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A Note to Future Self

Dear Meredith,

It is important that you recognize your innate quickness to run. Whenever you sense things moving towards a stand still, you head off in an entirely new direction. You'll do anything to keep moving.

Your soul desires motion. Your spirit craves action. And not just any action, meaningful action. This will always serve you well as you seek to create, advocate, and lead. But you must be cautious. You grow bored far too quickly. Often, you look toward the next hill before you finish crossing the present one. You have a history of sprinting from one thing to the next. Sometimes, God calls us to stay put for a while, however. Metamorphosis takes place in the context of relationships, and relationships take time.

I know the future excites you. You want to leave this place and start a life of your own. But don’t forget the past or who you have become because of it.

Don’t run,

Meredith

Ready to Throw in the Towel

i suffer from...

S. E. N. I. O. R. I. T. I. S.

College, SAVE ME!

And one day, they will know the reason for the hope that we have.

hunger. war. disease. lust. the six year old sex slave in mumbai. loneliness. murder. deceit. the power hungry dictator. divorce. hate. cheating. jealousy. insecurity. vain conceit. the woman dying of aids. slander. jihad. the lawyer who lies to get ahead. drug abuse. false idols. famine. the widow in the house next door. stds. heartache. tolerance. poverty. homosexuality. abortion. free sex. child soldiery. genocide. the orphan. depression. the single mom struggling to pay rent. alcoholism. suicide. violence. porn. homelessness. prostitution. racism. infant mortality. the man with no hope, no sense of purpose.

this world is hurting.
this world is confused.
this world is failing them.
this world needs
the hope, the joy, the love, the peace solely found in
Jesus.

The World is Full of Beautiful People

People, total strangers, make me smile.

:)

So this one time, I'll be like Bradley Hathaway...

He's so swanky
With his s.w.a.n.k.y. cars and his swanky Gucci cuff links...
He hangs out in all the s w a n k y restaurants with the swanky politicians and t.v. personalities.
He goes to a swanky law school and comes from a swanky family.
He is so SwAnKy.
At night, he parades through the streets of Paris, sipping on Bellavista Franciacorta champagne and dreaming of his artsy girlfriend.
When people ask him who he is, he says:
I am a Harvard student.
An ambassador's son.
I have fine things.
But most importantly,
I am SWANKY.

She's so artsy
In her artsy clothes (from an a r t s y thrift store).
In her back pocket, she carries an artsy book
where she writes artsy poems and draws artsy pictures for her swanky boyfriend.
She is so a.r.t.s.y.
The art seems to flow from her mouth when she speaks.
She talks of artsy people, such as Georg Baselitz and Robert Hass.
She goes to all the artsyyy coffee shops in Manhattan to listen to all the indie bands and drink all the artsy drinks
none of them
M
O
C
H
A
frappuccinos.
When people ask her who she is, she says:
I am a vegan.
A poet.
Photographer.
Music lover.
But most importantly,
I am ARTSY.

They are lovely.
He is European. She is American.
He speaks four languages. She speaks Brooklynese.
He has blonde hair and blue eyes. She, brown hair with green eyes.
He likes the operas. She likes indie rock concerts.
He's clean cut. She's trashy.
When people ask them who they are, they say:
We are driven.
We are different.
We are distant.
But most importantly,
we are LOVE.

January, You Were Good to Me.

5 Reasons I had love for January

1. I discovered Stars! No band can stand beside them. They are U.N.T.O.U.C.H.A.B.L.E.
2. I finished Redeeming Love, the read of a lifetime.
3. She gave me a double snow day! (Hooray for Swiss Miss and snow angels!)
4. My dance team was smokin at competition. It was ONLY the dance of our lives!
5. I GOT INTO MOODY!