fevereiro 12, 2006
from the archives....
i have this little thing i like to do from time to time...look back through my blog archives to exactly a year ago or two years ago or three years ago...came across a quote from 2 years ago that seems appropriate right now. nice. from 'the alchemist'...
"making a decision was only the beginning of things. when someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places that he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision."
my decision is south america. i'm going. and i'm trying to find the faith that this will be a year of walking into some of those dreams which have been stirring for too long.
been feeling a bit like moses as of late...got slightly concerned this morning when i remembered that he spent 40 years wandering around a shitty desert and then never even entered the promised land himself...only looked at it from the top of a mountain....and to top it all off not only do i feel like i myself have been wandering around waiting to walk into that which i was made for...but my name means from the mountain...is this a sick joke or what! got to laugh. but there is always a loop hole and my second name means from the valley...so ha!
and so begins the rise from hopelessness to faith and anticipation once again. ugh.
on a side note...was chatting with oliver (the 6 year old i live with) today in a cafe on the drive after his swimming lessons and we were talking about swimming lessons when i was a kid....and he said the dreaded phrase..."in the olden days"!! apparently i've been shoved into the olden days category! i guess i never thought i'd live to see that day. i thought about accidently pushing him off his chair...but i refrained.....there were people watching!
"making a decision was only the beginning of things. when someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places that he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision."
my decision is south america. i'm going. and i'm trying to find the faith that this will be a year of walking into some of those dreams which have been stirring for too long.
been feeling a bit like moses as of late...got slightly concerned this morning when i remembered that he spent 40 years wandering around a shitty desert and then never even entered the promised land himself...only looked at it from the top of a mountain....and to top it all off not only do i feel like i myself have been wandering around waiting to walk into that which i was made for...but my name means from the mountain...is this a sick joke or what! got to laugh. but there is always a loop hole and my second name means from the valley...so ha!
and so begins the rise from hopelessness to faith and anticipation once again. ugh.
on a side note...was chatting with oliver (the 6 year old i live with) today in a cafe on the drive after his swimming lessons and we were talking about swimming lessons when i was a kid....and he said the dreaded phrase..."in the olden days"!! apparently i've been shoved into the olden days category! i guess i never thought i'd live to see that day. i thought about accidently pushing him off his chair...but i refrained.....there were people watching!
fevereiro 09, 2006
word for today...
lamentations of all places....
"because of the lords great love we are not consumed...for his compassions never fail...they are new every morning...great is your faithfullness...i say to myself - the lord is my portion: therefore i will wait for him."
..helpful..
"because of the lords great love we are not consumed...for his compassions never fail...they are new every morning...great is your faithfullness...i say to myself - the lord is my portion: therefore i will wait for him."
..helpful..
it's a war zone out there...
so i'm walking down the sidewalk to the corner of main and hastings street the other day....listening to my tunes...and this guy nearly peed on me from a second story window! not only do i have to dodge the highly anti-social birds who shite without warning...now it's wiz from perfect strangers who don't mind wiping it out for all of main street to see!
luckily i escaped unscaithed...only mildly traumatized.
on a lightler note...my sandwich was in a tv commercial today. i'll be signing autographs later.
luckily i escaped unscaithed...only mildly traumatized.
on a lightler note...my sandwich was in a tv commercial today. i'll be signing autographs later.
fevereiro 07, 2006
i have the brazilian visa application in my hand...finally.
...this process seems to have taken years. perhaps in a few weeks it will be a reality...that i will be in brazil.
i don't think i've wanted anything so bad and had to fight for something to happen this hard, in my life. but hey i still havn't figured out totally why i want this..so there's that. those of you who pray...its that time again.
on a side note... you gotta listen to this...
