the beautiful struggle.

Most people fail at whatever they attempt because of an undecided heart. Should I? Should I not? Go forward? Go back? Success requires the emotional balance of a committed heart. When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape. A committed heart does not wait for conditions to be exactly right. Why? Because conditions are never exactly right.

—Andy Andrews (via samuelee)

xjimin:

ohkitcat:

eugthehuge:

“I don’t need you…I hope you see strength in that statement, I need Christ and Him alone…but I choose you because God loved me, I have a choice and because he gave me His wisdom I chose absolutely flawlessly” 

“Loving the moment, hoping for the future, trusting for the present, living for the kingdom.”

“because God loved me.” Wow.. Praying fervently that God is shaping
the heart of my future husband. Shaping my heart as well…
Truly Christ-centered ♥

(Source: hiede)

currently on repeat: william fitzsimmons - just not each other instruction’s already ended & i still have so many tasks and assignments left to do that i don’t want to start or even think about. my mentality is, “there are only a few more weeks left before i move out, i can just start reorganizing my life after i move out.”  but if i don’t start organizing right now, i’m just building my undisciplined habits and stopping myself from becoming the diligent, organized, & put-together person that i so long to be. so i finally decided to start with the visual, physical reorganization by cleaning my room!  i have a tendency to keep anything of sentimental value to me even if it’s something as simple as a receipt to a dinner that led to a memorable night or a life-long friendship. it’s the blending of the simple things in life that make us who we are, right? one of the things that i’ve kept even since high school are my collection of perfumes and scents. fragrances are something that i hold close to me because smells are what most strongly remind me of certain people, special places & moments in time that i will never let go of. but i realized that i never wear these scents anymore. they look pretty & color-coordinated on my dresser, but because they take up so much space, i hate putting my new perfumes next to them because they’re out of place or look cluttered.  i know it’s kind of a dumb analogy, but it’s a physical manifestation of being unable to let go of the past to make room for growth in the present.  so today, i finally decided to part with these perfumes. even though they are sensory representations of who i was or how i felt at the time i wore them, it’s not who i am now. & just because i’m throwing these fragrances out, it doesn’t mean that the impact they had on me are completely thrown out with them because i still carry on the tradition of finding scents that i love most now. i just hope that someday, i’ll randomly smell these fragrances and be able to remember the people, places, and memories that i do when i smell them today. gotta learn to let go to grow.step by step :) goodbye. you’ve been good to me <3

currently on repeat: william fitzsimmons - just not each other

instruction’s already ended & i still have so many tasks and assignments left to do that i don’t want to start or even think about. my mentality is, “there are only a few more weeks left before i move out, i can just start reorganizing my life after i move out.” 

but if i don’t start organizing right now, i’m just building my undisciplined habits and stopping myself from becoming the diligent, organized, & put-together person that i so long to be.

so i finally decided to start with the visual, physical reorganization by cleaning my room! 

i have a tendency to keep anything of sentimental value to me even if it’s something as simple as a receipt to a dinner that led to a memorable night or a life-long friendship. it’s the blending of the simple things in life that make us who we are, right?

one of the things that i’ve kept even since high school are my collection of perfumes and scents. fragrances are something that i hold close to me because smells are what most strongly remind me of certain people, special places & moments in time that i will never let go of.

but i realized that i never wear these scents anymore. they look pretty & color-coordinated on my dresser, but because they take up so much space, i hate putting my new perfumes next to them because they’re out of place or look cluttered. 

i know it’s kind of a dumb analogy, but it’s a physical manifestation of being unable to let go of the past to make room for growth in the present. 

so today, i finally decided to part with these perfumes. even though they are sensory representations of who i was or how i felt at the time i wore them, it’s not who i am now. & just because i’m throwing these fragrances out, it doesn’t mean that the impact they had on me are completely thrown out with them because i still carry on the tradition of finding scents that i love most now. i just hope that someday, i’ll randomly smell these fragrances and be able to remember the people, places, and memories that i do when i smell them today.

gotta learn to let go to grow.
step by step :)

goodbye. you’ve been good to me <3

용서는 있잖아, 힘든게 아니야. 용서는, 마음 속에 방 한 칸만 내주면 되는거야. 우리 할아버지가 그랬어. 진짜 목수는 자기 마음의 집을 잘 짓는 사람이래. 근데 자기는 그 소중한 마음의 집을 그렇게 미워하는 엄마한테 안방, 부엌방 다 내주고 정작 자기 자신은 집 밖에서 덜덜 떨고 있잖아. 그래, 용서가 힘들다는 거 나도 알아. 그치만 우리 아빠는 그 말씀 믿지 않으시고 유부남과 도망칠 뻔한 창피한 딸을 용서하셨구, 우리 결혼도 그렇게 쉽게 허락하셨던 거야. 왠줄 알아? 용서란 미움에게 방 한 칸만 내주면 되는거니까.

And for broken dreams the key is dream again deeper.” - C.S. Lewis

i <3 paris. i <3 google. i <3 this commercial. 

But there’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking.

—Mitch Albom