lunes, 14 de mayo de 2012

"I'll look back on this and smile because it was LIFE and I decided to live it."


These are some Quotes I've come across that sometimes just remind me why I'm here, motivate or inspire me, or simply just make a tough day a little easier. 

“You never can cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
-Winston Churchill

“To know that even one life has lived better because you have lived. That is to succeed.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Do what you can,
With what you have,
Where you are.”
-Theodore Roosevelt

“If you’re 22 [or any age], physically fit, HUNGRY to learn and be better, I urge you to travel- as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people LIVE and EAT and COOK. Learn from them – wherever you go.”
-Anthony Bourdain

“Your journey as molded you for your greater good. And it was exactly what it needed to be. Don’t think that you’ve lost time. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now. And now is right on time.”
-Asha Tyson

“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”
-Mary Anne Radmacher

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything.”

“At the end of the day you can focus on what’s tearing you apart, or what’s holding you together.”

“Beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad but it’s everything in between that makes it all worth living.”

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.”

“Far from what I once was but not yet what I’m going to be.”

“Sometimes you need to step outside, get some air and remind yourself of who you are and where you want to be.”

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

Rules for Doing Good
“Do all the good you can,
In all the ways you can,
To all the People you can,
In every place you can,
At all the times you can,
As long as ever you can.”

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.”
-Albert Einstein

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
-Thomas Edison

“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”

“A good life is when you smile often, dream big, laugh a lot, and realize how blessed you are for what you have.”

“We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are.”
-Max Dupree

“And then I realized Adventure was the best way to learn.”

“At the end of the day you can focus on what’s tearing you apart or what’s holding you together.”

“Great people talk about IDEAS
Average people talk about THINGS
Small people talk about PEOPLE”
-Eleanor Roosevelt

“Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives, is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see”

“Sometimes it is better to be kind than to be right. We do not need an intelligent mind that speaks, but a patient heart that listens.”

"Life always offers you a second chance. It’s called tomorrow."

“When you are comfortable with both your strengths and weaknesses, you radiate simple, unaffected humanity. Self acceptance, total self acceptance, means self-forgiveness. When you forgive yourself and stop judging yourself, then you won’t judge others, and there will be less conflict in the world.”

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
-Elizabeth Kubler Ros
                                                                                                                              
“We tend to forget that Happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”
-Frederick Keonig

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are BORN and the day you found out WHY.”
-Mark Twain

“In the end, what we regret most are the chances we never took.”
-Frasier Crane

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to Love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t Settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”
-Steve Jobs 

"Devote yourself to an idea. Go make it happen. Struggle on it. Overcome your fears. Smile. Don't you forget: This is your dream."

"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who don't. And believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance - take it. If it changes your life- let it. Nobody said it would be easy...They just promised it would be worth it." 

"I'll look back on this and smile because it was LIFE and I decided to live it." 

jueves, 3 de mayo de 2012

World Map Project

Here are some pictures of the steps we took to paint the world map on the wall of the school in the aldea La Primavera.
The background


Jacob, Teachers, and the Director painting the background






Background's done!


Tracing the Map


Painting the Map


Only 8 hours of painting later..


With the Country Names


Mapa Mundi


 Teachers and Students Painting


More Painting 


Almost Done


Hey There!


..And It's Done!