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- Apr 10, 2016
- 2 min
Southern Charm
My favorite thing about being from the south is enjoying its little unique charms; cooking, “rustic” living, hospitality, and all sorts of little quirks only a true southern can understand but everyone can appreciate. One of my favorites: mason jars. We use them for everything, storage, eating, drinking, decorating, the list goes on and on. So today for blog Saturday, Javaun and I went to one of my favorite brunch spots called “Sun in My Belly,” if you ever get a chance go an
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- Apr 10, 2016
- 4 min
Conquering Mountains
Disclaimer: this blog will probably be the longest one I ever write, so feel free to take your time because you won’t want to miss a line. So let me first apologize for my selfish silence, its been an EXTREMELY busy 3 weeks filled with so many stories, adventures, ups, downs, and most importantly one the most significant transitions of my life. Part 1: The Climb So currently I’m sitting at the top of Stone Mountain- this was one of THE MOST PHYSICALLY CHALLENGING things I’ve
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- Apr 24, 2014
- 1 min
Quoted
“God grant me the serenity to accept things that I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
Reinhold Niehbur I never understood this quote before and I always thought it was so beautiful. But like many things in life we learn to accept sad truth. Experience brings wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. Today, I have been enlightened to the meaning of this quote and suddenly it became a little less beautiful. My Directive:
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- Apr 17, 2014
- 2 min
Sidewalk Prophets?
Everyday, without fail I am a witness to the consistency and fervency of this organization’s commitment to evangelism. On countless occasions they are politely or even aggressively ignored. However, they return daily unaffected by their constant dismissal. I began to think to myself why are they being rejected? Why do people take their pamphlets and 10 seconds later discard it without reviewing it’s contents. Is it because it would interrupt the flow of their day or because t
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- Apr 17, 2014
- 2 min
Drafts
It’s amazing how many life changing speeches go unheard. Or how many prolific dissertations have gone unpublished. Or how many sheets of paper were wasted on unfinished marriage vows. Why? Because they were simply drafts, preliminary versions of a piece of writing. The beginning stages of genius to be revisited or the sparing of unfruitful and unsuccessful literary work. Regardless of their type of draft, they are never given chance to become what they could have been. Transl
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