2012 Anthem: The Power of One

Written by Ivy | 17 January 2012

For the last year, God has been giving me dreams that are too big to wrap my head around. It's my own fault. I've been asking for a pretty big mountain to move.

Praying big prayers comes with a price. For me, it's been the wall of doubt that little ole' me can't do this. For awhile I convinced myself that the prayer lines must have been crossed, because there was no way God meant for that message to come to me.

Now I realize that if I want to see change happen in this area, then it's got to start with one person. I can no longer expect someone else to step up to the plate and take charge. I'm one person, but I'm believing that God will position me in the path of others who can join the cause. I'm one little person, but I've got a really big God.

It's time to see what will happen when one person cares enough to start the ball rolling. What is the power of one?

My New Weight Loss Plan

Written by Ivy | 15 January 2012

So one of my biggest goals this year is to finally get to my goal weight. I have 30 pounds to go, and I want to get there before my birthday in May.

I've found it hard though to not get overwhelmed. I'm no where close to where I want to be, but I'm a lot closer than I was last year at this time. It's still a strange place to be... and part of me is kind of afraid I can't do it.

I've started to fill my head with images of nearly perfect women. I'm trying to remind myself that most of the images out there are unattainable.

So I have a new plan: 

Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

The Stare Down

Written by Ivy | 13 January 2012

This morning, I went to weather.com, to see whether or not I'm taking a small road trip today (jury is still out), when I found this video.

It caught my attention because I've developed a strange new obsession with lions. The obsession started with my new iMac. You see, I have a strange rule that the desktop image must represent my operating system. On my MacBook the OS was called Tiger (my favorite animal), now the OS is called Lion. In case you're wondering, I named the lion that runs my computer King Arthur. My desktop is on a rotation of lion images. The constant view of regal lion images has made me really appreciate the beauty of this animal.

When I saw an image of a little girl staring down a lion at a zoo, I had to watch. The mom in me and the new lion enthusiast in me couldn't turn away.

It has cute moments and there is some laughter. But if you think of this video from the lion's perspective, it's quite horrifying. I don't know what you think, but I think the lion wanted her for lunch.