August 2009
9 posts
Let Go and Let God
The end of summer is rapidly approaching, and it doesn’t feel like I accomplished all the things that I had planned. Looking at the plans I had written down, I felt as if I wasted my summer away. Sometimes it feels as if time is moving too fast, and the only way to keep up with it is to plan one step ahead. But is it worth it to worry about everything that will happen in the future?
A big...
Counting Sheep: 1, 2, 3
“Just imagine you were a shepherd. Would you waste your time keeping track of how may sheep all of your neighbors owned?”
Have you ever found yourself tossing and turning in the middle of the night and actually resorted to counting sheep leaping over a fence? Counting sheep is a classic way of dealing with insomnia. Researched by two Harvard psychologists, this method was said to...
Wash Away with Soap
“I felt spiritually dirty. If only there was a way to wash away my sins and regret.”
What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘soap’?
SOAP: Subjective Objective Assessment Plan. That is the method of documentation health care providers use in order to make notes in patients’ charts. This is actually a perfect example if something I learned fom getting involved...
a bedtime snack: cookies and milk
“In other words, if you are not able to sleep, eat some cookies and milk.”
How important is sleep to you? I’m now realizing the effects of sleep on the body. Sleep is essential to maintain a good healthy life. Four to five hours of sleep on school nights apparently did not give me enough rest. Since it is summer, my sleep pattern has been out of whack. I sleep at 10 PM one...
the shack
So someone needs to get me this book. This book has been on the New York Times Best Sellers list for 62 weeks now, and it had the status as #1 Paperback trade fiction seller on the New York Times best sellers list since June 2008 (now #2 this week). William P. Young states that The Shack “is a metaphor for the places you get stuck, you get hurt, you get damaged…the thing where shame...
strengthening of faith
“So little faith.” Those are the words that had flooded my mind after my brief panic.
This past week has been filled with events that have challenged and strengthened my faith and trust in God. On Tuesday I was awakened by a severe headache in the middle of the night. It was 5 AM, and the pain in my head was overwhelming. Jolting up from bed, I ran to the bathroom because of a...
the start of something new
Welcome to the beginning of my blogging adventure. Viewers may ask themselves, why start now? As a teenager feeling the ups and downs of life, one has the need to express his thoughts, whether on paper or through typing on a site called Tumbler. If you have been hoping to read entries about my social events and my personal life, you have lucked out my friend. This blog will mainly consist of my...
