Love

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.”

- C.S. Lewis

Unity and Diversity in the Body ------------- 1 Corinthians 12:12-31

12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28 And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? 31 Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.

Timeless songs that will always be adored (at least by me... heh)

1. Moon River - Breakfast at Tiffany's




2. Edelweiss - The Sound of Music

"I will wait for you" by Janette...ikz

Dang. She says it all. "First name: Luke. Last name: Warm."

10 Funny Quotes from Kids

Some funny things I've caught 6 and 7 year old children saying....well, at least I think they're funny.

#1
Kid: Miss Park, how old are you?
Me: Oh, that's something you don't need to know.
Kid: .....40?
Me: .......

#2
Kid: Miss Park, Michael swore.
Me: *confused*
Kid: He said the washroom word.
Me: *thinking* Ohhhhh...

#3
Kid: Is this your ginormous hand?
(student says to me referring to a traced outline of my hand)

#4
Kid #1: Is grass living?
Class: Yes.
Kid #2: Yeah, until you cut their heads off.

#5
Kid #1: Where do frogs originally come from?
Me: Hmmm, I'm not too sure. What do you think?
Kid #2: Duh, they come from God!

#6
Kid: Why was anything bad ever invented?

#7
Kid: What's this Miss Park?
Me: That's called a dead end.
Kid: *looking concerned* Does.. that mean it's dead?!?

#8
Kid: Do you want to hear something funny? Kid #2 says he doesn't like work so he doesn't like paper.
Kid #2: No! I said I don't like the photocopier because it makes work.
Me: *laughing and patting his head*

#9
Me: *during a spelling dictation* The next word is 'RICH......RICH.'
Kid: Wait, rich? Oh, I thought you said BICH.
Me: Oh, you know what, we don't say those kind of words.
Kid: Huh? *looking very confused*
Me: Oh! Uhh...nevermind. Next word is....

#10
*class discussion about civil war*
Kid: *mumbling under his breath* That is so wrong.

Things to carry around with you

I'm no Mary Poppins (remember that scene where she pulls all the items out from her bag?), but there are some items I have found helpful to carry around at all times.

1. Swiss army knife - scissors/knife/tweezers all-in-one!
2. Bandaids - Always helpful for that 'hurting' friend
3. A pen
4. Paper
5. Advil/Tylenol - pain can strike at any time!
6. Hand lotion - dry, so dry....
7. Water - thirstyyyy....

Wahoo! You're on your way to becoming a reliable friend/stranger and possibly a mini-hero!

Something I read last week...

I randomly picked up a graphic novel at the library last week.

Guy Delisle, a French-Canadian animator gets invited to work in the capital city of North Korea, Pyongyang, for 2 months. He illustrates to us his experience and observations during that time.

I particularly enjoyed his drawing style and humour.
The last page of the book was my favourite.