Who loves water? I sure do. A few minutes ago I realized how dry my throat was. I drank a HUGE glass of water just now, and yet my throat is STILL dry.
Do you ever have a thirst that you can't satisfy, or possibly a hunger?
Whether it's literally a hunger or a thirst, or if it's just a metaphorical thing, we all have hungers or thirsts that we can't satisfy.
For me, something I can't satisfy is my greed for God to talk to me. Because all of my church friends at camp said, "Ohhh God talked to me! It was so cool!"
And I'm just standing there like, "Oh, yeah. That's so cool." And I'm secretly thinking in my head, Why can't that happen to me? Why am I the odd one out here?
And sure, I've felt God's presence, but He's never talked to me.
That's really the only thing that I have a never ending thirst for in life, besides the literal things like what happened to me just a few minutes ago.
But even if it seems like your hungers of thirsts won't ever be satisfied, maybe they are not supposed to be, maybe they are. It depends on what it is. But I'm not going to get into that.
But... don't get dehydrated, literally. Haha.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
Sometimes Life is Like a Pair of Tangled Up Headphones... You Have to Untangle Them Carefully and Try Not to Damage Them.
You know the saying, "Life is like a box of chocolates... You never know which one you're gonna get."?
Well, you can use the same quote, but in a different context. I made up the headphones version today while I was laying in the sun listening to my Ipod. I was trying to untangle my headphones and almost broke them. So I thought in my head, Sometimes life is like a pair of tangled up headphones.
And by saying this I'm not saying my life is tangled up. Sometimes it sure feels like it though. But if you are just having trouble with something in your life, whether it's temptation, peer pressure, doubt, et cetera, just remember that anything can be fixed. Even though things seem like things will never be fixed, someday, somehow, they will be fixed. Just pray to God about it. And don't worry if things don't get better right away, because it takes time.
And let me remind you, God wouldn't give you any situation you're not strong enough for. Like the verse,
"I can do anything through Christ, who strengthens me."
~Phillipians 4:13~
Just keep that in your head and you will be reminded that you are strong enough. You will make it through whatever situation you are dealing with.
Just remember. God is with you. Always.
Well, you can use the same quote, but in a different context. I made up the headphones version today while I was laying in the sun listening to my Ipod. I was trying to untangle my headphones and almost broke them. So I thought in my head, Sometimes life is like a pair of tangled up headphones.
And by saying this I'm not saying my life is tangled up. Sometimes it sure feels like it though. But if you are just having trouble with something in your life, whether it's temptation, peer pressure, doubt, et cetera, just remember that anything can be fixed. Even though things seem like things will never be fixed, someday, somehow, they will be fixed. Just pray to God about it. And don't worry if things don't get better right away, because it takes time.
And let me remind you, God wouldn't give you any situation you're not strong enough for. Like the verse,
"I can do anything through Christ, who strengthens me."
~Phillipians 4:13~
Just keep that in your head and you will be reminded that you are strong enough. You will make it through whatever situation you are dealing with.
Just remember. God is with you. Always.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Don't Even Say the "S" Word.
I am so baffled at how fast summer has gone by. It seems only yesterday I was walking home from my last bus ride of the year, and now I have to make the most of the last week of summer already. I'm so sad. But I suppose school is good (oops, I said it). I just can't wait until I get to take chemistry in high school (and again).
Anyway, summer's almost gone. And I just can't believe it.
Let's see... what all did I do during the summer? I think I'll make a list.
- Summer Music School (!)
- Maine for 2 weeks
- Summer camp
- Great Wolfe Lodge
- Lots of bike riding
- Lots of going to the pool and seeing movies
- Hanging out with my neighbors and my friends
- Church and Youth Group (Oh yeah Jesus rocks!)
- Wild Waves
- Sleepovers!
I'll say this is a pretty awesome summer! I mean, how much more could someone ask for? Well, more probably, but for me this was a Totally Great Awesome Fantastic Wonderful Exclusive Totally Cool Rad Super Fun summer (TGAFWETCRSF summer-- I made that up all by myself)!
But you shouldn't dread going back to school, because you're going to have fun with your friends and learn a few new things! Whatever you want to be when you grow up, you should work hard, because starting in Junior High it even gets important. So try your hardest and don't give up, because if you try hard now, it won't be so bad in high school (!). I'm not saying it will be easy, either, but it will be better because you built up that confidence in Junior high and you will be able to say to yourself in high school (!), 'I can do this. I made it through 7th and 8th grade, so why can't I do it now?"
So I hope you get my point of subject. TRY YOUR HARDEST.
Anyway, summer's almost gone. And I just can't believe it.
Let's see... what all did I do during the summer? I think I'll make a list.
- Summer Music School (!)
- Maine for 2 weeks
- Summer camp
- Great Wolfe Lodge
- Lots of bike riding
- Lots of going to the pool and seeing movies
- Hanging out with my neighbors and my friends
- Church and Youth Group (Oh yeah Jesus rocks!)
- Wild Waves
- Sleepovers!
I'll say this is a pretty awesome summer! I mean, how much more could someone ask for? Well, more probably, but for me this was a Totally Great Awesome Fantastic Wonderful Exclusive Totally Cool Rad Super Fun summer (TGAFWETCRSF summer-- I made that up all by myself)!
But you shouldn't dread going back to school, because you're going to have fun with your friends and learn a few new things! Whatever you want to be when you grow up, you should work hard, because starting in Junior High it even gets important. So try your hardest and don't give up, because if you try hard now, it won't be so bad in high school (!). I'm not saying it will be easy, either, but it will be better because you built up that confidence in Junior high and you will be able to say to yourself in high school (!), 'I can do this. I made it through 7th and 8th grade, so why can't I do it now?"
So I hope you get my point of subject. TRY YOUR HARDEST.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Airports.
Airports. Ah, you have to love them. Most of the time, there are people running like madmen all over the place(especially in the summer), rude and grumpy employees, and suitcase wheels running over your feet. The airport is an interesting place. It can be dangerous too, so always be on your guard.
My recent experience at the airport was... well, curious (I quote Wandmaker Ollivander in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone).
So, we get on the bus from Portland, Maine at 2:30 in the afternoon. There's tons of traffic, and we are anxiously watching Gnomeo and Juliet, listening to ipods, reading, writing, whatever. We don't get to the check-in desk at Boston Logan airport until, let's say, 5:05. We find out our flight is delayed and that we won't make our second flight. So the guy (he was really nice. Nicer than some of the other employees) tries to book us into another flight, which goes to Phoenix, and the second flight goes home. The second flight we would have gotten first class, and we got all excited, we're like, "Ohhh, I've never flown first class before, this should be fun!" But then the computer isn't working, so the guy is on hold with the "help" desk, for at least 30-45 minutes.
The reason I put "help" in quotation marks is because they weren't very helpful. Since we were on hold for so long, we missed our flight to Phoenix. Blah.
By now, we were all frustrated and tired. I swear we were at the check-in desk for an hour.
It's not done yet. So the guy booked us in a flight to Chicago, and then a connecting flight to Sea-tac airport. We are still on that flight, thank God.
We thought we missed the first shuttle, making my mom utter a few cuss words under her breath and making us even more frustrated. But then we figured out it wasn't our shuttle we missed. We felt so dumb.
So we took a shuttle to a Comfort Inn, where we are now. It's a really nice Comfort Inn, too. They're supposedly eco-friendly. Which I think they are, because they don't give you the little plastic bottles of lotion and shampoo, which wastes plastic.
Anyway, that was totally random. So tomorrow morning at 4 o' clock AM, we are catching a shuttle to Boston Logan airport again. But this time (hopefully), we won't miss our flight and get more confusion.
But I learned a lesson.
Next time this happens, have more patience. Because I was so impatient and anxious and it was awful. I kept telling myself, Patience is a virtue, patience is a virtue. But of course that didn't help. That's just something people say to get people to calm down. I just need more patience. That's all I need is patience and I'll make it through future traveling. So everybody, have patience and life will go a lot more smoothly, if it's not going smooth for you right now. Because patience makes everything change. It changes moods, the environment, and lots of other stuff.
Patience is a virtue.
Haha.
My recent experience at the airport was... well, curious (I quote Wandmaker Ollivander in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone).
So, we get on the bus from Portland, Maine at 2:30 in the afternoon. There's tons of traffic, and we are anxiously watching Gnomeo and Juliet, listening to ipods, reading, writing, whatever. We don't get to the check-in desk at Boston Logan airport until, let's say, 5:05. We find out our flight is delayed and that we won't make our second flight. So the guy (he was really nice. Nicer than some of the other employees) tries to book us into another flight, which goes to Phoenix, and the second flight goes home. The second flight we would have gotten first class, and we got all excited, we're like, "Ohhh, I've never flown first class before, this should be fun!" But then the computer isn't working, so the guy is on hold with the "help" desk, for at least 30-45 minutes.
The reason I put "help" in quotation marks is because they weren't very helpful. Since we were on hold for so long, we missed our flight to Phoenix. Blah.
By now, we were all frustrated and tired. I swear we were at the check-in desk for an hour.
It's not done yet. So the guy booked us in a flight to Chicago, and then a connecting flight to Sea-tac airport. We are still on that flight, thank God.
We thought we missed the first shuttle, making my mom utter a few cuss words under her breath and making us even more frustrated. But then we figured out it wasn't our shuttle we missed. We felt so dumb.
So we took a shuttle to a Comfort Inn, where we are now. It's a really nice Comfort Inn, too. They're supposedly eco-friendly. Which I think they are, because they don't give you the little plastic bottles of lotion and shampoo, which wastes plastic.
Anyway, that was totally random. So tomorrow morning at 4 o' clock AM, we are catching a shuttle to Boston Logan airport again. But this time (hopefully), we won't miss our flight and get more confusion.
But I learned a lesson.
Next time this happens, have more patience. Because I was so impatient and anxious and it was awful. I kept telling myself, Patience is a virtue, patience is a virtue. But of course that didn't help. That's just something people say to get people to calm down. I just need more patience. That's all I need is patience and I'll make it through future traveling. So everybody, have patience and life will go a lot more smoothly, if it's not going smooth for you right now. Because patience makes everything change. It changes moods, the environment, and lots of other stuff.
Patience is a virtue.
Haha.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Clear Blue Skies All the Way!
Last night I experienced my first thunderstorm of the summer. And we were also watching Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, so that's an awesome combo. It's a dark kind of movie, so when there's flashes of lightning that light up the whole sky and booms of thunder, you get little chills up your spine. It's kinda cool.
It's fun here because you have cats everywhere and dogs everywhere begging for you to rub their belly or scratch their ears. It's really cute. One cat, Flyrod, is always rubbing up against my legs and my hands. He's a big, fluffy black cat and soooo cute. And another cat, Madeline, is so tiny and likes to curl up beside me to take a nap. There's eight cats, and it would take forever to explain all of them.
After an intense thunderstorm last night, it's clear blue skies as far as the eye can see today! Later we are going kayaking and tending to the beehives... it's going to be awesome! Well, I'll talk to you later, everybody! Have a sunny, awesome, amazing, wonderful, fun day! :) :)
It's fun here because you have cats everywhere and dogs everywhere begging for you to rub their belly or scratch their ears. It's really cute. One cat, Flyrod, is always rubbing up against my legs and my hands. He's a big, fluffy black cat and soooo cute. And another cat, Madeline, is so tiny and likes to curl up beside me to take a nap. There's eight cats, and it would take forever to explain all of them.
After an intense thunderstorm last night, it's clear blue skies as far as the eye can see today! Later we are going kayaking and tending to the beehives... it's going to be awesome! Well, I'll talk to you later, everybody! Have a sunny, awesome, amazing, wonderful, fun day! :) :)
Monday, July 25, 2011
Take a Chill Pill Everyone...
Right now I'm in Maine and it's about to rain. If it weren't so cold outside, I would probably be kayaking or something. But it's cloudy and windy, so I'm rooted to a chair at the table. Maine is a pretty awesome place, and there's SO much to do. My grandma has 61 chickens, 9 cats, 3 dogs, beehives, and a humungous garden. In other words, it's a really awesome farm. She also lives right by the ocean and has a dock, so that makes it even more awesome. It got up to 110 degrees on Friday, and it broke records. At least it's warmer than Washington in the summer...
From the plane flight I saw the grand canyon from a very high view and it was really pretty...
So today I got this thing at The Map Store (The Map Store is a store where Eartha lives, a 45 foot tall model of the earth from space, and it has a gift shop too). It's a little light that looks like a pill; the top is white and the bottom is black. And when you twist the white part, it lights up. And the bottom is still rounded, so it kind of bobs back and forth when you set it down. It's from the Netherlands and they call it "The Chill Pill". And I suppose it helps you chill out, kind of. It has this kind of mellow glow to it. It's kind of weird that it does that.
So I supposedly have a ghost that lives in my room. This may sound really stupid, but I had recently read a book with the name Nelson in it, so I named the "ghost" Nelson. So if something was not where I had put it the night before, or something like that, I blame it on Nelson. It's become kind of a joke between my family and friends, but I'm almost convinced ghosts are real, because other strange poltergeist-like activity has occured. There's too many things to explain. But what's ironic is that my grandma has a rooster named Nelson. I laughed on the inside when I discovered that.
Anyway, enough about ghosts.
So everybody, take a chill pill, and enjoy your summer! Because if you spend the summer being locked up and antisocial, it's no fun. So chillax and do something fun! :))))))
From the plane flight I saw the grand canyon from a very high view and it was really pretty...
So today I got this thing at The Map Store (The Map Store is a store where Eartha lives, a 45 foot tall model of the earth from space, and it has a gift shop too). It's a little light that looks like a pill; the top is white and the bottom is black. And when you twist the white part, it lights up. And the bottom is still rounded, so it kind of bobs back and forth when you set it down. It's from the Netherlands and they call it "The Chill Pill". And I suppose it helps you chill out, kind of. It has this kind of mellow glow to it. It's kind of weird that it does that.
So I supposedly have a ghost that lives in my room. This may sound really stupid, but I had recently read a book with the name Nelson in it, so I named the "ghost" Nelson. So if something was not where I had put it the night before, or something like that, I blame it on Nelson. It's become kind of a joke between my family and friends, but I'm almost convinced ghosts are real, because other strange poltergeist-like activity has occured. There's too many things to explain. But what's ironic is that my grandma has a rooster named Nelson. I laughed on the inside when I discovered that.
Anyway, enough about ghosts.
So everybody, take a chill pill, and enjoy your summer! Because if you spend the summer being locked up and antisocial, it's no fun. So chillax and do something fun! :))))))
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The Sunny and Cloudy Days of Summer...
You know I planned to write in my blog everyday, but things have been so busy and I haven't found time to write. I'm so busy with Summer Music School, Hanging out with friends, church, and a lot more stuff. But anyway, that failed.
If I weren't so sore, than I would probably be up doing something productive or active. But last night at my acrobatics class was painful. I mean, the real circus stuff is awesome and fun. But it's what my coach calls "conditioning" that makes me so sore. It's basically stretching, muscular endurance exercises... and, well, just about any exercising that makes you hurt the next day. You know what I mean.
Friday is the biggest day of the week. There includes good and bad news. The good news is that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is coming out and we're seeing it Friday night. The bad part is that my dad is leaving and he's going to be gone for three whole months!!! It really sucks... but I'll deal. I will miss him very much though.
I still have an obsession with the Periodic Table of the Elements. I don't know why. But strangely, I've somehow managed to memorize 15 of the elements. And tonight when we were making s'mores, my dad put this wood in the fire that had some sort of sealant on it. The sealant, once shiny and smooth, turned midnight black. And it was like spreading over the wood like wildfire. And I said, "Chemical reaction!" And my mom called me a nerd.
Well, it's what I get for being obsessed with science.
But my summer has been great so far. I see my best friends (which is basically all of my friends) almost every day, except for the ones that don't go to SMS or are my neighbors. But it's nice that I get to see my friends everyday so we can catch up and just have a blast together. It's funny, because we have this "trademark" where we write "Hi!" on each others arms, and you're basically "part of the family". It's just a joke that we have. It all started on the second to last day of school.
Summer can get boring though, when your friends are on vacation, and the rest of your friends are busy hanging out with their other friends. It gets frustrating when you have nothing to do and you spend a perfectly sunny, warm afternoon inside watching movies and on facebook.
Anyway, life's goooood. Right now I'm watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with my family. We are having a marathon up to Friday, when we are going to see the seventh one, part two. Now that I think about it, if we don't get tickets soon, we won't be able to see till' Saturday. I think I'm going to check. Goodbye, people! :)
If I weren't so sore, than I would probably be up doing something productive or active. But last night at my acrobatics class was painful. I mean, the real circus stuff is awesome and fun. But it's what my coach calls "conditioning" that makes me so sore. It's basically stretching, muscular endurance exercises... and, well, just about any exercising that makes you hurt the next day. You know what I mean.
Friday is the biggest day of the week. There includes good and bad news. The good news is that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is coming out and we're seeing it Friday night. The bad part is that my dad is leaving and he's going to be gone for three whole months!!! It really sucks... but I'll deal. I will miss him very much though.
I still have an obsession with the Periodic Table of the Elements. I don't know why. But strangely, I've somehow managed to memorize 15 of the elements. And tonight when we were making s'mores, my dad put this wood in the fire that had some sort of sealant on it. The sealant, once shiny and smooth, turned midnight black. And it was like spreading over the wood like wildfire. And I said, "Chemical reaction!" And my mom called me a nerd.
Well, it's what I get for being obsessed with science.
But my summer has been great so far. I see my best friends (which is basically all of my friends) almost every day, except for the ones that don't go to SMS or are my neighbors. But it's nice that I get to see my friends everyday so we can catch up and just have a blast together. It's funny, because we have this "trademark" where we write "Hi!" on each others arms, and you're basically "part of the family". It's just a joke that we have. It all started on the second to last day of school.
Summer can get boring though, when your friends are on vacation, and the rest of your friends are busy hanging out with their other friends. It gets frustrating when you have nothing to do and you spend a perfectly sunny, warm afternoon inside watching movies and on facebook.
Anyway, life's goooood. Right now I'm watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with my family. We are having a marathon up to Friday, when we are going to see the seventh one, part two. Now that I think about it, if we don't get tickets soon, we won't be able to see till' Saturday. I think I'm going to check. Goodbye, people! :)
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