dream ride.
So good
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“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” — Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech in 2005 (via futurejournalismproject)
(Source: futurejournalismproject)
Life Below 14th Street: I am not the 99%, I am the 1%. Is occupation the answer? - Wow. Audrey Assad, I was a ginormous fan of yours before, but now you’ve gone to a whole ‘nother level for me. Wow. Had no idea about your dad and your work ethic… you’re an inspiration.
Thank you, Chad, for writing this and pointing out the entitlement that I also find very disheartening. This issue strikes both a nerve and a chord with me, as I walk this line all the time and strive to stay on the right side of it.
I was going to leave this as a comment on your blog post (posted below) but it got so long that I thought it might be obnoxious :)
My dad is completely self-made—no college education—and he owns and/or operates multiple businesses, including an insurance agency and a burgeoning motivational speaking career. He’s on the downtown development board in his city and teaches time management/efficiency strategies to companies. He makes 24 hours of work fit into 12 and still makes time to enjoy his life. Entrepreneurship and ownership of one’s successes AND failures has been modeled to me throughout my entire life, and I am really grateful for it.
I’ve never had a credit card and I couldn’t afford college so I just didn’t go. I’ve worked a job since I was sixteen, and I waited to move out of my parents’ house till I was actually able to support myself (I was 24). When I moved to Nashville to pursue music and I quit my full-time job to go on the road, there were many, many weeks where I had to live off of $20 or less (basically all the change I could find in my car and house) after paying my rent and car payment. I did it, and some of my fondest memories are from those weeks, like driving to Sonic at 3pm for half-price slushies with my roommate and feeling like a queen.
Slow and steady really does win the race. Not to say that winning the race means being unfathomably wealthy, because that’s not what it’s about. Building a better culture and societal infrastructure and leaving something for our children to build upon in their own time is not merely a matter of money—good character, and its work ethic (and its pointed lack of entitlement) is paramount.
I am the proud daughter of an immigrant from Syria, whose dreams and laboring I hope I can honor and perpetuate by my own dreams and hard work.
Audrey
I came across this photo the other day. I must admit that I 100% agree with this persons take on the whole “Occupy Wall Street” movement. I know this is something people are very passionate about and of course, on the surface, what it looks like is a very noble cause. The problem is simple,…
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“Almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” — Steve Jobs 1955-2011 (via adamwestbrook)
(via multimediajournalist)
“The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome… religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.” — Tim Keller (via dompascarella)
(via nickbogardus)
At the end of the day, we all have one thing in common. At the end of the day, no matter how old we are, no matter how much stuff or power we have accumulated, no matter how much love we have in our lives, we are all lost little girls and boys. And I think the most courageous among us are those who choose to stay in touch with this fact. There is no security outside of Christ. There just isn’t.
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I’m watching Last Call With Carson Daly, and he just interviewed some actress from some new Showtime show. They talked about how she, in this new show, has numerous sex scenes, and takes her clothes off. The actress said things like “Well, I think it’s interesting to see a female character who is really secure in her sexuality, and is almost aggressive with it”. She said something like “it’s interesting to see a woman who doesn’t want to talk about her feelings, who just wants to feel things physically… she’s just really liberated in her sexuality”. I want to ask this girl if she really believes all of that. I want to say “girl! They have you take your clothes off because that’s what sells! You’ve been played!”. Feminism is, at it’s core, pure irony.
