Returning to blogging!

Happy 2015 Everyone!

Yup! I'm back. It's been a long hiatus. But I'm planning to get back to this. I'll leave you with this small thing I once wrote to a friend...

 While I don't believe that "nothing is impossible," I do believe that (without falling into the dictatorship of relativism) there are a lot of things that are circumstantially relative in matters of possibility. I believe that will, effort, and grace can transcend situations that can otherwise be deemed as impossible. I believe that we need to be humble to accept the things that are 'impossible' for us; I believe that we need to be brave to challenge the things that may be labeled as 'impossible' that can be done; and I believe that we should seek out the wisdom that will allow us to discern between the two.

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