Friday, April 19, 2013


sometimes i think i’ve got it
i think i’m doing so good and then..
i’m hit

i’m hit with the burdens of my expectations, my imperfections
i can’t seem to breathe
and just when i thought I’d learned to breathe deeper than ever

i panic, i cry, i get irrational, i don’t respond to things like i normally would

just when I think i’ll never breathe again
a breath of air floats my way
it floats so softly and gently that i almost miss it
i probably have missed it,
it’s been there all along i just couldn’t take it in
i couldn’t get my mouth to open or my body to inhale before

and now i can part my lips i can inhale as much as I can handle
my body begins to relax out of it’s panic
i’m not breathing as deep as i once was
But someday i’ll breathe deeper

“it is discovering Jesus, finding holy moments daily,
that will make us whole.”
– emily freeman “becoming his”

baby's breath

image - via pinterest

Tuesday, April 16, 2013




words acknowledge that imagination is just as important as reality
without imagination how would we shape our future

our future reality would be bleak without first dreaming about it

dreams influence our desires, desires influence our dreams

"what we insistently desire is what we will ultimately become" 
-neal a maxwell

here's to imagining, dreaming, desiring.....

 insistently

till I've become


Stunning landscape photography by Thomas Steuer #KEENrecess

image - thomas steuer

Monday, April 1, 2013



as i walked to work this morning
i had a perfect moment.
a moment of definition -
they come when i have been prepared
they come when i am still -
these moments are sweet and peaceful

i felt the cool air on my skin
the silence surrounding me
my feet kept walking but my soul wanted to stop
to soak it all in till i could almost disappear into the moment itself 
and then i heard the whisper of 

"remember"

remember this sweetness this almost utter perfectness

for when i can remember these times of definition
i am made strong in my moments of weakness


"here than is a great truth.
in the pain, the agony, and the heroic endeavors of life, 
we pass through a refiner's fire, 
and the insignificant and the unimportant in our lives 
can melt away like dross and make our faith
bright, intact and strong.  
in this way the divine image can be mirrored from the soul.
it is part of the purging toll exacted of some to 
become acquainted with God."


Architectural and Landscape Photography by Kim Høltermand

image - kim haltermand