Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Details.


Details make things beautiful...an antique broach on a corduroy blazer, the paprika on my grandmother's mashed potato casserole, the swirls on my dad's homemade fudge, the cinnamon sticks in the apple cider. Every detail in life comes with extra effort and sometimes I think it's easy to let the details in our own life fall by the way side.

Details in language have been such a struggle over the past three months. Making sure to use the right preposition, the right gender, the most appropriate word, the most appropriate expression... Every morning I am thankful for the opportunity to learn and practice all day and am definitely sad that today was my last day of classes. Now the effort will be all on me. I have to seek out places to volunteer, take time to study, write to friends, apply to schools. Figure out the details of HOW to get to the next level.

Eres lo que tu mas profundo deseo es, como es tu deseo es tu voluntad, como es tu voluntad, son tus actos, como son tus actos, sera tu destino.