Christmas

It's almost Christmas and I can't believe it is so close. Working in the real world has smushed all the days together. May you have a restful holiday season. May the new year bring refreshment and rejuvination.

Presidental Candidates

Just a note and a thought worth pondering this election season...

wisdom

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. –Buddha

Think Different

busy-ness

I was driving in my car, thinking about life. At this time last summer, I was in California on a choir tour with some of the most awesome youth I've ever known. This summer has been work, work, work. I know I'm becoming a "grown-up" or as some call it, an adult. But does life get more boring or is it just me? And yes, I know this isn't a usual post but sometimes a divergence is necessary. I'll be more focussed the next time.

stories

Each person has a story. Everyone wants someone else to listen to their story. Every story intersects with another. What's your story?

update- After I asked this question, a friend stopped me and wanted to share their story with me...and the world. I told them it was a great risk but if honesty was worth it, go for it. So, here's my part to their journey to wholeness: an uncensored life

a quote

Sin is for one man to walk brutally over the life of another and to be quite oblivious of the wounds he has left behind. (Silence, 132)

Pay It Forward

How would our world change if this actually happened?

a poem

A dear friend wrote this for me about stuff that I was going through last semester. I wanted to share it with you because it really spoke to me.


Looking for the right angle, focal length, and composition
For the sentence I shoot,
Erase
And shoot again.

There's something wrong about the eyes--
They gleam too brightly
The hair isn't quite black enough,
And rigid, and fair.

But a picture can't feel
a spoken word can't relate
a poem can't explain
Anything.

Only hearts can feel, and
Ears
And arms that hold you.
Arms are open to enfold you
And thus release you.

Korean New Year

Happy Korean Lunar New Year!!!

May you stay healthy and be well.

May you prosper in the year ahead.

Ok, I'm done sounding like a fortune cookie. However, I do truly wish these things for you. In the coming year, I believe you can achieve your goals or at least take another step closer to achieving them. I'm currently reading The Greatest Salesman in the World by og mandino. It contains truths which could be applied to any goal, not just being a great salesman. The first pearl of wisdom or the one I am clinging to at the moment is "Form good habits and become their slave." I'm realizing that some habits I've acquired aren't conducive to the goals and dreams I want to achieve. Now it's time to start anew and do things differently in my life. Here's to a new start (raises imaginary glass and takes a drink).