October 2011
9 posts
A Big Happy Birthday For a Little Turtle
Dear my little turtle. You have this laugh that echoes that of a tiny grandma. You are heavily addicted to coffee, tetris, and good music. You love wearing loose shirts with big pockets and long black dresses. You are an insomniac. You like solitary walks in Manhattan late at night, even though turtles should NOT be going out alone that late. You like singing and you play the ukelele. You are a...
We have too much to gain to just settle for...
At This Time
At this time last year, I probably was sulking or complaining, half-engaged in homework & half-dreaming about home. At this time last year, I probably knew my closest friends only as acquaintances At this time last year, I probably would have been suffering at Bobst, doing unnecessary all-nighters with people I wanted to impress. At this time, I probably would have been asking God,...
I want to look to eternity.
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One of the youngsters I was paired up with was a...
“Obsession with the Gospel is the one obsession that will stop all other...”
– Tim Keller (via j3nspark)
"What soul is truly both adept and sage?"
“His alone, who has knowledge of the beginning and the end, and of that all-pervading Reason which orders the universe in its determinate cycles to the end of time.”
Marcus Aurelius, from Meditations
