life, wanted.

vote: dead or alive.

encouragement

because

long live the queen

widow's offering

Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins,worth only a fraction of a penny.
Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on."
mark 12.41-44

help me Lord
give all that i am to you
my heart
my time
my strength
my money
my thoughts
my weaknesses
turn every mourning into dancing
every blessing into praise
every breath
every need
every desire
for you alone.

babys mama

where can i get one, two, or three cute kids to match these clothes?
makie

new mercies

this is the sakura tree i pass every morning
all winter i've been waiting for it to bloom
now it has and soon it will go away
leaves will take the place of the cherry blossoms
i am naming it fleeting beauty

p.s. i love you

oh i love letters.
writing them
receiving them
its a lost art
but i'm excited!
i'll be writing my fingers off soon :)
Lenka Clayton & Michael Crowe
you guys are so brilliant.
i hope to receive a letter from you
check out their story: mysterious letters

i will not ask for more

a wish your heart makes

"Those who have compared our life to a dream were right…We sleeping wake, and waking sleep."
Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1580

long live mcqueen

but what are these?

marriage vs post modern love

what is marriage?
"Marriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found. Such a union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding. People marry for many reasons, most often including one or more of the following: legal, social, emotional, economical, spiritual, and religious. These might include arranged marriages, family obligations, the legal establishment of a nuclear family unit, the legal protection of children and public declaration of love." wikipedia

what is love?
"Love is any of a number of emotions related to a sense of strong affection and attachment. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure ("I loved that meal") to intense interpersonal attraction ("I love my wife"). This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states. As an abstract concept, love usually refers to a deep, ineffable feeling of tenderly caring for another person. Even this limited conception of love, however, encompasses a wealth of different feelings, from the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love to the nonsexual emotional closeness of familial and platonic love to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love. Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts." wikipedia

what is marriage?
a commitment. to love, to cherish, for better or for worse, sickness and in health. with or without feelings. why else would you declare such things at the altar in front of all your beloveds if love was supposed to be easy?
what is love?
is it feelings? is it i'll love you until i get tired of you?
or is it sacrifice?
i think along the way, we forgot what love and marriage really mean.
these days all we ever talk about is...gay marriages, divorces, prenuptials, trial separations, cohabitations, swingers, blah blah blah.
it makes me think... maybe they had it right from the beginning.
when two were wed and they loved because they just did.
regardless of wanting to, or being forced to, or whatnot.
we're so wrapped up in this society of post modern love
just pawns of recreational dating.
what has happened to our world?
all we ever talk about is love
everything we create is love inspired.
but we make our own rules, and we live our own ways
we eschew the laws of love and we turn to our selfish needs and wants
but what if we really only did what we felt?
like if i didn't feel like putting gas in my car
well, sooner or later my car would stop.
so how do we fuel the love in our lives?
like most things,
everything starts with me
surrender to the needs of others
for they say it is better to give than to receive
and truly,
not because it makes us "feel" good, but because it benefits another
we should live, breathe, talk, act as if my needs are not as important as someone else's.
and when one receives that love and care
would they not do the same for you or for another
and then there would be a chain reaction of love
over and over and the world over
then love wouldn't be a task or force
it would be a pleasure.
i suppose then it will be easier to make a commitment of life to another
and saying that you love someone would actually mean something.
i'd too like to love and be loved in the same selfless way.
everytime i read this passage it makes me say, what is this love?
"So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her." genesis 29.20
he loved her so much, that he could have waited all those years. not 7, 14!
i wonder what kind of relationship they had
i don't think they bothered bickering about prenups or cohabitations or big weddings or where they were going to live or what they could bring to the table.
they simply loved
and they simply enjoyed one another's presence
and no doubt,
praised God for bringing them together in love.

colour me mine

it was such a lovely hot weekend.
i'm ready for spring.

wink wink

;)
if you ever thought that a wink was a flirty gesture,
i'm here to tell you
you are wrong
the opening and closing of one eye is not for the attention of another
it is a mere relief effort
to the beloved organ
that is suffering from a
stye
yes my puffy lefteye is in need of some tlc
i am batting my lashes to give it some air to breathe
if i get caught in public
i'm sorry
for all yous who got winked at, or think you did
better have a double take
you might be flattering yourself too often
ha

vogue nippon

2008 yelena yemchuk

1954

original chopsticks from paris, france
nina ricci
pierre balmain
balenciaga
christian dior

colored chopsticks

W january 2010

your baby can read

"love is patient and kind"
oh, i fail.

i see a lot of steps ahead
doubt creeps in
but love never fails.
so i must not be done yet