con

"you don't dream of, you soñar con."
- prof. colburn

me gusta la palabra "con."
soñar con,... es tan bonita, no?

do it

forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
- mark twain

forgiveness is Beauty.
forgiveness is Love.

and

it's true.

not all who wander are lost.
because
i feel like i'm wandering...

but i don't feel lost at all.
at all.

and God is showing me so much every day.
i can't take it all in.
but i'm loving and thanking Him for each moment.
AHHHHHHHHHH
i feel so free in You.

before i go,

you can kiss your family and friends good-bye and
put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with
you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not
just live in a world but a world lives in you.
- frederick buechner; telling the truth

faith never knows where it is being led.
but it knows and loves the One who is leading.
- oswald chambers


my fam and friends with me
Jesus in me
no doubt within me
so free free free
i'm in Love with Thee

ashley,

prayer is listening. - dk

sunfish

our dinner conversation yesterday centered mainly around fish.
i have no clue why.
maybe because we were eating at the guppy house.
but somehow ernest was talking about this weird, sausage-looking fish he saw in korea.
and edward continued, saying that the uglier the fish, the tastier.
then ernest started to imitate this really ugly fish. he couldn't remember the name!
so out of frustration and showing that he understood what ernest was referring to, edward started imitating the ugly fish too. hands and all.
i wasn't embarrassed. i promise.
and dustin started saying he thinks he knows the fish they're talking about, saying the fish looks like a giant rock. like this! *and he started petting his arm as if it were a rock or something...
the waitress kept walking by our table to the next table. but i realized...no one was even at the next table.
long story short, we finally found the fish.
on his iphone, ernest typed many search words like: big ugly fish, two long fins ugly fish, really ugly fish mouth, big face fish, etc. we eventually found it on the monterrey bay aquarium website and celebrated. (my brother remembered seeing the fish at the same aquarium.) and we finally figured out its name:

OCEAN SUNFISH
what a pretty name! for such a...unique fish!
it's a little ugly at first sight,
but i think it's CUTE!

so now, i want to see one!
let's go one day!

i

bowed to all the golden people and golden things, to one day be golden too.
but Jesus was in the furnace.

leave the light on

said mama papa do
leave the light on
when i'm comin' home to you


'cause I get scared in the dark at night
when I can't find my key
so leave the light on for me.

i was never so relieved to see the sunrise.
5. 5:30. 6...6:30.........the sun didn't want to wake up.
fell asleep around 8 am.

i remember thinking before i went to bed,
i wouldn't mind if every day were like today.

waking up to my body's own alarm clock.
laughing and dancing with oppa to ghood (no typo) music.
eating a yummy meal by umma.
reading in bed and falling asleep like a full baby.
talking to a precious friend all night.

but it was so hard to sleep.
it took so long to get myself to turn the light off.
the darkness too thick and heavy.
the silence too loud.
the mind a jellyfish in its own sea of thoughts.

floating. drowning?

but one thought stood out;
don't get too comfortable.
don't wish every day was like today.
there's not enough time to get comfortable.

and always give thanks
even when you're not comfortable.
you're not supposed to be comfortable.
there's no time for that in this world.

and i got scared.
went to the restroom three more times.
turned this laptop on and off about twice.
and fell asleep with a book in my face.