Sage wisdom

...from the guys of a girly band. =)

All princes start as frogs
All gentleman as dogs
Just wait till it's plain to see
What we're growing up to be...
'Cause some frogs will still be frogs
Some dogs will still be dogs
But some boys will become men
Just don't kiss us 'till then

You found him is what you say
And we all want you to feel that way
The frog you've got
Seems cute enough to kiss
And maybe frogs seem like
That's all there is
But just because you haven't
Found your prince yet
Doesn't mean you're still
Not a princess
And what if your prince
Comes riding in
While you're kiss'n a frog
What's he gonna think then?
So look into his eyes.....
Are you a princess or a fly??

~Superchick, Princes and Frogs

One week, one day... and counting...

Henry David Thoreau once said, "nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance. They make up the longitudes and latitudes." I think that is doubly true for family! I am going home in eight days and even that is feeling like an eternity away right now. Funny... all I've ever wanted to do was travel, and yet I wasn't even as excited about going to Italy as I am about going home. Oh, the irony of life!

Learning to Hope

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

~ Romans 5:1-5

Gotta love...

Power outages, fire trucks (complete with blaring siren) outside your apartment at midnight, smoke detectors that are connected to your aparment's power source and feel the need to go off when reset (when the power comes back on), guys outside your window using the only form of language they know - pure billingsgate (got that word from my Google homepage =]) - to complain that it is too hot (without AC) and too boring (without TV) to stay inside.

I remember complaining about the guys at school when they would do stupid things during power outages - like singing "God Save the Queen" and "The Star-Spangled Banner," or running around the dorms with their flashlights, making all kinds of noise that disturbed my sleep. I thought about it last night as I tried to fall to sleep, and I realized that what had seemed like such a trial at the time, had become a memory that made me smile in spite of myself. I should remember this in the future when I am quick to complain about something...