Wanderlust is a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world.
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ME
I've been going crazyyy. Knowing that I would've been in Spain for nine months if I had gotten into the CIEE program ( last may) doesn't help much. I'm just waiting till I can travel/live somewhere new next! I wanna go see/taste/experience/touch/smell culture and diversity. There's plenty of that in San Diego and I try to seek out new ways to find that and try new things but I wanna be enveloped in a culture where I don't have to be actively seeking new things but be emerged in it.
There's too much in this world to experience to live too long in one place!!
Monday, February 25, 2013
Saturday, January 26, 2013
humility
Yoga has been such a huge part of my life these past few months. I started training with core power yoga for teacher training which is an 8 week long 200 hour training and now I am in the extension program for 4 weeks.
Yoga literally means the union of the mind and the body. Starting with breath to engage the lungs and igniting the entire body, yoga helps one become more mindful.
Intentional.
thoughtful.
precise.
connect.
appreciate.
What do these pictures have in common?
The first one -2 downward facing dog poses-adho mukha svanasana and 3 legged dog and two elephants...haha mostly just because i like that one.
but also..connection.
There's a type of mindful, caring connection that takes place in a yoga class. The instructor leads class through a wonderful experience encouraging growth, and motivating each person to dig deep within themselves to find out what needs to be excavated. Adjusting students in class with intentional placement and focusing on where that particular student may need more help.
Yoga is a humbling practice where honesty and humility are essential. Once embracing those areas of weakness and vulnerability, one can learn how to fully love and accept oneself.
Exposing insecurities, fears and doubts on the mat helps the practitioner transition to expose those areas off the mat. Feeling susceptible to new things and breaking up old routines allows one to experience life with fresh eyes everyday. Not one class is the same, not one series. Every body is different and every day is different. Yoga helps me to have self control and intentionality.
Jesus is intentional and opening myself up to hearing his voice is exactly what I need.
I need patience. I need to calm my mind. When just out of college and in a transitional stage of life yoga is the best way to go. God has placed me in a great place to experience growth and cherish moments of difficulty and learning.
humility.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
My Utmost For His Highest....(daily devotional)
By Oswald Chambers
The Witness of the Spirit
We are in danger of getting into a bargaining spirit with God when we come to Him—we want the witness of the Spirit before we have done what God tells us to do.
Why doesn’t God reveal Himself to you? He cannot. It is not that He will not, but He cannot, because you are in the way as long as you won’t abandon yourself to Him in total surrender. Yet once you do, immediately God witnesses to Himself—He cannot witness to you, but He instantly witnesses to His own nature in you. If you received the witness of the Spirit before the reality and truth that comes from obedience, it would simply result in sentimental emotion. But when you act on the basis of redemption, and stop the disrespectfulness of debating with God, He immediately gives His witness. As soon as you abandon your own reasoning and arguing, God witnesses to what He has done, and you are amazed at your total disrespect in having kept Him waiting. If you are debating as to whether or not God can deliver from sin, then either let Him do it or tell Him that He cannot. Do not quote this or that person to Him. Simply obey Matthew 11:28 , “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden . . . .” Come, if you are weary, and ask, if you know you are evil (see Luke 11:9-13).
The Spirit of God witnesses to the redemption of our Lord, and to nothing else. He cannot witness to our reason. We are inclined to mistake the simplicity that comes from our natural commonsense decisions for the witness of the Spirit, but the Spirit witnesses only to His own nature, and to the work of redemption, never to our reason. If we are trying to make Him witness to our reason, it is no wonder that we are in darkness and uncertainty. Throw it all overboard, trust in Him, and He will give you the witness of the Spirit.
http://utmost.org/
Sunday, October 7, 2012
in just over a year...
Nine weddings, graduation, new jobs, new house and a new phase of life.. Sitting down to reflect and take time to rest is crucial!
The Jacob's Wedding
Jenelle and Patrick
June 25, 2011
The Guy's Wedding
Mikayla and Jake
October 2011
The Fazio's Wedding
Katherine and James
November 2011
The Robbins' Wedding
Nikki and Taylor
April 13, 2012
graduation photos by Angie Afman
"If you can dream it, you can do it."
Graduation
May 5, 2012
Bachelor of Arts degree in Kinesiology
The Meilke's Wedding
Jenna and Brett
May 2012
The Ferrell's Wedding
Taylor and Kevin
June 2012
Summer 2012
July 1-7
Hume Lake counselor
The Hitman's Wedding
Brianna and Graham
July 8, 2012
The Ormonde's Wedding
Krystal and Cory
August 11, 2012
The Taylor's Wedding
Jessica and Kevin
September 29, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
fear
Fear is the root of all evil. We know that so why can't we stop being fearful! Haha When I think of being fearless I think of bungee jumping, sky diving, downhill mountain biking or some extreme sporting activity.
Fear is such an intangible feeling, thought, indwelling. I am such a tangible and tactile person that I want to identify my shortcomings hold them in my hands and tear them apart. I want to find out what my weaknesses are and blow them to smithereens. Fear and doubt have a sneaky way of working their way into our minds and making us feel insecure about the skills, talents, abilities that we already have.
We must choose to believe truth, choose to love, choose to be carefree and LOVE. Easier said than done.
I realize that the lies that the enemy attacks us with are not anything new. Satan is not creative, he is not a creator. He perverts and twists God's truth to make us believe. We are much more prone to believe a half truth that has been tweaked just so.
The most affective way for me to identify a lie in my life is to journal about it and physically write down my insecurities, doubts, and fears. There is something about writing them down that objectifies the statements that I had been believing and makes it easier to see how wrong they really are. Having scripture next to these lies shows such contrast from these dark lies that it makes life simpler when you can call out lies in your own life.
Satan has stirred a fear in me to write, which would make sense because it produces so much good in my life. I must overcome my own fear to write and choose what God is telling me to do.
I love to write and see my own thoughts captured in a concrete way. I have so many abstract 'dreamer' thoughts that I need to focus myself to slow down. Resting in the Father's arms and knowing that I am worthy is the only way that I come to peace.
"Don't let the enemy rob you of the rest, confidence and security we have in Christ."- Janet Ables Blog
He who has begun a work in us will complete it.
-Phillipians 1:6
sin- is refusing to allow God to have authority of our lives.
Let us rest in the knowledge that the Father is the source of LIFE and he has so much more to offer than we could even imagine for our own lives. Do this by FAITH and TRUST that he is good.
We are saved by GRACE..
Fear is such an intangible feeling, thought, indwelling. I am such a tangible and tactile person that I want to identify my shortcomings hold them in my hands and tear them apart. I want to find out what my weaknesses are and blow them to smithereens. Fear and doubt have a sneaky way of working their way into our minds and making us feel insecure about the skills, talents, abilities that we already have.
We must choose to believe truth, choose to love, choose to be carefree and LOVE. Easier said than done.
I realize that the lies that the enemy attacks us with are not anything new. Satan is not creative, he is not a creator. He perverts and twists God's truth to make us believe. We are much more prone to believe a half truth that has been tweaked just so.
The most affective way for me to identify a lie in my life is to journal about it and physically write down my insecurities, doubts, and fears. There is something about writing them down that objectifies the statements that I had been believing and makes it easier to see how wrong they really are. Having scripture next to these lies shows such contrast from these dark lies that it makes life simpler when you can call out lies in your own life.
Satan has stirred a fear in me to write, which would make sense because it produces so much good in my life. I must overcome my own fear to write and choose what God is telling me to do.
I love to write and see my own thoughts captured in a concrete way. I have so many abstract 'dreamer' thoughts that I need to focus myself to slow down. Resting in the Father's arms and knowing that I am worthy is the only way that I come to peace.
"Don't let the enemy rob you of the rest, confidence and security we have in Christ."- Janet Ables Blog
He who has begun a work in us will complete it.
-Phillipians 1:6
sin- is refusing to allow God to have authority of our lives.
Let us rest in the knowledge that the Father is the source of LIFE and he has so much more to offer than we could even imagine for our own lives. Do this by FAITH and TRUST that he is good.
We are saved by GRACE..
Sunday, September 23, 2012
choose to love...
over what your mind screams,
over what the world cries,
despite all the lies
CHOOSE to love.
i've been here before so it should be easier this time,
now i know myself more than i ever have,
why am i so at a loss?
Why do i not believe that I am HIS. I am beloved. I am LOVED. i am LOVED.
over what your mind screams,
over what the world cries,
despite all the lies
CHOOSE to love.
i've been here before so it should be easier this time,
now i know myself more than i ever have,
why am i so at a loss?
Why do i not believe that I am HIS. I am beloved. I am LOVED. i am LOVED.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
intentionally yours.
The life that intends to be wholly obedient, wholly submissive, wholly listening, is astonishing in its completeness. It's joys are ravishing, its peace profound, its humility the deepest, its power world-shaking, its love enveloping, its simplicity that of a trusting child.
-Thomas R. Kelly, A Testament of Devotion
-Thomas R. Kelly, A Testament of Devotion
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