Quote of the Day

“We cannot rely on ourselves, for we have learned by bitter experience the folly of self-confidence. We are compelled to look to the Lord alone. Blessed is the wind that drives the ship into the harbor. Blessed is the distress that forces us to rest in our God."      [Charles H. Spurgeon]

fear less, experience more

     Midterms are finally over and I can finally write a little bit again about something that has been on my mind over the past few days. I love Colbie Caillat... especially a lot ever since I saw her in concert at the House of Blues in Anaheim this past summer. Something about her, she is so calm and collected and so genuine about what she rights. One of my favorite songs of hers is "Fearless."  As I have driven to work lately, I have listened to that song and it got me thinking about what it means or what it is to fearless. I think that when we hear the word "fearless" we think about someone that is not scared of anything, as the dictionary defines it: "lacking fear" or "without fear." We can look at people we know or have known or even perhaps learned about and label them as fearless. We see such courage and strength in these people and wish we could be like them.

     I believe that it is impossible to be completely fearless, but I do believe that it is possible to fear-less. Even the strongest, bravest, biggest people have fears of some sort, but they don't allow themselves to be controlled by their fears. We all have many fears: fear of getting hurt, fear of knowing the truth, fear of rejection, fear of public speaking fear of heights, fear of bugs, and the list goes on and on. These fears hinder our ability to act in the way we ultimately wish we could. We don't go after the job we want because we are afraid we might not get it, we are afraid of traveling because we afraid of heights, we are afraid to talk to someone because they might reject us or perhaps on the flip side, we are afraid to be ourselves because we are afraid of what someone is going to think.

Quote of the Day 10/18/11

"Out of clutter find simplicity; 

From discord find harmony; 

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

[Albert Einstein]

Quote of the Day 9/29/11

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.        [Francis Bacon]