Let me start by saying this is a personal chronicle of a slow realization, one that has been held in… Read more Hopes and FOMO, may you rest in peace.
Category: Commentaries on Culture
arts and values and math
There are so many investments we make in life–art is only one of them–that are tangible, valuable, and even virtuous, but can never be measured mathematically.
Life is as hard as you make it!
I always wonder what people mean when they say their life is complicated, or hard. Do they think their life… Read more Life is as hard as you make it!
Victim of Circumstance
[Marian of Knighton from BBC Robin Hood, as well as the secondary villian of the show, Sir Guy of Gisbourne]… Read more Victim of Circumstance
Beating facebook
I have now gotten to the point where I only check facebook once every day or so to see if… Read more Beating facebook
My deep impact books.
I was talking with a friend about curriculums and unit studies and books for children and it got me thinking…… Read more My deep impact books.
Life is hard work.
Frequently, believers will treat God like the magic genie or giant vending machine in the sky. We ask Him to… Read more Life is hard work.
It’s a miracle!
Stop and smell the roses. — Old Proverb It’s easy to think our lives are so drab and hard and boring and… Read more It’s a miracle!
Love! You didn’t do right by me.
Love! You didn’t do right by me. To send me a Joe who had winter and snow in his heart… Read more Love! You didn’t do right by me.
From last September.
The things that can make one wise are both few and numerous, I believe. On the one hand you have… Read more From last September.
Attitude
[The following is an edited excerpt from a post of mine on the forum “I’m Waiting For My Irish Shepherd”, dated… Read more Attitude
Rachel O'Laughlin 