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| it's about time for ivy's random set of ramblings and ponderings...
hello xanga.
> i just don't feel like sleeping these days. don't get me wrong, i am pretty beat...physically. my bed looks friendly and welcoming and all, but not enough to get me over there. strange. i can't believe this is coming from me. i would usually do anything to fall into hibernation, especially in the winter. so then, what do i do? i find random things to do. most of the time, they are meaningful and a useful chunk of my time in my opinion. but tonight, i actually turn to a xanga post after all these long months.
> i'll choose to suffer tomorrow at work.
> what happened to me this morning won't happen twice in anyone's life. it's just that odd...
so this morning, i was texting and walking to work at the same time. as i approached the dry cleaner's and the froyo cafe, a big, tall, black man stopped me. his actions weren't too threatening. he didn't stop directly in front of me. but he did look a bit intimidating. i stopped and just looked him in the eye. my way of asking, "yesss? who are you?" right away, he says, "after you graduate, we are going to get married."
.....awkwardness. i mean, how do you even respond to that?
no question. just a bold statement. a firm declaration. interesting~ i couldn't help but laugh and smile at him. i just shrugged and said, "alright, i'll give you a call then," and continued towards work. haha. this was by far the most interesting encounter with another person in a year. people just crack me up sometimes.
> taro froyo with strawberry topping...mmm~
> i love the feeling of losing track of time [hours and hours at a time] because you're either doing something you love or spending time with someone you love. in the past, being so deeply present with another in such a deep conversation meant i had to pull an all-nighter to make-up for the time lost for my schoolwork. but hey, no regrets.
> "strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord...as [I] wait upon the Lord..." mm, jubs.
> looking forward to another "boomshakalaka" volleyball season. it has been too long. i know i will suffer this year for not practicing on a regular basis. i will not let down my team though. ahhhhboom!
> the last time i ran was during the half marathon. okay, just kidding. i've been to the ima once or twice after. come spring! i am planning on taking dance 101. anyone, anyone? come spring and i shall go for morning jogs to gasworks like before.
> "sex God." by rob bell. read it.
> "captivating." by john and stasi eldredge. read this too. especially the guys.
> "blue like jazz." by donald miller. yup. ok, i'll stop.
> oh Creative One~ please pour out some of your Creative Juice upon me. please. please? it will come. it will. in due time. yessss.
> so God sometimes has His ways of talking to you, but not directly. He most def speaks through my design projects. very convicting fosho. even though they may not have turned out the best in the class, i can confidently say that i got the most out of them than anyone of my classmates. mwahaha. put these together: seatac + eyes + water... man, what next?
> "take me deeper~"
> jen tells me we got a new flat screen tv. i should go home soon to check that out. sweet. i barely watch tv though. but still, sweetness.
> i am excited for summer. we shall see how it unfolds this year...
> i like this quote: "in the midst of winter, i found there was, within me, an invincible summer." - albert camus
> water is life.
> i want to go swimming. <><
> no, better yet, i want to walk on water. :p
> i am missing a handful of people these days. i hope to go to cali!
> tell me i'm weird, but i've been wanting to attend a wedding lately, badly. congrats scott and grace! lisa says she predicted this from the very beginning. when scott met grace. at a worship arts meeting. in vision hall. of nlf. :)
> coming series: "more than conquerers!" ponder ponderings~
> just for laners~ jump for joy! xp!
> "...[i] will wait upon the Lord."
> enough rambling and randomness and weirdness for tonight. good night~ ^^V
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| life is indeed like a painting.
mine fills with thick, heavy strokes...thin, fine lines...
sharp, rigid ones...curvy, flowing ones...
there are various colors used...black and white, warm colors and cool colors...
there's a great deal of blending and mixing of shades going on...
there are layers and layers of paint added upon another...nice and thick and full of texture...
different pressure points are applied as the brush brushes across the canvas...
a different rhythm and pace as the Master's hand chooses the direction for the masterpiece...
but.
i only can see one stroke at a time, one dab at a time...
i am staring at this brush tip that goes up and down, left and right, up, up, down...
my eyes seem to be only fixed upon a zoomed area in this huge, huge painting...
i cannot see the bigger picture.
what is this Genius painting?
what does it look like from where He's at?
a painter never paints one area of detail after one area of detail until completion...
a painter always has a strategy, an outline of the whole painting planned and done before getting down to the layers...
one layer at a time...
there is an order...background, middleground, foreground...
a painter never gets caught up in just the details during the whole process...
a painter always takes a moment to step back from the canvas and gaze from a distance at the entire thing for a good few minutes at least...
to check if anything is off...
to see if something is a bit whack...
the direction and vision of the entire piece must keep its pace, must flow to the right direction...so the artist must take that step back and refocus...
those moments are precious.
those moments are much needed.
it's easy to get caught up in the details.
it's easy to forget to zoom out and refresh.
just stare.
analyze.
critique.
gaze.
at a distance, that is.
in other words, reflect. examine.
any missed spots?
notice any errors?
where can you enhance?
is everything connected?
anything out of place?
are you enjoying the piece?
drop what you are doing and take some moments from time to time to just...
stare and reflect and refocus and go through the difficult process of self-examination.
stop what you are doing and take some moments from time to time to just...
pray and listen and ask and wonder and thank and cry and laugh and go to the place where Abba is standing, waiting for you to help you discover something new of yourself.
this year, i will take more of those moments.
and go another layer deeper in understanding the message of this masterpiece before me.
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| who does xanga these days anyway?
updating will be overwhelming.
much has happened the past few months.
i just won't know where to start.
it'll be easier to just talk in person and catch up, yeah?
just livin' life to the fullest...
thanks Abba~
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