gratitude at a late hour

Heavenly Father is patient with me. He is kind and forgiving when I make the same mistake for the thousandth time. He knows every thing about me. Every weakness, every imperfection. & yet somehow he still manages to love me and bless my life in countless ways.  He is blessing me with this...

Hurricane what?

Its been all emergency preparation/hurry and grab water flashlights and canned goods at the grocery store before it runs out here in NYC. I am pretty sure these past few days city has been having a collective panic attack all together. Between this hurricane and the earthquake a few days ago its been one strange week out here. But all is well my friends. Me and my apartment are well stocked up for...

And you thought it wasn't possible to star gaze in NYC.

you were so wrong. do you see those 3 dots?? straight up beautiful. it just doesn't get better folks... and don't get mad, more music. (feel free to collectivity groan) I have a problem where my subconscious nags at me until I share my musical findings with the blogging world. It's a curse... and...

don't you evah

Some gem's discovered over the weekend in the catskills ...

a wedding in the catskill's

Over the weekend I assisted on a wedding in the Catskill Mountains where we took a chair lift up to where the ceremony took place. It was incredible how great it felt getting out of the city, even if it was for work and just for 24 hours. I love my city but I've been missing nature in my life...

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take me there please

hii whaat? as if i wasn't already enough in love with bon iver and with this song, this video just puts it over the top. b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l BON IVER "Holocene" from nabil elderkin on Vime...

"far from what I once was, but not yet what i'm going to be"

pic via This quote is a subject that keeps coming up in conversations lately and it pretty much sums up what i have been feeling lately. My experience out here has been, well, lets just say it's had it's ups and downs. Until my move a couple months ago into Manhattan, I could not wait...

Lighten Up

About a year ago I posted a quote here on the blog. During my talk yesterday I used more quotes from Chieko Okazaki's* book Lighten Up and I thought I would share here as well. "If there is one great constant in the universe is the unfailing love of the Savior, the other great constant is his unfailing respect for human agency. He will not override your will, even for your...

because its a requirement to share good music

   VCR - The XX by tracks_arte    Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal by subpop    Harvest Moon - Neil Young by houligen and because I am trying to take life for today, and not for what it was or will be, Every time I look out my window this is what I...

Fireflies make me think of North Carolina, catching them in jars with my sisters and putting them on our dressers. They make me think of home. Fireflies are one of the best things about this place. picture found h...

untz untz untz untz

I am giving a talk in church on sunday. And to be honest, the rough draft has sort of turned into a Harry Potter, Buddhism fest. I may even throw in there a little Judaism and Confucianism.How do you feel about it? I feel its gonna be a party. (fist pump) on...

Things I want for you: make as much light as you possibly can in this world go everywhere, do everything, meet everyone make as many other people feel seen and understood as you can acknowledge someone when they speak to you, greet you, or show you human decency listen to all of the music...