ocean_beauty06

You know your long day at work will be off to a good start when you go an hour early, your boss buys you breakfast on her way to work, your counter is full of snacks and gifts from other offices, and you're sitting there sipping on your supreme hot coco and can't take that crispy chicken sandwich that you're getting l...ater for lunch outta your mind. mmmm, man, I love my job. :)

But I'm tired all I could wish for right now is my comfy bed.

If you pray for patience, do you think God just gives you patience? Or does He give you opportunities to be patient? If you pray for courage, do you think He just gives you courage, or opportunities to be courageous?

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
C. S. Lewis ♥

 

That's what i came home to after a long semester and life draining week.

"You will never know true happiness until you have truly loved, and you will never understand what pain really is until you have lost it"

"Where there is love, nothing is missing"

Finals over! Papers still to go! All better be done by tomorrow! NO LATER!!!! Looking forward to Friday – shopping day and eating out with the girls to finish this semester! Productive break of my own, we’re so close, yet so far away. I hate goodbyes, but sometimes "goodbye means a second chance".


 
That’s EXCATLY how I feel right about THIS moment!

The Creation of Woman..

By the time the Lord made woman,
He was into his sixth day of working overtime.
An angel appeared and said,
'Why are you spending so much time on this one?'
And the Lord answered, 'Have you seen my spec sheet on her?
She has to be completely washable, but not plastic,
have over 200 movable parts, all replaceable
and able to run on diet coke and leftovers,
have a lap that can hold four children at one time,
have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart
-and she will do everything
with only two hands.'

The angel was astounded at the requirements.
'Only two hands!? No way!
And that's just on the standard model?
That's too much work for one day.
Wait until tomorrow to finish.'

'But I won't, ' the Lord protested.
'I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my own heart.
She already heals herself when she is sick
AND can work 18 hour days.'

The angel moved closer and touched the woman.
'But you have made her so soft, Lord.'
'She is soft,' the Lord agreed,
'but I have also made her tough.
You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish.'

'Will she be able to think?', asked the angel.
The Lord replied,
'Not only will she be able to think,
she will be able to reason and negotiate.'

The angel then noticed something,
and reaching out, touched the woman's cheek.
'Oops, it looks like you have a leak in this model.
I told you that you were trying to put too much into this one.'

'That's not a leak,'
the Lord corrected,
'that's a tear!'
'What's the tear for?' the angel asked.

The Lord said, 'The tear is her way of expressing her joy,
her sorrow, her pain, her disappointment, her love,
her loneliness, her grief and her pride. '
The angel was impressed.
'You are a genius, Lord.
You thought of everything!
Woman is truly amazing.'

And she is!
Women have strengths that amaze men.
They bear hardships and they carry burdens,
but they hold happiness,
love and joy.
They smile when they want to scream.
They sing when they want to cry.
They cry when they are happy
and laugh when they are nervous.
They fight for what they believe in.

This is very telling of our nature as women... I am glad someone has put it soo well
- Blessing be upon you
A. Monydit

Campus closed at three. Why didn't they canceled this morning? It was really, really, bad. Walking on thin ice and with every step you feel like falling is not fun. That was the longest walk of my life. It's better now. Still in library finishing up papers. For the life of me, my headache won't go away, and I just need these two weeks to disappear.

On a brighter note, I bought seven mini boxes of hot chocolate, each a different flavor and each with six bags. I didn't even know hot chocolate came in different flavors. I've been drinking just the regular hot chocolate all these years for nothing. The ultimate chocolate flavor is the best, but it's the only one i tasted so far. Yay! for chocolate. :)

Oh, not to mention that that library provides hot chocolate, tea, coffee and bagels for these two weeks. YAY GV!!!!

ALMOST one class down, three more to go! yay!

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلا أَنْتَ

Allahumma anta Rabbi la ilaha illa Anta Khalaqtani wa ana abduka, wa ana ‘ala ahdika wa wa’dika mastata’tu, A’udhu bika min Sharri ma sana’tu, abu’u Laka bini’atika ‘alaiya, wa Abu’u Laka bidhanbi faghfirli fainnahu la yaghfiru adhdhunuba illa anta

O Allah! You are my Lord! None has the right to be worshipped but You. You created me and I am Your slave, and I am faithful to my covenant and my promise as much as I can. I seek refuge with You from all the evil I have done. I acknowledge before You all the blessings You have bestowed upon me, and I confess to You all my sins. So I entreat You to forgive my sins, for nobody can forgive sins except You.[sahih al-Bukhari; 8,75,318, at-Tirmidhi; 3393, an-Nasa'i; 5522, Ahmad; 16662]

Shaddad ibn Aws (radiAllahu anhu) relates that the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said that he (Sayyid al-Istighfar) most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allah is to say (the above du’a). That “If somebody recites it during the day with firm faith in it, and dies on the same day before the evening, he will be from the people of Paradise; and if somebody recites it at night with firm faith in it, and dies before the morning, he will be from the people of Paradise.”

Born To Fly


I've been telling my dreams to the scare crow
About the places that I'd like to see.
I say, "Friend, do you think I'll ever get there?"
But he just stands there smiling back at me.

So I confess my sins to the preacher.
About the love I've been praying to find.
"Is there a brown eyed boy in my future?"
And he says, "Girl, you've got nothing but time."

But how do wait for heaven?
And who has that much time?
And how do you keep your feet on the ground,
When you know that you were born,

You were born to fly?
My daddy, he's grounded like the oak tree.
My momma, she's steady as the sun.
Oh, you know I love my folks, but I keep staring down the road.

Just looking for my one chance to run.
Yeah, cause I will soar away like the blackbird.
I will blow in the wind like a sea
I will plant my heart in the garden of my dreams

And I will grow up where I'll wander wild and free.
But how do you wait for heaven?
And who has that much time?
And how do you keep your feet on the ground

When you know you were born,
You were born to fly?

This is so me...

I wish I knew if what I am thinking is true...but how could it be?

Not every word is meant to be written. Not every voice is meant to be heard. Not every tear is meant to be shed. Not every emotion is meant to be expressed. Not every secret is mean to be revealed. Not everything you say is meant to be believed. Not every thing you do is meant to make a differences. Welcome to life. Welcome to reality.

Funny how life has taken its toll around on me. Just when I finished the last page and close the book, volume two is now being written.

I told you, life is funny, and no one ever believed me.

Happy birthday brother. HOpe that every year brings you the best.

Miss you,
Your little sis