imagine peace...

Back to the 'OHH' in Ohio.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:11:00 -0500

graceinsmallthings:

nadinenocero:

Today I met three people from Ohio. Considering I live across the world from O-H-I-O, thats pretty amazing.

I met one yesterday on the top of the Macau Tower! Ohioans sure get around.

Word! I meet my fellow Ohioans all over the place. It’s kinda like how every private university on the East Coast is full of people from New Jersey.

Ok. Right now I’m in Istanbul staying with a family. I was just in the kitchen cutting up vegetables for dinner and Grant pointed to a magnet on the refrigerator that was of a cardinal and lo and behold underneath it in big letters: O-H-I-O. what!? the world loves ohio.

"For me it’s a discovery, it’s an exploration, it’s a pursuit. It’s a sort of wide-eyed,..."

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:47:09 -0500

“For me it’s a discovery, it’s an exploration, it’s a pursuit. It’s a sort of wide-eyed, filled-with-wonder, what’s-around-this-corner…I find the world terribly electric and I find people endlessly interesting.”

- Rob Bell (via poohman)

i like this guy. & i recommend everyone reading velvet elvis.

so it turns out that turkey is much more beautiful than i...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:41:44 -0500

so it turns out that turkey is much more beautiful than i expected it to be.

i passed this magical little surprise the other day on a run...

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:29:13 -0500

i passed this magical little surprise the other day on a run along the marmara sea in istanbul, turkey.

hahaha ohhh hope. this is so great. dayofchange: hahahah...

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:10:31 -0500

hahaha ohhh hope. this is so great.

dayofchange:

hahahah yessss.

chelseakim:

classic.
joliebelle:

This is the best thing that has happened to me. Ever.

hope4u:

Hope floats.

right now im just kind of over being in transit. maybe...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:21:34 -0500

right now im just kind of over being in transit. maybe it’s because the entire time we’ve been in turkey we havent stayed in one place for more than 4 days. and it’s all getting to me.

i love the sea in istanbul, turkey!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:49:38 -0500

i love the sea in istanbul, turkey!

monsterpants: joliebelle: (via gaviota) oh i love this.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:20:15 -0500

monsterpants:

joliebelle:

(via gaviota)

oh i love this.

you guys, he winked at me! hahaaa.

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:40:32 -0500

you guys, he winked at me! hahaaa.

hahaha no? nice try though, facebook. just passing through...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:03:00 -0400

hahaha no? nice try though, facebook.

just passing through bulgaria.

poohman: Every day I find out something which makes me glad....

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:04:21 -0400

poohman:

Every day I find out something which makes me glad. Yesterday I thought for the first time what a beautiful thing motion was, and it seemed to me that everything was trying to get near to God, does it seem that way to you?
—Helen Keller, age 10

"being a friend is a heavy commitment. in a way, even more than a husband or a wife. friendship is..."

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:35:00 -0400

“being a friend is a heavy commitment. in a way, even more than a husband or a wife. friendship is more to me than just somebody to talk to, or run with, or hang with. being friends is like being soldiers in the army. you live together, you fight together, you die together.”

- same kind of different as me.

i loved this book. everyone should read it.

i am so impressed by this liz! it’s beautiful and southern...

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:34:25 -0400

i am so impressed by this liz! it’s beautiful and southern and everything that the name “honey and love” should look like. :)

oh yes we did.

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:21:26 -0400

oh yes we did.

ATTENTION

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:38:34 -0400

monsterpants:

To everybody in the Triangle:

I will be selling my photographs today at Duke’s Joe College Day Festival! Duke’s West Quad (right in front of the Chapel), from 2-8. There will be live music and free beer from Red Oak Brewery. Come one, come all!

http://www.duke.edu/web/joecollege/

liz!!! i am so excited for you!!! i hope it goes so well. please email me pictures and a run down of how everything goes. aprillynnewright@gmail.com

learning to be.

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:25:00 -0400

Sometimes (most times really) we regard people who move slowly or take time to have nothing to do but be as lazy-or even lucky. But i think God desires so badly for us to just take time to be still and savor the moment-to stop and be rather than rushing from one moment to the next to the next to the next to the next. Rushing gets exhausting and you forget what you’re living for in the constant movement. Your value begins to be found in what you do rather than who you are. The more our identity is found in what we do, the more we compare ourselves to others and what they do and the more we feel the need to do to be loved by the people around us and by God.

I wonder how many blessings God has hidden like little Easter eggs in our path that we miss because we quickly pass them by without noticing. I want to take the time to be a child in search of every egg-every single blessing that God has hidden for me. I want to overturn my pillow and blanket, look in drawers and on top of cabinets in search of them. And i guess the thing is, they’re not all that hard to find if you’re moving slowly. The bright colors stick out from across the room if you’re just taking the time to be. It’s in our speeding through life that they become blurred and blend in with their surroundings.

Maybe to the rushers, the do-ers and the fast paced, the be-ers are naive and lazy, but I love all the blessings God gives me when I just take the time to soak in all his goodness. God is a God of each moment-not a God who is busily planning for our futures, as we are, but a God who rests confidently-having our whole lives laid out beautifully before him, like big treasure maps with paintings of his love just covering them. I don’t want to rush from the first X to the last. I want to experience each painting of God’s love on my life. This morning it’s an empty room, a big yellow blanket, a cup of cinnamon coffee, the Weepies, health, no where to be and no one to hurry me up.

Thank you God for your blessings-for being a God of every moment-every detail-for painting the treasure map of my life with beautiful pictures of your love…slow down my often rushing heart.

from my latest blog post here-http://aprilwright.theworldrace.org

lovebig: ” God was still there, I tried to shake him, but I...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:02:55 -0400

lovebig:

” God was still there, I tried to shake him, but I couldn’t find a place where he wasn’t.” - Donald Miller

it finally happened. mom is on facebook.

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:47:02 -0400

it finally happened. mom is on facebook.

fall found its way to belgrade, serbia.

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:44:00 -0400

fall found its way to belgrade, serbia.

"we’ll be fighting to see if mark is your better bestie or if amanda is mine :P love you and i..."

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:01:04 -0400

“we’ll be fighting to see if mark is your better bestie or if amanda is mine :P
love you and i realize how much i miss and need you!
have a good day. have to go now.”

- i love julia & im missing her ridiculously while she’s away this week.