October 2011
34 posts
“Jesus said, “Have you discovered, then, the beginning that you look for the end? For where beginning is, there will be the end. Blessed is he who will take his place in the beginning; he will know the end and will not experience death.”
—Thomas, 18
“His disciples said to him, “When will the kingdom come?” Jesus said, “It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying ‘here it is’ or ‘there it is.’ Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it.”
—Thomas, 113
“By wisdom a house is built and through understanding it is established, through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures”
—Proverbs 23 (via simplyshin)
Lace represents everything a woman should be: it is fragile and delicate, timeless and classic, gentle yet bold. It can be beautiful or it can be sexy; innocent but sensual. Lace comes from a time when women were not trying to prove themselves fit for a man’s job, but, rather, embraced all that we were made to be. Lace has been traded in for midriffs and daisy dukes as society deemed it old-fashioned. Basically, I love lace because it reminds me of tea cups and fairy tales; it makes me feel like a woman who hasn’t forsaken the little girl inside.
“Sometimes he forgets to open the door for me, so I have to just sit by the door and wait. I mean, I can’t open the door for myself, that’s his job!”
—daily wisdom of Becky Shin
On the subject of a Potter party:
“There is only one Asian in the entire series, granted she is a pretty prominent character. You are white, you can dye your hair and be anyone you want; I can dye my hair and I’m still Asian! Do you see my predicament?”
—daily angst of Stephanie Kim
For the first time in my 18 years, my brother called me just to talk
“Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
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C.S. Lewis
I love how Lewis’ past masterpiece creeps into this bit of infallible wisdom; no matter how scholarly this man may have been, the curious child always makes his way in.
I remember, time and time again, I would beg my parents for something that I new they wouldn’t or couldn’t give me. They would get this distressed look on their face and the no they finally gave me seemed so forced; I couldn’t understand why they didn’t just give in to my request. Now I realize saying no to someone you love is probably one of the hardest things ever.
So it's mid October, I'm wearing a white summer dress and it is a beautiful 97 degrees in Claremont.
“Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (via katelizabeth)
It's hard to ignore that it feels like summer all the time.
People & Things
It is a very strange feeling listening to something so familiar and yet so foreign. Either way, I am crazy glad he’s back.
I had forgotten the euphoria of my bones resonating to a bass that is just loud enough to feel
