YOU (by Andre Bohrer)
//21
//fifty-two weeks of design
I think this week’s design speaks for itself.
The photograph was taken in the beautiful town of DeLand during their annual Christmas parade. Families gathered around. Friends chased each other in the grass. Little kids stood in awe with all the flashing lights. It was beautiful.
While I was attempting to figure out what message this design would attempt to convey, I was stuck. I spent close to an hour solely changing the text around.
Then, I saw Tin Tin.
It certainly changed things — quite a bit. There was specifically this one quote I couldn’t get out of my head. It was directed at Tin Tin when he was determined that he had failed.
Failed. There are plenty of others willing to call you a failure. A fool. A loser. A hopeless souse. Don’t you ever say it of yourself. You send out the wrong signal, that is what people pick up. Don’t you understand? You care about something, you fight for it. You hit a wall, you push through it. There’s something you need to know about failure, Tintin. You can never let it defeat you.
So listen here: You are not a failure. The things you once did do not have to define who you are now, or who you can become. No matter what your age, you contain the power to change this generation — the future of this world. Don’t let people discourage you. If you need someone to believe in you, I believe in you. Now stop settling for the common in your life. Stop watching, and start doing. God has a wild imagination, and he wants you to be a part of it. Don’t let words, things, or people stop you from what you were always created to do — it’s in your DNA.
J.D. Salinger was right when he said,
“Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You’re by no means alone on that score, you’ll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now.”
(via theandrewchronicles)
Source: mynameiselly
All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me. They think that a deadly thing has fastened on me, that I will not rise again from where I lie. Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted the heel against me. But you, O Lord, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them. By this I know that you are pleased with me; because my enemy has not triumphed over me. But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
…but I am learning slowly that it is all about the journey, not the destination.
To be prosperous would not require much of me
You see, contentment is all that it entails
To be content with where I am, and getting where I need to be
And moving past the past where I have failed
We also have joy with our troubles, because we know that these troubles produce patience. And patience produces character, and character produces hope. And this hope will never disappoint us, because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts.
Sometimes life just doesn’t make sense.
Paper Route - Are We All Forgotten
I’m not sure if this is worth uploading to Flickr or not. I call myself a prospective graphic design major; I might need to step it up… too much texture here, not enough clarity.
I say, it’s perfect.
Source: gderossett
I’ve learned that no matter how good a friend someone is, they’re going to hurt you every once in awhile and you must forgive them for that.
Wake up you faithless, see your heartbreak gone.
