At the heart of it is actually trying to figure out who you are in God. We don’t want someone to try and be something they’re not. I think it’s so bizarre that it’s so hard to be yourself ( Read more... )

There are songs on here, that as we’ve sung them in our church have really challenged me personally. Do I really believe what I’m confessing? Will I trust blindly in the sovereignty of my JESUS when I can’t see? I know that it says that the pure in heart see God, but am I willing to be purified by the fire of God? Do I believe in the fullness of ( Read more... )

It is somewhat ironic, but when you stop seeking approval, you are more likely to receive it. Being confident and comfortable with yourself is an attractive quality. By becoming self-assured, rather than self-obsessed, you will more likely gain the approval that you no longer crave.
~Lifehack.org

Sensible comments from Darlene dated 6 November 2016, in response to "Why would someone have no friends?":

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that I’ve never met anyone with the fine qualities you both mention above who didn’t have friends ( Read more... )

We all get jealous, don’t we? Actually, no, not everyone experiences jealousy as an emotion ( Read more... )

He had his own style, and his own demeanor, and it sort of separated him from the others. He walked with a lot of confidence, and when he smiled, you could tell it was genuine. Sometimes you had to force him to smile, but it was genuine every time. And it was always so good to see Zae smile ( Read more... )

We all - adults and children, writers and readers - have an obligation to daydream. We have an obligation to imagine. It is easy to pretend that nobody can change anything, that we are in a world in which society is huge and the individual is less than nothing: an atom in a wall, a grain of rice in a rice field. But the truth is, individuals change ( Read more... )

RiD 01x13 by steeljawss

...Another favourite RID 2015 episode. Everybody's in it, the humour and action are great, just fun all around.

rid 01x10 by steeljawss

...My current favourite Transformers: Robots in Disguise 2015 episode. Very feel-good with the addition of Jazz.

Pandora played a Zack Hemsey track on its Anime Phenomenon channel, of all places...fortuitous for me. He composed "Mind Heist" for Inception and "The Way" for a Transformers video game. I dig great music finds.