“A lot of the time it feels like… music is some sort of excuse to be a human. It’s kind of like people need that excuse to go and put their arms in the air and sing their hearts out.”
Marcus Mumford
"God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing." C. S. Lewis
"I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." Vincent Van Gogh
"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong."
"It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures." Vincent Van Gogh
"Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion." Vincent Van Gogh
"Right is right, even if no one else does it." Juliette G. Low
"Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves, and of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, they’d just walk around naked at all times."
TOMS, one day with out shoes, and i got asked to put on my shoes at my CHRISTIAN school, so upsetting. Trying to spread awareness for something that matters, unlike the millions of inspiring videos they show
in chapel...this accually got people
curious. I told them exactly why i wasnt wearing shoes. And not to sound like a bad ass, but i kept them off, I felt it was worth getting in trouble for if i did...and i didn't get caught
again... Funny, right? You would think something like that would be a positive thing to do, a stand for what you believe in...well, according to them it is not. This really bothered me. And sadly, I saw it coming, cause being barefoot is "out of dress code" certain rules in life are worth breaking. Yes, i got called a hippie (thats nothing new) and a hipster, which i don't even completely understand that phrase anyway, but it really makes me angry when people call me that. Almost as angry when im almost done with a purse and i have to wind a new bobbin. So frustrating, well i got my sewing machine fixed, a lighter note. And plans for India are coming into reality...honestly... I am so excited to serve...in a big way, not necessarily more important way, but i want to step out of my comfort zone... (if i have one,which i don't really think i do.) Sadly, my drive to paint lately has been less than normal, but i think it is because i have become so involved with my love of fabric. which leads me to believe i should look into some career in that area or maybe an art teacher? i loved/love my art teacher in middle school and the private one i have now, shes like another big sister, but older than kristina. oh kristina, i love my sister dearly, she heard what happened after i made my own prom dress, things didn't work out and she bought me a pillow pet. i was so extremely happy......
...she wrote a little note and it made my week, along with spending time with my Bible study girls watching Tangled :) That is a great movie by the way. Sorry this post is super random and there is no reason or rhyme in where i connect all of these thoughts, but that is sometimes how life is. I think sometimes its best to be in chaos. It for sure makes me think, and i am not one to think inside a box. I doubt myself often, art school scares me, but i can't wait. I need direction, but i want to roam free. There are several ideas that i can not express via typing or even painting, i must just think. Sit and think, not a normal concept for most teens. I do some quality thinking when i am in the bath. Thinking is a healthy thing i believe. well, i hope. i love the banjo. and i love God, and His creations. I love only having one year of high school left, but at the same time, i dont want to grow up. I think the world is so beautiful and i want to see all of it. Also i have come to this completely epic conclusion... sometimes we need to pray on our knees...i do this every once and a while. praying on your knees is different than regular prayer to me, not in the sense that it is more important, but i think it reminds me that I am a child of God, cause when i was little i would pray on my knees. I think it is refreshing. God listens to your prayers even if you are upside down. that is all for now.
a: to move aimlessly from place to placeb: to explore idly
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: to talk or write in a desultory or long-winded wandering
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: to grow or extend irregularly
So, i am offically a rambler...Things are quite average and the bigger things in life don't scare me anymore. I am accepting forgiveness for the stupid things i have done and moving forward. Some parts of my past still haunt me, but growth is what i have been working on. Life in itself would be so terrible if we did not learn to forgive. This is hard for me and i can pretty much say it would be hard for anyone. I have matured and have said goodbye to some people who have caused me to slip. Know that in this blogg, i write for myself, i write because it is an expression, not because i want a pitty party. please dont throw me one. I love the fact i have two loving parents and one amazing big sister that i love very much, i am blessed beyond measures, but still i believe so deep with in me that there is more to life. I feel like cringing, i cant sit still, i want to do something worth while, i want some part in something important. I long for this so much, i cant wait to get on the plane to India and i cant wait to make an impact. Things i love, like sitting outside on my rocking chair are all grand and such, but there is so much going on in this world. i find myself praying for the impossible, which makes me giggle at times because i used to be one to think it not to be true. Life is what you make it and i want to paint the blank canvas of life in God's palette of colors, i want to be the David in this Goliath of a word...You may laugh at me, but i can do it. I can make a difference and i think that is what we are here for. In Matthew Chapter 22:v37 Jesus talks about the greatest commandments and that is to love God and love others. Who cares if you are Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist, ect. we all should strive to love each other, and frankly i think Jesus would be pissed if He saw how much we fight. Yes, i go to a Lutheran school, and i do not believe every little thing with their theology, but i was raised in the Friends (Quaker) Church, The book they teach from is the same, and the God they serve is the same. I don't really think it matters. The message is the point right? Recently, i was in a dark time with the church and i struggled to even show up. Although i am still upset completely, i think that the message is what is important. Yes, i am still bitter, and i think time can only heal that. God had some twisted plan behind it all, although i am still not sure what that was. Anywho, sorry about the lack of witty comments, and organazation in general with this post. As you can tell i am quite passionate about what i write and its basically just a venting session as of now. Well, on a lighter note, i miss my sister for she is in Wisconsin. Never thought i would say that one, but being a temporary only child sucks..well, i am off to finish my CS Lewis book (NOT NARNIA) that i have been working on for a while, i had read it before, but the funny thing about CS Lewis is....one time is never enough, he is so wise. Certain parts of my faith grow when i read his books, for he knew his Bible shit.
WARNING: This is not directed to anyone in particular, although i have everyone in my life, friends and foes to thank for this mix of thoughts...
Stop.
Stop being fake to me.
Stop worrying about howyou look 24/7.
Stop walking on egg shells. Stop trying to grow up. Stop being who you aren't. Stop trying to wear the boots everyone else does. Stop waving your money around. Stop complaining to me. Stop having your own pity party.
Stop thriving for the wrong things. Stop creating drama. Stop taking other people's ideas. Stop pretending to have it all together. Stop yelling at the small things. Stop moving so fast. Stop pushing God aside. Stop talking down to me.
Stop blowing off the people who really love you. Stop thinking you are the best. Stop and thank someone who deserves it. Stop abbreviating everything. Stop loving materialistic things. Stop playing favorites. Stop talking so loud. Stop being so sarcastic. Stop trying to come back. Stop living in the past. Stop to smell the flowers...
Please.
Please say Good morning.
Please wash your dishes. Please attack the blank canvas. Please sit in your rocking chair.
Please call your Grandpa up to chat. Please forgive him/her. Please say your prayers. Please refocus your life. Please know you are blessed. Please know your limits. Please give me a chance. Please know i am changed.
Please know it is for the better.
Please talk in a British accent. Please have coffee with me. Please remember who you were. Please don't ignore my affection. Please listen to the music. Please put that bottle down.
Please sing with your windows down. Please remember what they taught you. Please silence the little devil on your shoulder. Please create for Him.
Please drive just because. Please travel. Please try that new food. Please sit with her. Please appreciate them. Please love a stranger. Please share. Please think of someone else.
Please sleep in.
Please don't take these pictures I took.
Please know the truth.
Please capture memories.
Please whistle while you work. Please remember self image is not everything. Please know you are only young once. Please remember i am not perfect, or even close.
Please know i love you.
Please remember it is ok to cry.
Please write down your dreams.
Please watch the sun rise.
Please stop checking powerschool and relax. Please give country music a chance. Please stop waiting for time. Please know He is in control.
Please stop setting everything on logic. Please know you can't change that. Please trust that pinky promise.
Please understand that...
"You have no competition because there is only ONE of you on this earth. Embrace that fact and let it carry you in your art, your business, and your confidence." -Mike Colon
"Where you invest your love, you invest your life." — Marcus Mumford
"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
The story starts with a young girl who spends a ridiculous amount of time at starbucks. The setting was a cold evening in November and people skurried in wearing peacoats, sweaters and scarfs of the sort. As she sat there with her math homework pulling her hair out becuase of the difficulty of understanding several variables and exponents infront of her she became hopeless. He was a older boy, some what of a man. Young, but not in high school,early 20's, wore Wrangler jeans and a baseball cap, and fully equipped with a Southern accent. Something happened that November evening, this stranger saw this young girl struggling and offered a hand, apparently he was a math major in the past, he wasn't from around here and asked if it was weird that he asked her if she needed assistance..... she simply shook her head no and sat in amazement that someone would sit down and reach out a hand to a complete stranger. this was a moment. a single fash in time where she saw God's love. something simple, not hardand not impossible to acheive. This country bumpkin had no idea what he had just opened her eyes to..As he tipped his hat and wished her well, she then realized something huge. We were meant to be a city on a hill, right? Well, im thinking that we have screwed that up more than enough times. I think thoes simple acts of kindness are what show God's love in a different light. We can sit here and donate money and sing praise songs, although that is all good and well...but is that really what we are called to do? Doesn't God want us to GO. Im not talking a huge missions trip (although that is good..India:)) but letting that person cut in front of you at the groocery store, saying thank you to the people you love, loving the person who needs it most, giving that homeless man a sandwich...we talk about this all the time, but who accually does it? lets be 100% honest..we are lucky if we get through the mall parking lot around Christmas time with out being flipped off. No one wants love to rule them, they want power and lust and things. Love is a over-used and abused word, but is so pure in the correct context. Let us love this season, let us offer a hand and not expect a brownie button. Let us put on a pair of Wrangler jeans and become a country bumpkin, because we never know who might need that helping hand...
We Were Meant To BE By: Revive
How'd we drift so far apart?
Oh, God it breaks our hearts
We can hear heavens tears cry
For wasted years
The time for change is now
Can you hear us calling out?
We were meant to be
A city on a hill
Shine like the stars in the sky
We were meant to live
For more than this world
So open our eyes to see
What we were meant to be
What we were meant to be
Even in the darkest place
We'll stand, we're not ashamed
When fear and doubt, try to hold us down
We'll stand, we're not afraid
The time for change is now
We can hear you calling out
We were meant to be
A city on a hill
Shine like the stars in the sky
We were meant to live
For more than this world
So open our eyes to see
What we were meant to be
What we were meant to be
Start a brush fire in my soul
A flame that won't die, won't grow cold
Let it burn, let it burn
Start a brush fire in my soul
A flame that won't die, won't grow cold
Let it burn for You
We were meant to be
A city on a hill
Shine like the stars in the sky
We were meant to live
For more than this world
So open our eyes to see
We were meant to be
A city on a hill
Shine like the stars in the sky
We were meant to live
For more than this world
So open our eyes to see
What we were meant to be
Haven't blogged in a while. Hmmh well let me just say that i miss it first of all. Well, one thing really ticked me off today and it should be said in blog-land. WHO does sketchers think they are to copy TOMS>! i mean "BOBS"....really...? stupid people. Well, now that i got that off my chest, i am also struggling with copy-caters in some aspects, very agrivating, sometimes i wish i was Taylor Swift so i can just write a song about you and get it over with. Please don't ask me if you can do this...thanks. Well, im currently in a state on confusion i don't seem to know what to do, even when i sit with Jack Johnson, insence and CS Lewis, its all a blur. I feel that Spiritually, i am going through therapy with God. A step by step process of growth and maturity. It is truly amazing what He can do with time, he spends it way more affective than i do. I need to learn to His ways. Thats another thing, this whole growth therapy, yah its kind of confusing me...a lot.
<3
Just trying to live for HIM, but i screw up all the time.
**Jack Johnson tomorrow...im going to sleep like a little kid on Christmas Eve.**
