Boystown

Prepare to be touched and inspired by this video. Kelly Green is awesome, so inspiring!! I love this story.

goodness in our core

... there (waiting to) to be found.

So many of us think that who we are in our worst moments is who we really are. we are often blinded to our good. and even if now & then we get some glimpses of it, we get amnesia and easily forget.

i believe the image of God is deeply embedded in all human beings. it's in our core DNA. what happens, though, is life, brokenness, pain, and all kinds of other experiences can bury and attempt to extinguish this reflection.

From Kathy Escobar

Always Loved

The Mind of God toward you

There is never a time
when you're not in His thoughts,
never a time without grace,
never a time when He turns away
from any need you face.

There is never a time
when you're not in His heart,
never a time without love,
never a time when you're not blessed
with good things from above!

How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I wake, I am still with Thee. Psalm 139:17-18

Excerpt from the devotional book Always Loved by Roy Lessin

I'd embed this video if I could..But check it out on youtube! :)

You are Loved

I need this reminder today myself.

a possibility for good

"Business should be a force for good,

not just a money-making machine

for its shareholders."

- Richard Branson

From: (Read the whole article here)

Saat Vapaana Laulaa

Welcome 2011!

Happy New Year to you!

O Holy Night

It's still the season right! I should've really posted this on Christmas Eve. It's so beautiful.

The Christmas Story

This is cuteness maximised!

In Finland we celebrate Christmas most on Christmas Eve. Or that is the main day, we do celebrate it for a whole three days (24th, 25th, 26th) - but the Eve is when we have our big dinner, open presents, Santa Claus visits, most go to Church - you can also go on Christmas morning at 7am, which is even more traditional, and which is what we in my family do. It's followed by traditional breakfast at my aunt's with all those who went to Church together, or who just play along in the morning. I used to do the Watch Night service, but it has changed to this in the last two years.. Some years before this, I did both!

Nobody works here on the 24th, unless you are in the service sector (or church staff :)). All shops (except those with special license) close at 12 noon on Christmas Eve. So that's when Christmas officially starts here! And they don't open until the 27th.

This year (And most years) it's winter wonderland. It was -20C yesterday..Just now it is only -12C!

Happy Christmas!

Here's a classic :)

Silence.

Today I went here with a group of my students (and with):

Picture from

It looked pretty much like that. Oh how we enjoyed and loved the silence there. Nearly in the middle of nowhere..At least it sounded like there was nothing close. There's nothing more refreshing than a walk in the forest on a winter day like this. Being in the nature.

It got me thinking. I realised how much noise we have in our lives. How hard it is to hear the important still whispers, when our lives are crowded with of all sorts noise. I long for more Silence.

It balances us and connects with our inmost being.

I'd recommend having a walk in the forest any day to re-balance you. Only the sounds of nature there..Speaking without words.

Beautiful Silence.

I Won!!!!

Homemade Goats Milk Soap in a Giveaway Contest!!! I am soooo happy!! I don't remember ever winning any of these type of draws/competitions. Yey!!! I look forward to testing them!! Stay tuned, will let you know how they are!

And if you like, you can try them out yourselves for a very affordable price at Rhen's shop, here: Handcrafted Goat Milk Soap - shop

Ahh, I am so happy. :)

Pictures from Rhen's site