Today,
I learned to shut my mouth and walk away
even when I have every reason NOT to.
The tongue is a powerful thing.
Everyday you see people you wish didn't exist (at least in your world)
You hear things you wish you didnt
You know things that should've remained unknown
You ask yourself, why is she like that?
Why is he like that?
Why are things this way?
Let's learn to ask ourselves...
Why am I like this.
A friend used to always say "it's all in your head"
I'm starting to see some truth in that.

If there is a will, there is a way.
I've always been told
The times you least want to pray
Are the times you most need to pray.
I'd like to say
The times you least want to love
Are the times when love is most needed.
Beneath all the superficiality
Behind all the fake smiles and shallow conversations
Underneath every fault you see
There is something beautiful waiting for a grand discovery

I remember discussing my blog name with Terence once
Beauty in ashes.
We are all nothing but ashes
Beauty isn't so easily found
But I'll look and look past the ashes
Until beauty is found
in you.

If we always get what you want...
where is the longing?
where is the desire?

the beauty of retraining
lies in the reaping
of waiting...waiting and waiting..

patience produces perseverance
sometimes it's better to just wait
because only years of waiting can make you learn
what it means to appreciate
to adore
to love.

separation brings about suffering
but the agony builds character

if we go around looking to satisfy our desires
it will only be an endless journey
because at the deathbed of one desire
springs forth another

it all comes back to surrendering
waiting
hoping
trusting
...and obeying

"if we hold tightly to anything given to us, unwilling to let it go when the time comes to let it go or unwilling to allow it to be used as the Giver means it to be used, we stunt the growth of the soul." - Elisabeth Elliot