Words of wisdom? : 18 things I've learnt.

1) Don't deprive yourself of chocolate, it only makes you crave it more.

2) If a boy is chasing you around the park, chase him back. He might just trip and crack a tooth. REMEMBER IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

3) When on a trampoline, careful not to lean into your arm when sitting down. Might be a lame way you end up in a full-length arm cast the rest of the summer.

4) Embrace your weirdness. Leave the shirt inside out.

5) Mama is right. Always.

6) If it's on sale and you love it, BUY IT.

7) It is OK to have a third piece of pizza. Unless others haven't yet had their first.

8) Friends are treasures.

9) Throwing rocks at boys won't make them nicer.

10) Quoting Napoleon Dynamite is only appropriate with people 32 and under.

11) If your dad is a pastor, carry a book with you (churches sometimes have no closing time) (love you Papa (; )

12) Disney World will always be the best place in the world :):)

13) There is no rule against wearing non-matching socks. Or Christmas socks out of season.

14) Once you squirt mayonnaise on your brother's face, CAREFUL WITH WHATEVER GLASS OF WATER HE OFFERS YOU.  

15)  Tea is bliss. So is summer.

16) Sisters can be worst of enemies, or best of friends. Usually it's the latter. ;)

17) Do what you love, even if it means spending hours watching Mr. Bean.

18)  Time is short, invest in those you love (and even in those you don't as much.)

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Am I willing?

I'm about to board my plane back home after a week of complete shattering.
 I've been broken and beaten to pieces, and my mess only grows every time I look outside my own bubble. I really have no clue what I want to try to say with this post, but I know there's something I'm needing to write on here, for my own sake. Bear with me through these words, and before I go on, thank you for taking the time to read these few musings of a girl who has yet so, SO much to learn.

About two months ago I wrote about how love is powerful and hopeful and the only reason for which I want to live, and that life is simply about loving the world and the people, and it's wonderful and-

Hahah, okay Sarah *burst bubble*

 I NEVER would have expected such a tremendous avalanche of tests after that post. But I guess I called for it. Day after day I'd be confronted with things that would REALLY try my patience, my kindness, and my love for others. Things like people borrowing my bobby pins without returning it (oh..wait, that actually might have been me..) , getting lightly bashed by a teacher for asking a "stupid" question , breaking the sole of my cheap ugg imitation, losing my bus ticket,  being accused of losing my mom's Ipad when I hadn't even touched it (Mama, it was Christopher), getting lost in the gym because they decided to change all the stations around (thanks, mcFit), a certain person who took the last chocolate cupcake on the tray...  After a while, added on to stress of school work and whatnot, those things build up to a sudden burst of frustration or a rude comment. An ignorant mind or judgmental heart. And I need to be honest..

I haven't done well at this loving thing.


So, here I am. Sitting and thinking, as my heart shatters with what I've seen these past few days. I'm in no other but sweet America of the North.(If you must know why I'm here I'd be glad to talk through FB message, but as of right now I won't bored any reader with my personal college-wise trauma.)
  I've met some incredible people. People who have taken my definition of love to a WHOLE other level. People who decided to self-sacrifice right here, where they live, in their every day lives. I've heard stories this week of how true love has shattered people's hearts and given them complete new ones. How? Because of their dorm neighbor who invited him over to lunch, because of a woman who paid someone to clean a less-fortunate's home, because of a U.S. Navy General who decided to take the risk and serve overseas as a Chaplin, because of a woman who decided to dedicate herself to mastering the studies of those she later on wants to serve, because of a young guy who decided to go on to full-time serving instead of attending college, because of ordinary people who have decided to serve an extraordinary God, by giving away their lives through an extraordinary Love.

I've listened to these stories, with a cry in my heart for something MORE than just what I have planned for my life. I've always had deliberate plans  (okay,maybe not so deliberate, since not until  three days ago  I knew where I'm to be living 4 months from now). But I've always had a clear idea of what I want to do, where I want to be...
I've realized, though, as much as I want to live for Love, I'm scared to let Love take control of my life.
I see all these people who have abandonedly given their plans to Love,  people who don't care about what  prerequisites are needed in the professional world  or what the social expectations are for their life. They don't care about who ate the last chocolate cupcake. They don't care about what they are getting out of this "loving" thing.


And I think that is what has shattered me the most. Ordinary people who have decided to give up what they wanted in order to get what they needed- a life overflown with His love. It's made me think about this whole "loving" thing...

Sure it sounds nice,

but am I  willing to give up myself & my life, my wants & "needs"  to the cause of Love?

 

" Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."

John 15: 13

 

 

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