I used to think that God’s gifts were on shelves one above the other; and that the taller we grew in Christian character the easier we could reach them. I now find that God’s gifts are on shelves one beneath the other. It is not a question of growing taller but of stooping lower; that we have to go down, always down, to get His best gifts.
F.B. Meyer
I needed the reminder. Got to keep digging for the bottom of the barrel.
tries not to anthropomorphize everything: marriage from a kid's perspective
This whole post made me laugh at 1.11am at night! Thank you, Debra! <3
(via weheartit)1. how do you decide who to marry?
You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.
- Alan, age 10No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to
marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who
you’re stuck with.
- Kristen, age 102. what is the right age to get married?
Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.
- Camille, age 10
3. how can a stranger tell if two people are married?You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at
the same kids.
- Derrick, age 84. when is it okay to kiss someone?
The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn’t want to mess with
that.
- Curt, age 7The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry
them and have kids with them. It’s the right thing to do.
- Howard, age 85. how would you make a marriage work?
Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a dump
truck.
- Ricky, age 10
Source: stars0aked
The sun in Holland is like a painting: you can see it, but it’s totally useless.
They try to squeeze in as many beats as possible, so everyone has a chance, but some people still can’t get it.
Why do people stop at Plan B? There are 26 letters in the alphabet, just use them all!
Politics without principles,
wealth without work,
pleasure without conscience,
knowledge without character,
commerce without morality,
science without humanity,
worship without sacrifice.
Robin was trying to get someone to not like her anymore, so she was like “future, future, future—babies, babies, babies,” and the guy was like, “OKAY! LET’S DO IT!” She was like “uh…
Overheard at Mr. Sushi, Arlington, MA, at 6.57pm. Girl was telling this really loudly to her roughly 8-year-old kid brother (?!) while sitting next to her boyfriend/older brother (?!?!).
See, people—misdirection… sometimes backfires.
This is the moment I realized I love Oscar from The Office (USA).
Other than making zucchini bread - this made my day.
Taken from officequotes.net:
Season 5 - Episode 09
“The Surplus”
Written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky
Directed by Paul Feig
Original Air Date: December 4th, 2008Oscar: Here are our final actual costs for this year.
Michael: Mmm… okay.
O: As you can see, we did pretty well, so…
M: Yes. Yes, I can see… that we did indeed. Why don’t you explain this to me like I am an eight-year old.
O: Alright, well this is the overall budget for this fiscal year along the x-axis…
M: Yes.
O: Right there.
M: There’s the x-ax…icks.
O: You can see clearly on this page that we have a surplus of $4300.
M: Mmhmm, okay.
O: But we have to spend that by the end of the day or it will be deducted from next year’s budget.
M: Why don’t you explain this to me like I’m five.
O: Your mommy and daddy give you ten dollars to open up a lemonade stand. So you go out and you buy cups and you buy lemons and you buy sugar. And now you find out that it only costs you nine dollars.
M: Ho-oh!
O: So you have an extra dollar.
M: Yeah.
Oscar: So you can give that dollar back to mommy and daddy, but guess what? Next summer…
M: I’ll be six.
O: And you ask them for money, they’re gonna give you nine dollars. ‘Cause that’s what they think it costs to run the stand. So what you want to do is spend that dollar on something now, so that your parents think it costs ten dollars to run the lemonade stand.
M: So the dollar’s a surplus. This is a surplus.
O: We have to spend that $4300 by the end of the day or it’ll be deducted from next year’s budget.
M: [whistles poorly] Whoo.
O: We should spend this money on a new copier, which we desperately need.
M: Okay, break it down in terms of, um… okay, I-I think I’m getting you…
Options, options, options. Let the wind take us where it may like the leaves in Pocahontas.
andrew dawson heringer: thank you ira glass.
Found this through a sequence of interesting links - a friend of
- Ellen’s,
- Kyle, commented on my recent
- video post of Milo Greene’s song, “1957,” plugging his friend
- Andrew Heringer, the lead singer of the band. I googled him and found his website, thereby stumbling upon his
- blog -
this is totally pieced together and paraphrased but still brilliant.
nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone had told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple year you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase; they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work wen through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you finish one piece. It’s only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone i’ve ever met. It’s gonna take a while. It’s normal to take awhile. You just gotta fight your way through.
you can watch the actual interview and dialogue here: http://youtu.be/BI23U7U2aUY
I really needed to read/watch/hear that.
Source: andrewheringer
