January 2011
99 posts
“I was feelin’ single, seein’ double, wound up in a whole lot of trouble.”
– “Feelin’ Single, Seein’ Double”- Emmylou Harris (via bshift1)
“Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, be gracious if it kills you.”
– Elsie de Wolfe
“Prayer gives us strength for great ideals, for keeping up our faith, charity,...”
– Pope John Paul II
“We must not forget that the more we love God and are constant in prayer, the...”
– Pope Benedict XVI
when it seems like everything is coming at you head-on, you’re probably in the wrong lane.
“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.”
– Isak Dinesen
“Eggs, bacon and gravy. That’s not a meal. That’s Amurrica.”
– Shoney’s commercial
Day Three: 10 Things You Hate.
the idea of getting contacts or lasik.
being condescended to, or treated like i’m naive/ignorant because i know the value of discretion and watching my language in polite company. :P
chuck taylors or converses or whatever they’re called.
i hate to say it, but…cheap people. i understand if you’re going through a period of financial hardship, i respect that and...
“This life passes. Eternity is forever. We need to act in this world accordingly,...”
– Archbishop Chaput (via itiswellwithmysoul)
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“Why are drink recipes always for one cocktail? Who are these people who have one...”
– Ina Garten
“Dear people who cuss a lot,
Kiss my ascot and shut the front door, you son of...”
– (via halffullkindagirl)
“The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in...”
– C.S. Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms (via bryansherwood)
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Day Two
10 Things You Love.
random acts of kindness
mint ice cream. no chocolate chips.
a successful dinner party
incense in church
making my friends laugh. scratch that. making my parents laugh. i love laughing with my parents.
seeing my kindergarteners smile
sunny, breezy afternoons off of peanut island
new music on my ipod that i keep on repeat
making new friends
a good brunch
Day Three:...
“What continues to bother me like none other, however, is that almost all of the...”
– claire teacher, on korea’s failure to adapt their concrete jungle to the wintry climate.
“I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it,...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
eeeexcept i don’t, lol. something to work toward? :/
Collect for the Conversion of St. Paul
bryansherwood:
Today the Church remembers St. Paul.
O God, by the preaching of your apostle Paul you have caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world: Grant, we pray, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may show ourselves thankful to you by following his holy teaching; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy...
“To make conversation,
to share a joke,
to perform mutual acts of kindness,
to...”
– St. Augustine
“I think the resounding question for my life, at this point, is ‘Does Jesus...”
– my beautiful sisterfriend anna
I WANT TO ADOPT THIS KID.
ryaaano:
