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Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
11.12.2014
11.05.2014
10.29.2014
spirit lead me
After our run/walk on Saturday mornings, my friend and I have been treating ourselves to warm Chai Lattes (with almond milk thank you very much) from a local juicery in town called Salud Juicery. As soon as you walk in the door you are greeted by the friendly staff. The decor is something straight out of a magazine or off Pinterest - nothing I would ever be able to dream up. Hanging on the shelves containing the different Chai teas you get to choose from (!!!!) was a wood painted pallet with this quote on it. In that moment, as I was still catching my breath from our workout, it was just what I needed.
Have you heard of Hillsong United?
What quotes have you stumbled upon recently that have spoken to you?
9.17.2014
we have to try | weekly inspiration
If I could go back in time it would be either during the Renaissance time period - only if my family was rich and I got to attend all of those glamorous balls - or the 1960s during the Civil Rights Movement. I have always found injustices fascinating. Maybe it is because I grew up in the south but I think it is because it is something I could just never understand. Treating another human being as an object to be bought, sold, abused, and used just because of the color of their skin or beliefs is unfathomable to me.
So once I read the description of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, I knew I would enjoy it. A story of two girls - who become impeccable women - who live in Charleston in the early 19th century, one a plantation owner's daughter, Sarah, and the other a slave of the plantation owner, Handful. The story of how these seemingly two different people's lives come together and how each are affected by the other is beautiful. This was another one I could not put down. I loved the different perspectives of the two characters and hearing the story told from each point of view.
Pictured below is one of my favorite lines from the book. Anyone with an ounce of compassion and empathy wants to help those who are in need. I mean isn't it human nature to what to change what is wrong with the World?
"Life is arranged against us, Sarah. And it's brutally worse for Handful and her mother and sister. We're all yearning for a wedge of sky, aren't we? I suspect God plants these yearnings in us so we'll at least try and change the course of things. We must try, that's all."
Have you read The Invention of Wings?
If so, what did you think?
If you could go back to any time period, what would it be?
9.10.2014
scars | weekly inspiration
When I first set my 2014 reading goal I had every intention of sharing a little review on the books I read. Alas, it is now September and I have not shared one review. I honestly cannot remember what I liked, or didn't like, about each book. I mean I have a hard time remembering yesterday.
Instead I thought I would share some of my favorite quotes from some of the books that stood out to me.
I have not finished Little Bee yet - had to take a little break not because I don't like it, in fact I found it rather hard to put down, but because it's pretty dark at times and I found myself getting too emotionally involved in the characters' stories (and it's fiction). Does that happen to anyone else? Anyone? No? Bueller?
Anyway, the quote (below) from the beginning of the book really struck a chord with me. Accepting our imperfections and not allowing others to knock us down is something everyone needs reminded of on daily basis.
"... and I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them. We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived."
Have you read Little Bee?
What does that quote mean to you?
What does that quote mean to you?
What are you currently reading?
Any favorite quotes that have stood out?
8.27.2014
10.06.2012
Fall Pinsperation
Every year I fight the idea that fall is coming. I am not a cold person and although the cold really doesn't come until mid October/early November-ish, I just know it's around the corner. I fight it until I am reminded of how beautiful Fall is.
These are just a few of my favorite photos I recently found and pinned on Pinterest (I WISH these were mine). Some great inspiration and reminders to take my camera where ever I go and to accept what I cannot change... because it truly is beautiful.
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