i've learned that happiness can be fleeting. [or maybe that's hormones]
i've learned that it's okay not to please everyone all the time. you can have a servant's heart and not please everyone if you're always compromising your happiness.
i've learned that sometimes you just have to do things for yourself.
i've learned that happiness can come from an evening home with my parents. [how i wish i was there now]
i've learned to love the simple things of life.
i've learned that situations where people are tearing me down is not good for me, and that i can get out of them.
i've learned that being alone in my room with the music turned way up is the best therapy.
but the most important thing of all, what i need to keep reminding myself::
i've learned that you don't define my happiness.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
should i give up or should i just keep chasing pavements
i only have a few minutes, but i just felt like posting a small little update of life in goshen. the weather is beautiful today...sunny, warm, and windy, just like kansas. it makes me miss those lazy days in hesston so much more. but i know the weather won't last and that it'll get colder within the next few days, so i have to enjoy it while it's here.
for the first time, goshen college is starting to fit for me. i have friends the aren't just from hc. i feel like i can go to those friends and hang out with them and have fun with them without the security of my roommates...not that i don't love being with my roommates, this is just different. there's even a group of us that always have lunch together at noon on mondays, wednesdays and fridays...a bunch of girls and dan. it's a lot of fun. and last friday our apartment was filled people laughing and playing games. it was incredible. so thanks for praying for this; your prayers have been answered. but keep praying, because sometimes the work load here overwhelms me way too much, and i'll need all the help from upstairs that i can get!
for the first time, goshen college is starting to fit for me. i have friends the aren't just from hc. i feel like i can go to those friends and hang out with them and have fun with them without the security of my roommates...not that i don't love being with my roommates, this is just different. there's even a group of us that always have lunch together at noon on mondays, wednesdays and fridays...a bunch of girls and dan. it's a lot of fun. and last friday our apartment was filled people laughing and playing games. it was incredible. so thanks for praying for this; your prayers have been answered. but keep praying, because sometimes the work load here overwhelms me way too much, and i'll need all the help from upstairs that i can get!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
you don't know me at all
ok, so really the only people who will read this are my closest friends from hesston, so maybe they do know me better than most people do, but this is still fun. i'm getting obsessed with the "25 random things about me" notes going around on facebook, and after i wrote mine, i would randomly think of more things that are a little unique about me. so this is my list or 25 and more...as many as i can think of before the super bowl starts i guess.
do you really know me??
1) I said I'd never go to Hesston or Goshen...don't listen to anything I say.
2) Although it doesn't happen at home, I love having a clean room. In fact, I can't get anything productive done unless my bed is made and my room is clean.
3) I love bags. In fact, it's time for a new one.
4) I secretly wish I was Kate from Jon and Kate Plus 8.
5) I believe Dr. Pepper is Nectar of the Gods.
6) I'm a horrible procrastinator, but I work well under pressure.
7) I've known some of my best friends for as long as I can remember.
8) I always turn up the radio and sing at the top of my lungs when "Hot and Cold" by Katy Perry comes on...great memories! =)
9) I could watch A Cinderella Story all day and not get sick of it.
10) I like to be good at what I do, so if I'm not good, I don't do it. And it drives me crazy when I don't catch on to things right away.
11) I think I should have been born in New York City during the 40s...everything was so much more cultured back then!
12) I love the country, but I think I'm a city-girl at heart.
13) Unnecessary noises annoy the crap out of me.
14) For the most part, I would rather buy jewelry than shoes.
15) I recently found out that I'm addicted to coffee. If I don't have caffeine in the morning, I'll have a headache all day.
16) My dream job is to be the music supervisor for a TV show or for movies. I'd be the one creating the soundtrack...how amazing!
17) I make a playlist for every trip I take, no matter how short the distance.
18) My cell phone only charges when it's powered off.
20) I've kept a journal since I was 16. Now I'm on my 6th one.
21) I'm extremely organized. For example, I keep 2 calendars...one for my assignments and one for everything else.
22) I want to change the world, but I'm not sure yet how I'll do that.
23) As Christie Bonfiglio puts it, "I bleed blue and gold." [go irish]
24) I used to be blonde. Never again.
25) Sometimes I wish I would have grown up in Tree Hill, North Carolina.
26) My new obsession is Cherry Cordial Hershey's Kisses. I love them.
27) Camp Amigo is one of my favorite places on earth. I've grown more in my two summers there than I have anywhere else.
28) Sometimes I wear black nail polish, but I am not a goth.
29) I never owned a scarf until last year. Now, I have around 7 scarves.
30) I love the feeling of my fingertips after I've been playing guitar for a long time.
31) I'm blessed to have a natural ability to hear the harmony of a song.
32) My glasses are broken, but I'm too lazy to go get them fixed.
33) My grandma is a superhero.
34) I often think the best when I'm in the shower. I don't know what it is; maybe the water washes away all the cloudiness and leaves my mind crystal clear.
35) More and more I've been having a problem with generic Christianity. It can't be only spiritual, but relational as well.
36) No matter what people say, Goshen College really is a good place. I like it here.
37) I find myself strolling through the home decoration sections of stores all the time. I can't wait to decorate my own house.
38) The first time I played the drums on Rock Band, I got so frustrated that I threw the sticks on the ground, stormed off to my room, and slammed the door. There were more issues than just that of course, but now I can play the drums on medium.
39) I love keeping surprises from people.
40) I love the colors green, turqouise, and red.
the end.
do you really know me??
1) I said I'd never go to Hesston or Goshen...don't listen to anything I say.
2) Although it doesn't happen at home, I love having a clean room. In fact, I can't get anything productive done unless my bed is made and my room is clean.
3) I love bags. In fact, it's time for a new one.
4) I secretly wish I was Kate from Jon and Kate Plus 8.
5) I believe Dr. Pepper is Nectar of the Gods.
6) I'm a horrible procrastinator, but I work well under pressure.
7) I've known some of my best friends for as long as I can remember.
8) I always turn up the radio and sing at the top of my lungs when "Hot and Cold" by Katy Perry comes on...great memories! =)
9) I could watch A Cinderella Story all day and not get sick of it.
10) I like to be good at what I do, so if I'm not good, I don't do it. And it drives me crazy when I don't catch on to things right away.
11) I think I should have been born in New York City during the 40s...everything was so much more cultured back then!
12) I love the country, but I think I'm a city-girl at heart.
13) Unnecessary noises annoy the crap out of me.
14) For the most part, I would rather buy jewelry than shoes.
15) I recently found out that I'm addicted to coffee. If I don't have caffeine in the morning, I'll have a headache all day.
16) My dream job is to be the music supervisor for a TV show or for movies. I'd be the one creating the soundtrack...how amazing!
17) I make a playlist for every trip I take, no matter how short the distance.
18) My cell phone only charges when it's powered off.
20) I've kept a journal since I was 16. Now I'm on my 6th one.
21) I'm extremely organized. For example, I keep 2 calendars...one for my assignments and one for everything else.
22) I want to change the world, but I'm not sure yet how I'll do that.
23) As Christie Bonfiglio puts it, "I bleed blue and gold." [go irish]
24) I used to be blonde. Never again.
25) Sometimes I wish I would have grown up in Tree Hill, North Carolina.
26) My new obsession is Cherry Cordial Hershey's Kisses. I love them.
27) Camp Amigo is one of my favorite places on earth. I've grown more in my two summers there than I have anywhere else.
28) Sometimes I wear black nail polish, but I am not a goth.
29) I never owned a scarf until last year. Now, I have around 7 scarves.
30) I love the feeling of my fingertips after I've been playing guitar for a long time.
31) I'm blessed to have a natural ability to hear the harmony of a song.
32) My glasses are broken, but I'm too lazy to go get them fixed.
33) My grandma is a superhero.
34) I often think the best when I'm in the shower. I don't know what it is; maybe the water washes away all the cloudiness and leaves my mind crystal clear.
35) More and more I've been having a problem with generic Christianity. It can't be only spiritual, but relational as well.
36) No matter what people say, Goshen College really is a good place. I like it here.
37) I find myself strolling through the home decoration sections of stores all the time. I can't wait to decorate my own house.
38) The first time I played the drums on Rock Band, I got so frustrated that I threw the sticks on the ground, stormed off to my room, and slammed the door. There were more issues than just that of course, but now I can play the drums on medium.
39) I love keeping surprises from people.
40) I love the colors green, turqouise, and red.
the end.
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