Please meet Cassandra D'Alessandro, one of my students on the photogenX track.
Cassandra is dynamic and vibrant.
Her contagious laughter might cause your sides to ache because you just can't help but laugh along. The room lights up when she walks in, she's just one of those people.
I re-read one of Cass's writings from this past year. It's called "My Life Message".
It tells of a simple truth, but it's one we so often forget. Her words brightened my day, I hope in turn, they will brighten yours.
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My life message is pretty simple. It's not super complicated because I don't see the Bible as super complicated. Yes, the Bible is deep and great and filled with amazing stories but I can always find a chapter or verse or even a word that leads me back to one simple idea.
Love.
From Genesis 1 to Revelations 22 God shows His love for us. He shows us so clearly what a perfect, untainted, pure love looks like.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son..." (John 3:16)
God made the ultimate sacrifice out of love. The book of Hosea is a beautiful story of God's undying love for His people. This love is crazy and we are so not worthy of it but God pours it out on all of His people. What gets even crazier is God tells us to love other people. Not only does He show us how to love but He commands us to show love to everyone around us.
"The greatest commandment is this: love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, body and soul and the second is love you neighbour as yourself."
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress."
Throughout His word God talks about loving others. When we stop and think why injust situations are the way they are is because of a lack of love. Look at the people around us. Everyone is looking for love; from parents, lovers, pets, food etc.
The greatest things that we, as Christians, can do to help bring God's salvation through Jesus to earth is to love it.
"The world will see how you are different from how you love one another."
It's just all about love.
The secret to life is love.
Don't Mess With Texas
"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and
wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."
- Charles William Eliot
Leaning on the Old Walls of Jerusalem
"As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people,
from this time forth and forevermore."
"As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people,
from this time forth and forevermore."
Psalm 125:2
Soccer with the Kids in Peru
"To me soccer is more than just a ball and two posts,
it connects people from all corners of the world."
Monkey Bars in Argentina
"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars.
You have to let go at some point in order to move forward."
"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars.
You have to let go at some point in order to move forward."
- C.S. Lewis
Water Fight in Thailand
"Happy New Year. I wish you good health physically and mentally; (I wish you a life) without suffering and grief and without any malady or affliction whatsoever."
Best Friend Time in Greece
"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."
- Henry Ford
Team Time in Peru
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."
- Helen Keller
Thanks for sharing Cass.
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