February 2011
85 posts
“There’s too many reasons to smile than to frown. Too many reasons to be nice than to be mean. Haven’t you picked up that life is too short? Too short.”
—Betelgeuseee (via ohbabyitsnatalie)
January 2011
121 posts
“When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.”
—Yogi Bhajan (via elige)
“We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.”
—Henry Miller (via bookoasis)
25I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. (Psalm 37:25, King James Version)
“How easy it flows - from heart, to pen, to page; the Love we do scribe for the ones we Love - a timeless thing to save.”
—nolan minori
“More critical is the change for the worse in oneself, that one cannot mark, than the change for the better that one can.”
—nolan minori
write.
maybe i can write the wrongs i can’t any other way.
SOTU tonight! Tune in!
i treat all people like novels..
some shorter than others, but each one read thoroughly through & through. never have i ever attempted to edit or change anything..only to take away & store within the pages of my own novel as much knowledge as i can..hoping that in skimming through the text someone might deem me worth reading.
steadfast
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. ~ Romans 12:12
Perfection and infinitude are God’s business. Striving and struggling - with His help and guidance and unfailing Love - are ours.
“Ay, believe in God like the sun up in the sky!
Science can tell us how how but they cant tell us why
I seen a baby cry then seconds later she laughed, the beauty of life-
The pain never lasts
The rain always past, the sun don’t always shine
When its gone im lonely, but when its there I’m fine
I hate the winter time because the nights come quicker
The light make them whites think Im a nice young nigga
But at night they think twice and walk a little faster
Its funny, 100 yrs ago I would of called I’d a call this nigga master” —J. Cole (via lasersnotlosers)
Science can tell us how how but they cant tell us why
I seen a baby cry then seconds later she laughed, the beauty of life-
The pain never lasts
The rain always past, the sun don’t always shine
When its gone im lonely, but when its there I’m fine
I hate the winter time because the nights come quicker
The light make them whites think Im a nice young nigga
But at night they think twice and walk a little faster
Its funny, 100 yrs ago I would of called I’d a call this nigga master” —J. Cole (via lasersnotlosers)
lauryn hill x the miseducation of lauryn hill #NOWPLAYING
don’t ever seek perfection. it will ruin you.
twitter rant
-+- you know, i’ve noticed that almost everything we elaborately articulate is but an iteration or recapitulation of what’s been said/written b4
-+- it’s kinda cool how timeless and timely #wisdom is - like well preserved honey, it never grows trite or rotten… #amazing
-+- i want to get the most out of my education - i long for a deep, abiding, enduring learning - that informs my thinking and eventual vocation
“If they don’t know your dreams than they can’t shoot them down.”
—J. Cole (via jewelssoprecious)
Play
“Jimmer Fredette is a beast!”
— me
“I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
—Psalm 4:8 (via thehopemovement)
“To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experiences and the fruits of many inquiries.”
—A. C. Grayling, Financial Times (via bookoasis)
“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”
—Sigmund Freud (via violentcraving)
“Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.”
—Louisa May Alcott (via robertaradiance)
At age 8, your dad buys you an ice cream. You thanked him by dripping it all over his lap. When you were 9 years old, he paid for piano lessons. You thanked him by never even bothering to practice. When you were 10 years old he drove you all day, from soccer to football to one birthday party after another. You thanked him by jumping out of the car and never looking back. When you were 11 years old, he took you and your friends to the movies. You thanked him by asking to sit in a different row. When you were 12 years old, he warned you not to watch certain TV shows. You thanked him by waiting until he left the house. When you were 13, he suggested a haircut that was in fashion. You thanked him by telling him he had no taste. When you were 14, he paid for a month away at summer camp. You thanked him by forgetting to write a single letter. When you were 15, he came home from work, looking for a hug. You thanked him by having your bedroom door locked. When you were 16, he taught you how to drive his car. You thanked him by taking it every chance you could. When you were 17, he was expecting an important call. You thanked him by being on the phone all night. When you were 18, he cried at your high school graduation. You thanked him by staying out partying until dawn. When you were 19, he paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus carried your bags. You thanked him by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends. When you were 25, he helped to pay for your wedding, and he told you how deep he loved you. You thanked him by moving halfway across the country. When you were 50, he fell ill and needed you to take care of him . You thanked him by reading about the burden parents become to their children. And then, one day, he quietly died. And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder on YOUR HEART. If you love your dad, reblog.
The Brown and the Beautiful: Live Life Colored →
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I am living life colored, not solely because of the melanin in my skin, but through the raw emotion that I will acknowledge and experience.
I will always choose the rainbow: I choose to keep the company of diverse groups of people; I choose to embrace the unexperienced and the unfamiliar; I…
The Brown and the Beautiful: She's My Queeeen! →
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Call me spoiled, call me lazy; however, that is not that case. I’m just his Queen. My boyfriend is willing to do anything for me. When I ask for some water or a plate of food, he’ll get it for me. If I fall asleep early, he’ll take my jewelry off (for the fear that I’ll choke in my…
Useful Ignorance
There is something servile in the habit of seeking after a law which we may obey. We may study the laws of matter at and for our convenience, but a successful life knows no law. It is an unfortunate discovery certainly, that of a law which binds us where we did not know before that we were bound. Live free, child of the mist—and with respect to knowledge we are all children of the mist. The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker. “That is active duty,” says the Vishnu Purana, “which is not for our bondage; that is knowledge which is for our liberation. All other duty is good only unto weariness; all other knowledge is only the cleverness of an artist.”
- Henry David Thoreau
An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the problem Science has with God, the Almighty. He asked one of his new Christian students to stand.
- Professor: You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?
- Student: Yes, sir.
- Professor: So, you believe in God?
- Student: Absolutely, sir.
- Professor: Is God good?
- Student: Sure.
- Professor: My brother died of cancer, even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is God good, then? Hmm?
- (Student was silent)
- Professor: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?
- Student: Yes.
- Professor: Is Satan good?
- Student: No.
- Professor: Where does Satan come from?
- Student: From.. God.
- Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
- Student: Yes.
- Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?
- Student: Yes.
- Professor: So who created evil?
- (Student didn’t answer)
- Professor: Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
- Student: Yes, sir.
- Professor: So, who created them?
- (Student had no answer)
- Professor: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son.. have you ever seen God?
- Student: No, sir.
- Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your God.
- Student: No, sir.
- Professor: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God, for that matter?
- Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
- Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
- Student: Yes.
- Professor: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your God doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
- Student: Nothing. I only have my Faith.
- Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
- Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
- Professor: Yes.
- Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?
- Professor: Yes.
- Student: No, sir, there isn’t.
- (The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)
- Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of Heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
- (There was a pon-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)
- Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
- Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
- Student: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light… But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and it’s called Darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
- Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?
- Student: Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
- Professor: Flawed? Can you explain how?
- Student: Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
- Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes of course, I do.
- Student: Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
- (The professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)
- Student: Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
- (The class was in uproar)
- Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
- (The class broke out into laughter)
- Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? .. No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?
- (The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
- Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son.
- Student: That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving!
- That student was Albert Einstein.
Reblog if you're against homophobia and racism.
on my people.
Deploying hyperbole in the chronicling of our struggle, or the detailing of our greatness, will always miss the mark. Our tale transcends the infinite expressiveness of the effable.
-nolan minori
Michael Jackson
Still the greatest. Still my favorite artist of all time. Still the 1.
