📍Twin Lagoon

“Dead-end roads don't mean you've come to your end, just means you need to take a different detour.”

— Anthony Liccione

There’s always always a reason to live, to hope for and to look forward to.

You are never alone. You have Him. You have me.

“After all this time?”

“Always.”

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

— William Penn

Every victory entails a great amount of sacrifice. Before you even taste the sweetness of triumph, you need to taste first the bitterness of the process. And, that’s how you become Christ-like.

Michigan winter. Shot on December 12, 2016. Fujicolor Superia X-TRA 400.

I just miss my mom so much. Oh, what I would trade just for me to have a glimpse of her and to hug her for a second. ☹️

‘The washing of the feet and the sacrament of the Eucharist: two expressions of one and the same mystery of love entrusted to the disciples, so that, Jesus says, “as I have done… so also must you do.’” (Jn 13: 15)

— Pope John Paul II

Jesus suffered a lot before he ressurected. And just like him, behind all my sufferings, victory awaits. I just have to love unconditionally and follow His lead.

Enter, stranger, but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed,

For those who take, but do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn.

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware

Of finding more than treasure there.

— J.K. Rowling

After all, there’s no better feeling in the world than spending your own hard-earned money for things that make you happy.

The ocean is the peace I crave.💙 This has always been my home, where my mind is at ease and my heart is happy and calm.