Tweet There has been lots of buzz on my Twitter feed over CNN’s Freedom Project that was launched this week. I won’t add much to the noise other than to say that I am so thankful that this issue is coming to light in such a well-known and well-respected forum. My heart breaks over the statistics, but beyond that my heart breaks over the precious children being subjected to such an evil. May we eradicate modern-day slavery so everyone may know what it feels like to be free! Check out the Freedom Project blog and follow them on Twitter for all the latest updates!
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Solitude
Tweet Be Still.* Cease Striving. Silence. Solitude. Alone. Those words scare me. I rarely stop for a rest, I do not like silence, and the thought of being alone haunts me all the time. I have never known how to relax or unplug. I just like to go, go, go! Exhaustion. Overwhelmed. Stressed. Anxious. These words describe my emotional state most of the time. Barely hanging on under a weight too heavy to mention. Wondering how long I keep up a positive attitude and smiling face. Rest. Clarity. Cleansing. Strength. These words are from Jesus. They are His gift to us when we choose to spend time in solitude with…
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Xterra Training Log Week 3
Tweet Motivation: The reason one has for acting or behaving in a certain way Work, tutor, coach, swim, run, sleep, repeat. That has been my schedule for the past three weeks. My weekends have included nothing by running, biking, and swimming. I even ran to the ocean and swam on a 45 minute break I had one day this week. I haven’t slept past 5:00am in a long time. Needless to say, I am anxious to sleep until at least 7 on Saturdays, but the sacrifice has been well worth it. In exactly one week, I will attempt and, hopefully, successfully complete my first triathlon. That is why for the…
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Becoming a Minimalist
Tweet While its maybe a little late in 2011 for resolutions, I am declaring a theme for the rest of the year. Less is More or Experiments in Becoming a Minimalist Living on a small island has developed in me a love for simplicity and as I start to determine what of my stuff I am going to ship home, I am realizing just how much I have that….I don’t need! So while I shipped 15 or so boxes out here, my limit for going home is four. This is experiment #1: Get rid or give away 11 boxes of stuff-more if I can! I want to keep the stuff…
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Less-Wild Lovers
Tweet I picked up my book (The Sacred Romance) again last night in hopes of calming my thoughts so I could sleep. The chapter was titled “Less-Wild Lovers.” My curiosity was immediately awakened and I ended up reading long past my bedtime. Ever feel like the author is zeroing in on you? I felt that way about this chapter-it was written for me and not only that, it was written for me to read last night. In the chapter, we go back to the Romance. Our relationship with the God of the universe and the most wild lover of all. This romance that is set inside of us-a longing, not…
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Xterra Training Log Week 2
Tweet Saturday marked two weeks until the triathlon. It is coming quickly and I still have a steep hill to climb to be as prepared as I would like to be. I have no doubt at this point that I will finish the race and that is my only goal, however, if I could finish it in a decent time that would be kinda nice too!:) Overall it was a good week. I was able to swim almost everyday, biked three days, and ran four. I am most concerned about the swim as that is my weakest area. And the tide was low all week so it was a bit…
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A Much Needed Evaluation
Tweet I found this blog post today entitled “Why I Stopped Serving the Poor,” and I must admit, I mostly clicked on it because I curious. Seeing as much of my life lately has been obsessed with this idea of loving and serving those at the margins, I figured I should see why someone would stop doing that. It was, in the end, one of the most powerful things I have read in a really long time. The author, Claudio Oliver, lives in Brazil and has spent his life there serving the poor and needy. So why would he write this..because so many people need to hear it and need to…
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Why not?
Tweet I have spent much of my morning reading up on the blogs I follow and catching up on my Twitter list and through that hit a point of revelation. Kinda one of those duh moments.. Passion+hard work=ability to make dreams reality I was reading about all these normal people that got fired up over ideas and made them a reality. They started a clothing business like this one. Or they created a play like this. They are teaching women to sew scarves here. The list could go on and go as I have spent two hours reading up on similar ideas. As I was reading their stories and getting…
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This is Your Life
Tweet I admit, I took this from my friend Kati’s blog, but I loved it so much so I thought I would pass it along.
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Xterra Training Log Week 1
Tweet One week down..19 days to go! I spent most of this week questioning my decision to enter, but nevertheless pushed forward with training. On Monday, I could swim for 3 minutes straight. Pathetic and so far from where I needed to be or need to be. But I swam and ran everyday but Wednesday. Wednesdays are my bike day because I don’t have much after school so I can get in a decent ride before dark. Thankfully it has been staying light till closer to 7 these days so I have an extra hour or so of time to train. Friday I hit a breakthrough. I swam for 15…