Reader Melby: “Ugh. I’m trying to work on a proposal for the CMO of [large corporation]. What I want to say is, ‘You think marketing a major consumer brand is hard? You should try being me. Let me tell you what real problems are.’”
Now that we think almost exclusively in elaney blog posts and quotes (btw we think of sooooooooo many elaney-esque yet dreadfully inappropriate quotes that we can only email out to a select few if you’d like to be added to that email list), we often find ourselves daydreaming off into elaney short quotes and ideas. Few favorite quotes from yesterday:
“elaney, please try to remember that the women in my bible study read your blog.” -emum
“Not to sound snobby, but air travel makes me hate the gen pub. I totally get private planes now.” -Reader Melby
So, please do share…whether it’s from @whitegirlproblems or joel mchale or your own emum…what’s your favorite nub you’ve overheard lately that you’ve thought…”that’s just too good to keep to myself.”
It was not on my radar how difficult it would be to transition from being “young and full of potential” to being “young and sort of stumbling around.” I had no idea how much I identified myself as someone with a grand future – whose world was an oyster. Over the past few months (and by few months, I mean years), it’s been heavy on my heart – what is God’s plan for my life? Are you there God, it’s me elaney. Recently, I’ve become obsessed with finding where in the Bible it actually says that God has a plan for all of the specific details of my life. Where does it say that God works for the good of those who love Him AND that means I’m getting everything I want AND here’s where I submit the list. Based on such a gross exaggeration, it may come as no surprise that that’s not in the Bible. Turns out, there might not be a blueprint of “how to discover the grandiose plan with full instructions” hidden under a rock…
This was written by a pastor in British Columbia, and I think it aptly captures my good intentions and where I was wrong (thank you Google search):
“I know that God is in my life, but I don’t know what He wants me to do. What is His plan for me?” To my mind, the question itself is problematic. Too often we think of God as an omnipresent, omnipotent power that floats above history, orchestrating events according to some divine blueprint, with every eventuality mapped out and anticipated…
So what is God’s plan for your life? If by ‘plan’ you mean some secret blueprint of future events that will lead to a glorious personal destiny, then there isn’t one. In another sense, however, God’s plan is evident in is whatever situations, tasks and people are in front of you right now. After all, those present realities are where Christ is, and Christ is the final revelation of God’s will to us and the world.
John Lennon once sang, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” Amen to that. As long as we continue fumbling around for God’s secret blueprint, we will miss out on His will, which is right in front of our noses: love our family and our neighbours, do the day’s work as best as we can, play with joy when it’s time to play, make the today’s decisions conscientiously and with all due diligence; and consciously discover the Presence of God in all these activities by rooting and surrounding them in prayer and worship.” For the whole article, click here.
It’s funny when you hear something over and over again and then all of a sudden it clicks. Happy Friday Friends!
“No matter what happens in the kitchen, never apologize.” – Julia Child
While this may not be the best advice for relationships, it’s our new professional motto. We are finding that by never apologizing (again in professional circumstances), it makes people more forgiving. And you can be unapologetic in a nice way. That’s the route we recommend.
UPDATE: Who knew Julia looked so much like Edna from the Facts of Life?!? It only makes us love her more.
We love shows that make New York City a character. We will never forget when Sarah Jessica Parker accepted her Emmy for SATC and said, “And to New York City…she truly is the fifth lady.” We fell in love with SJP all over again, and we are so glad we have another Candace Bushnell brainchild to entertain us.
What will happen to Victory and her man?
Will Kirby destroy Niko’s marriage?
Will Wendy’s husband continue to be slightly annoying and scarily unshaven?
We will see tonight!
To Whom It May Concern:
There’s been some conversation on our blog about monogram bumper stickers. We want to state that we are categorically, emphatically, and adamantly against these monstrosities. Monogram bumper stickers are why everyone beyond our Mason Dixon bubble thinks Southerners are not cool. And unfortunately, if you put one of these stickers on your car, you are not cool either. Bottom line: STOP THE MOVEMENT.
Thanks,
Management
We have quite a few New Year’s Resolutions this year. From standard “exercise 5 days a week” and “take more pictures,” to “move out of my parents house and never return for real this time.” But whether you feel you want to improve upon, we offer one word of advice:
Whether you are an artist or a student or a writer or a dancer or a singer or a thinker or a runner or a dreamer, paint and work and write and dance and sing and think and run and dream as if your life depends on it. Because it does. The talents we are given that we foolishly waste are precious gifts that should be fostered, protected, and developed. Developed and shared with the world…
