Today's choice

IT’S QUIET. It’s early. My coffee is hot. The sky is still black. The world is still asleep. The day is coming.

In a few moments the day will arrive. It will roar down the track with the rising of the sun. The stillness of the dawn will be exchanged for the noise of the day. The calm of solitude will be replaced by the pounding pace of the human race. The refuge of the early morning will be invaded by decisions to be made and deadlines to be met.

For the next twelve hours I will be exposed to the day’s demands. It is now that I must make a choice. Because of Calvary, I’m free to choose. And so I choose.

I choose love . . .

No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness. I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves.

I choose joy . . .

I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. I will refuse the temptation to be cynical . . . the tool of the lazy thinker. I will refuse to see people as anything less than human beings, created by God. I will refuse to see any problem as anything less than an opportunity to see God.

I choose peace . . .

I will live forgiven. I will forgive so that I may live.

I choose patience . . .

I will overlook the inconveniences of the world. Instead of cursing the one who takes my place, I’ll invite him to do so. Rather than complain that the wait is too long, I will thank God for a moment to pray. Instead of clinching my fist at new assignments, I will face them with joy and courage.

I choose kindness . . .

I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me.

I choose goodness . . .

I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will confess before I will accuse. I choose goodness.

I choose faithfulness . . .

Today I will keep my promises. My debtors will not regret their trust. My associates will not question my word. My wife will not question my love. And my children will never fear that their father will not come home.

I choose gentleness . . .

Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.

I choose self-control . . .

I am a spiritual being. After this body is dead, my spirit will soar. I refuse to let what will rot, rule the eternal. I choose self-control. I will be drunk only by joy. I will be impassioned only by my faith. I will be influenced only by God. I will be taught only by Christ. I choose self-control.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest.

By: Max Lucado

so true...don't you think!?!

Life SHOULD be a journey where you walk with GOD in one side and JESUS in the other side with The HOLY SPIRIT guiding your steps. So, if you fall down you would have six hands helping you to step on you feet again. of course, it's up to you to be with them in this jouney so called life or have a glass of wine in one side and a chocolate bar in the other one...."livin' la vida loca"....if that is what you have in your journey, when you fall they won't help you to step on your feet again, not at all, in fact they would push you against the ground....so, i hope this help you to understand what life really is, Not a super ride with a bag full of unbelieveble experiences with people, but a super ride with a bag full of unbelieveble experiences with God...... God bless you all!!!!

Meant to be Best Friends

kadi is a combination of Karina and daisy (Dy) and we are best friends and we love each other. I love ladybugs (karina) and daisy loves daisies (of course), and with this picture we realized that we are meant to be BEST FRIENDS...you have no idea how much i love you girl!!!

happy birthday stupid purple car!

what can i say? i love you, nothing new.....it's good to be with you my friend, it's a daily surprise to share with you this path, this hard path......and today you're 18 baby! you're a woman hahahhahahahahah......i love you vieja that's all i can say today......see ya!

10 things I love about You

1.your light
2.your love
3.your eyes
4.your creativity
5.your joy
6.your support
7.your presence
8.your spirit
9.your smile
10.your voice

GOD, I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jesus, I love you...

more than colors
more than the rainbow
more than India and Brazil
more than my blue nail color
more than photography
more than arts
more than sushi
more than converse
more than TV
more than bracelets
more than peluzza and lolo
more than my bed
more than my walls
more than Presa de Taveras
more than psychology
more than guys
more than MSN, HI5, MYSPACE and BLOGGER
more than music.....

MORE THAN LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

looking back....

K:
Have you ever heard about a muddy mud?, well that's like the ugliest thing you will ever imagine, is smelly and so discousting...my point?!? I was a muddy mud, with all my lies, my two faces, and my awful life. I had no reason to be alive. My parents had me in an adultery relationship, so when i found about that, i had no reason to live, cause I felt like I was an excuse to my father to be with my mother. It was pretty hard, I always asked myself and God (although i wanted to deny Him) WHY?!?. But one day I found my reason, my propuse, my chance to have a LIFE again, and that was Jesus, what I was looking for, He filled my empty space the one i tried to fill with boys, dance, and a lot of thing that i consider crab today. He IS now my reason to live, I love him cause He loved me first! and with Him i feel secure, i feel undercover, he is now my Father!!! and he is fixing my relationship with my earth dad!!

di:
i was the "typical good girl" that all parents wanted to have. That was my mask, the lie that i used to hide all my pain and hate. My mom and dad were christians, so i had to act like i care all that, but i just didnt. I couldnt be the person that i wanted to be, and thank God that i couldnt!!! cause with all that anger i had angainst who knows who or what, i would had destroyed my own life. But even when i wanted to be someone else, a "cooler daisy" i wasnt sure about who was that daisy, all i knew is that i wasnt her at the time. I hated my life so much that i wasted it just living in a routine: waking up, going to school, back in home ,eat, wacth tv and sleep....every single day...i was like a renter in my own house. iIdidnt know what to do, so i decided to do nothing...and that nothing became in 3 years of my life totally wasted. until one day...i was tired of lonliness, i was tired of crying, i was tired of everything that i was and that day i finally understood that all my ideas of a better life were just crab....nothing else...i was trying to live my life on my own way thinking that i was the most original person on earth but i understood that i was just another empty girl runnig away of reality. That life that i reject, that God that i swear ti would never follow, that savior was still waiting for me, no to judge me, but to love me.....and in that moment i knew that He was everything i need, he was the only one that could fill my emptiness..... i did my best to be happy but it wasnt enough, but when he came i just said to Him: "whatever dude, i'm runnig out of ideas so do whatever you want".....now i can say that im the "coolest daisy" not because i tried hard to be like this, but because Jesus rescued me of my foolish and pathetic life....so.....thanks dude!!!!!!!!!