sailing through this world

The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for all that He, in His goodness, sends to us day after day. -- St. Gianna Molla This quote by my patron, St. Gianna, strikes a chord with me right now. Recently, I've been contemplating the nature of our society (warning: contemplation can be dangerous). I've started to feel that it's really hard to enjoy life in the moment because for as long as I can remember, I've been taught to focus on attaining our next goal. The goal in high school is to get into college, the goal in college is to graduate so you can get a job, and then the goal will be to get a better job and so on.  I don't think setting goals is bad. On the contrary, goal-setting is great, it's motivation to work hard. However, don't forget to enjoy the present. Savor life as it is now. Don't obsess about what's to come. Thank God for today and worry less about tomorrow. As St. Gianna says, live moment by mome

Welcome! Wilkommen! Bienvenu! Aloha! Benvenuto! Out of all the places in the internet you could have clicked to, you wound up here. I'm amazed. Impressed. Flattered.  It could be FATE. Or DESTINY. (Do I sound like a cheesy movie trailer yet?)  If you're not scared away yet, congratulations! I promise I'm not scary person. What I am is a Catholic, a college student, a dancer (my specialty is Irish dance), and a lover of books, tea, and chocolate. I also enjoy various crafts, especially jewelry making! I decided to start a blog mainly so I had somewhere to write down all my random ideas. I'm not really sure what genre you'd call this blog. Some mix of Catholic college girl + chocolate + dance + books? Let's go with that.  The name sailing through this world is from one of my favorite quotes, by one of my most beloved saints, St. Therese of Lisieux.  The world is thy ship, not thy home. Anyway, I do hope you'll come again. :) This p