THE FERN AND THE BAMBOO
One day I decided to quit...I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality....
I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.
"God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"
His answer surprised me.
"Look around", He said.
"Do you see the fern and the bamboo?"
"Yes", I replied.
"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them.
I gave them light. I gave them water.
The fern quickly grew from the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor.
Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed.
But I did not quit on the bamboo.
In the second year the fern grew more vibrant and plentiful.
And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed.
But I did not quit on the bamboo.
In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed.
But I would not quit.
The same in year four.
"Then in the fifth year, a tiny sprout emerged from the earth.
Compared to the fern, it was seemingly small and insignificant.
But just six months later, the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall.
It had spent the five years growing roots.
Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive.
I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle.
"Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling,
you have actually been growing roots?
I would not quit on the bamboo.. I will never quit on you.
"Don't compare yourself to others." He said.
"The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern.
Yet they both make the forest beautiful.
"Your time will come", God said to me.
"You will rise high"
"How high should I rise?" I asked. "How high will the bamboo rise?"
He asked in return.
"As high as it can?" I questioned "Yes." He said,
"Give me glory by rising as high as you can."
I left the forest, realizing that God will never give up on me.
And He will never give up on you.
Never regret a day in your life.
Good days give you happiness;
bad days give you experiences;
both are essential to life.
Author Unknown
Above is this months Emmies. Man I did them all yesterday. Talk about leaving it to the last minute. I am not thrilled with all of them. I was too rushed. But I do like this one. Sorry about the quality of the picture, they are just photos taken of the layout. The one above is the Challenge pack. We were given the papers and stuff and that is all you are able to use. I scraplifted the idea. I wish mine turned out as good as the real one LOL.
This one was the sketch challenge. And this is the one I like the least. Also the one I did last and I felt so rushed and dissatisfied with. I love the photos of Cate though. Too too cute.
This one was the Designer Challenge and was all about freestyling. Which I am hopeless at but seem to really really enjoy. I am loving this competition it is exposing me to new things all the time.
This last one was for the Book of me and the theme was write about a song that sums up your life. I couldn't think of just one song so found some pictures of Josh and I in Singapore doing Karaoke. Just an aside - how slamming are my legs in these photos. Oh to be young again. No make up, no fancy clothes and still look fantastic. Ahh the good old days. LOL.
This is my Book of me Challenge for the month, we had to do a layout about our school days. I found this photo of me in Year 12 and also in Kindy and thought that covered my school days quite nicely. I love my fringe in the Year 12 photo. At the time, every single trendy girl had her hair that way. I look back now and laugh and laugh. Trends huh.
This challenge was to take some flowers and make them a feature on the page. I chose this gorgeous photo of Hamish. The scanning is so bad on this, the layout is actually really quite pretty in real life. I am happy with this layout.
