fun finds

With the school year approaching, and preparing myself to move into my sorority house, I have been gathering up necessities for the year. I also have become slightly obsessed with World Market and decided to go by after work to see what I could find. I am pretty thrilled with my purchases.

My first one, in attempt to going green, is a new coffee mug. It is ceramic coffee cup with a silicon lid and coffee sleeve. It's pretty dang cute if I do say so myself.

And my next purchase was a pair of cute little earrings that were on sale. You can never have too many earrings!

Happy Monday!!

beauty in the breakdown

A lot of times the most breathtaking kind of beauty is that which is hidden. A beautiful soul last longer than make up and hairspray. Since I was a wee one I've heard the saying "it's what's on the inside that counts."  Yet still, we get caught up in what we look like, and what others, and everything around us look like.

I was in Los Angeles, California this past weekend, and got the chance to see the city in a whole different light. I stayed with a friend who works in South Central LA, right next to The Projects. He explained to us the suffering and pain that is surrounding the people around him. The streets are filled with trash, buildings falling apart, graffiti everywhere, the whole area is a mess. Not to mention there are sweatshops, gangs, drugs, violence and people and conditions of extreme poverty everywhere. It's because the people there have been forgotten, and live in conditions that are so rare to see in America.

But inside this broken city, behind trees and trash, was one of the most beautiful parks I've ever seen. Behind beautiful gates hidden by vines, green grass, huge trees, and stone walls, was an oasis. In the same way, inside those houses that are falling apart, or inside the person that lost everything, is beauty.

There is beauty in everything and everyone.