Jean Valjean's Tombstone

"He is asleep. Though his mettle was sorely tried,
He lived, and when he lost his angel, died.
It happened calmly, on its own,
The way night comes when day is done."
- Victor Hugo
This is beautiful. <3

To Thine Own Self be True...

“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
―William Shakespeare
I love this quote from Shakespeare. It makes sense, and, because it's from Shakespeare, it's written in such a beautiful way.
Everything has to work from the inside out, from the bottom up. If you were building a house, you wouldn't start from the top. It wouldn't work, because what you were building would fall down. Just like gravity doesn't let you work from the top down, virtue is impossible to have only when in front of people.
How can you be truer to yourself?

How Great Thou Art

"O Lord my God,

When I in awesome wonder

Consider all

The worlds thy hands hath made,

I see the stars,

I hear the rolling thunder,

Thy pow'r throughout

The universe displayed;

Then sings my soul,

My Saviour God, to thee,

How great thou art!

How great thou art!

Then sings my soul,

My Saviour God, to thee,

How great thou art!

How great thou art!

When through the woods

And forest glades I wander

I hear the birds

Sing sweetly in the trees;

When I look down

From lofty mountain grandeur

And hear the brook

And feel the gentle breeze;

Then sings my soul,

My Saviour God, to thee,

How great thou art!

How great thou art!

Then sings my soul,

My Saviour God, to thee,

How great thou art!

How great thou art!

And when I think,

That God, His Son not sparing;

Sent Him to die,

I scarce can take it in;

That on the Cross,

My burden gladly bearing,

He bled and died

To take away my sin.

Then sings my soul,

My Saviour God, to thee,

How great thou art!

How great thou art!

Then sings my soul,

My Saviour God, to thee,

How great thou art!

How great thou art!

When Christ shall come,

With shouts of acclamation,

And take me home,

What joy shall fill my heart!

Then I shall bow

In humble adoration

And there proclaim,

"My God, how great Thou art!"

Then sings my soul,

My Saviour God, to thee,

How great thou art!

How great thou art!

Then sings my soul,

My Saviour God, to thee,

How great thou art!

How great thou art!"

This is how I feel today. I feel God's greatness and love for me in everything. <3

Snow Picture

This is a picture I took a few days ago. I love pictures with snow and treses and sunsets. <3

Kindness

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”
― Mother Teresa

Today I'm trying to make an effort to be kind and loving.

What can you do today to be the expression of God's kindness?

Poem

Hello! I can't think of anything very good to post today, so I guess I'll post a poem I wrote for one of my classes about the United States of America.
"America is special,
For being for the free.
America is special,
And it is part of me.
America is special,
For blood and sweat and tears.
America is special,
The land of pioneers.
America is beautiful, glorious and bright,
America is special, let us keep it a light."

You are Meant to Change the World

Everybody was born to do something that nobody else can do as well as him/her. We all have unique talents that God gave us, which we need to develop in order to change the world for the better.
So, we all need to list the talents we have and how we can develop them. Small talents, such as seeing the cheerful side of things, can change the world, even if only for a few people.


Here's a video called Be Remarkable:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F76jr0tJemE