The Little Things of Life.//

      "Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life

is made up of little things."

Frank A. Clark

This quote has been resonating deep within me lately. 

The little things of life,

what a sentiment.

These past months I've found myself in a crazy

work, school, 'just survive'

cycle of sorts.

My heart dreaming BIG dreams...

wanting to do this, and that,

and everything...

but, my life being caught up in the daily,

little miniscule things.

Life has brought me into a season of being consumed with the little things,

and it has caused me to really value those little things.

Looking towards what lies ahead for me,

I know its going to be filled with hard work,

and sacrifice and a lot of those 'little' things.

But, I know in order for those BIG things in my heart to take place,

I must take ahold of those little things and allow them to become 

a meaningful part of my life journey.

peace. love. joy.

The Baby//

"The baby not ready for light or air or germs or loud raping men in uniforms.

The umbilical cord still dangling, still attached to the mother bleeding all over the 

Congolese soil, the mother whose baby was severed from the cord and then tossed

in the air like a ball by soldiers, the baby too embryonic to indicate pain,

unable to cry or scream out, in front of the women,

whose babies had already been taken or murdered or strangled or dropped in the forest.

Then the soldiers tossing the baby into a boiling pot, one of them with a knife, jabbing at the boiling

flesh, raising it from the pot and shoving it at the women, scorching their mouths.

Eat the baby or die. Eat the baby of have your head blown off.."

{Excerpt from "In the Body of the World" by Eve Ensler}

A reminder to all of us in the western world

that fill our lives with pettiness and empty noise.

May we remember those around the world,

whom live outside of our precious little bubble

and choose to live our lives for causes greater than ourselves.

peace. love. joy.