★ A Breath of Life

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, ‘In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!’
John F. Kennedy

Sally, do you sometimes wish you didn’t have to go home? Do you wish your feet would one day keep walking and take you far away from Mango Street, far away and maybe your feet would stop in front of a house, a nice one with flowers and big windows and steps for you to […]

Life is a book and you are
its author. Believing in your own
intuition and instincts is key.
Asking yourself new and empowering
questions and writing your thoughts
and observations will allow you
the freedom to take both small steps and
great strides. There is not one name
for happiness, contentment, or caring.
Let the words that you write
here serve as your own key […]

In TOK we had to choose a song which we thought would be timeless and we had to defend why we thought it would be so. I chose the song from Beauty and the Beast, Tale as Old as Time because as it says, it is a tale as old as time that will continue […]

“Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by the same currents”, said the old man,”if you want to learn about your own treasure, you will have to give me one-tenth of your flock”
Hahaha, preparing for my oral commentary tomorrow by analyzing this quote, jk. This is from Paulo Coelho’s […]

I was confronted by 4 doctors the day before President
Bush announced the US policy on embryonic stem cell
research. Without asking my opinion, these friends
demanded to know: “Why do you oppose stem cell
research?” I told them I was very much in favor of
stem cell research. But I do have 2 questions for
them.
“Do you know that […]

By Macy Gray
Someone once told me the grass is much greener
On the other side

And I paid a visit
well, it’s possible I missed it
It seemed different, yet exactly the same (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Til further notice (til further notice)
I’m in-between (i’m in between)
From where I’m standing (from where in standing)
My grass is green

Someone once told me the […]

I’ve been asked before, what’s better being pessimistic or optimistic? Pessimism makes you strive to be better and never too careful, but optimism keeps you going and joyful… so which is it? I’ve always said both, but I don’t think it every made as much sense as this that sums it all up:
Hope for the […]

Bolahahgna, I had such a hard time deciding on my senior quote XD Thanks to all who helped me even though the majority of you picked not what I did haha… :3
BUT, the final decision made by me was…
“Remember that happiness is a way of travel - not a destination”
~Roy M. Goodman
I really liked all […]

“My favorite color is white because it has all the colors. That way you can have all the colors”
kyuuu… Stephen is so cute :3, sometimes it takes the perspective of a 5 year old to really make you think. I couldn’t remember exactly what it was, but he said something like this. He was one […]