Kristen's+Curiosities

My philosophy is that there is no bad person, no entirely good person, and very little difference between people at their core. I believe that we are intelligently created and paid for equally. I believe that the purpose of life is learning how to love others and how to love our creator. Everything at its center is learning how to love. Every trial is designed to shape us into a more loving person. Every friend, family member, inspiration, teaches us something about love as long as we approach it with the correct lens. Life is about love.

To penetrate the mystery Every man dies, not every man really lives While there’s life; steal it away

 You will not live if you are searching for the meaning of life



 ` We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey  Without a compelling cause  Lost Employees are just putting in time. Their minds might be engaged, but their hearts are not. **Meaning precedes **

The purpose of life is a life of purpose __It can only be achieved by understanding__

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

Trials—the Door  Through the pale door,

<span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: 'Cataneo BT'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">We find strength <span style="color: #403152; font-family: 'Cataneo BT'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;">It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty



<span style="color: #215868; font-family: Gisha,sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders <span style="color: #215868; font-family: Gisha,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Each difficult moment has the potential to open my eyes and open my heart.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Batang,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Enlightened by the deep intelligence of love

<span style="color: black; font-family: Batang,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Here I will hold

<span style="color: #31849b; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Let us walk on

<span style="color: #31849b; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Look up to heaven <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">As we go



<span style="color: #31849b; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> Love

<span style="color: black; font-family: Batang,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Faith; the vision of the heart

<span style="color: black; font-family: Batang,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> I will put it in motion

<span style="color: #202020; font-family: Batang,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Forgotten the ritual and lost the original

<span style="color: #202020; font-family: Batang,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> To live is to love

<span style="color: black; font-family: Batang,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Do come and admire this

<span style="color: black; font-family: Batang,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Heart

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: Batang,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.” <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: Batang,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"And when you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love."

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">// Kenneth Parker Photography //. Web. 13 Dec. 2010. <http://www.kennethparker.com/>.

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