Life Lessons With Lydia (and a Nov/Dec update)

The past few weeks have been exhausting, exhilarating, and educational:exhausting because you run on minimal sleep, exhilarating because life always throws a curveball or three and educational because well, you never stop learning. I have not written in a few weeks but in the meantime, I have been thinking and reflection about what I want to write. There is so much I have experienced and wrestled with the past few months but along the way I have discovered life lessons to abide by and things that naturally, I also struggle with. Ignore my cheesy title, I promise you will find these life lessons very applicable.

Merry Christmas!

Quote of the Day 12/22/11

"Just because the solutions of problems are not visible at any particular time does not mean that those problems will never be alleviated -- or confined to tolerable dimensions."                                  [M. I. Abramowitz]

Quote of the Day 12/20/11

"Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be, and he will become as he can and should be."    [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]

Quote of the Day 12/11/11

"Let us be very careful not to fall into the trap of the world. The world views things only relative to man and to self. The Word of God views things relative to the Father, Son, and Spirit. Mankind is not the center of all things. No matter how great anyone's name might become, it is still far behind His. Our name comes from His life; the name of our Lord comes from the resurrection--the event unique to Him. The world has a problem; it seeks to honor, uphold, exonerate and generally praise itself. Our place and the place of the entire world system is to praise and exalt God. When people of the Bible caught a glimpse of Him, their lives were changed. Perhaps our lives remain stagnate because we do not spend enough time looking at Him."         [Roger Anderson]

Quote of the Day 12/9/11

"In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds."    [Aristotle] 

Quote of the Day 12/7/11

Still alive, promise. its almost finals week. 


"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, 'press on' has solved, and always will solve, the problems of the human race."           [Calvin Coolidge]

Quote of the Day 12/3/11

"Don't talk unless you can improve the silence."          [Jorge Luis Borges]

Quote of the Day 12/1/11

"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."       [Joseph Addison]