESS! USELESS!"
being a fake expert in relationships, crying to disney movies, being spunky and weird.
Occupation: Student
Message: message me
Member Since:
12/30/2002
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| I asked God to take away my Pride.
God said no. "Your pride isn’t for me to take away. It’s for you to give it
up."
I asked God to grant me patience.
God said no. "Patience is an outcome built by tribulations. I don’t give my
servants patience - it is earned."
I asked God to give me happiness.
God said no. "I give you blessings. It’s up to you to find happiness."
I asked God to spare me from pain.
God said no. "Suffering forces you to ignore the world - and come closer to
me."
I asked God for everything that may help me enjoy life.
God said no. "I have given you life. It’s up to you to enjoy everything."
I asked God for strength.
God said no, "I've given you difficulties to overcome. In time you may get
stronger if you choose to move on."
I asked God for wisdom.
God said no. “I've given you problems you must learn to solve. You shall
learn from these and teach others if you choose."
I asked God for courage, but God gave me many dangers along the path I must
pass.
I asked God for favors so God gave me the opportunities.
In the end I realize, I received nothing I wanted...but everything I needed. | | |
| Busy Schedules...
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24
hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2
cups of coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in
front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very
large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf
balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that
it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into
the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open
areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the
jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the
jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more
if the jar was full. The st udents responded with an unanimous "yes."
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table
and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the
empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
"Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, "I want you to
recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the
important things---God, your family, your children, your health, your
friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost
and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.
The sand is everything else---the small stuff. "If you put the sand
into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or
the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and
energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that
are important to you.
"Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play with your children. Spend time with your parents. Visit with
grandparents. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out
to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the
house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first---the
things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked.
It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may
seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a
friend." | | |
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| The beauty of the natural world is, at best, the echo of a voice, not
the voice itself. And if we try to pin it down—literally, in the
case of a butterfly-collector with a specimen—we find that the key
thing itself, the elusive beauty which keeps us always looking further,
is precisely what you lose when the pin goes in. Beauty is here, but
it’s not here. It is this—this bird, this song, this sunset—but it is
not this.
~N.T. Wright
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