Vegan for the Summer

So the lastest trend is to be a vegan-goddess.
Eat leaves picked from your backyard and rub coconut oil on your face for a more complete complexion.

But seriously, I am thinking about trying out a new book called "The Kind Diet."

My faithful friend Amazon reviews this book:

In The Kind Diet, actress, activist, and committed conservationist Alicia Silverstone shares the insights that encouraged her to swear off meat and dairy forever, and outlines the spectacular benefits of adopting a plant-based diet, from effortless weight loss to clear skin, off-the-chart energy, and smooth digestion. She explains how meat, fish, milk, and cheese—the very foods we’ve been taught to regard as the cornerstone of good nutrition—are actually the culprits behind escalating rates of disease and the cause of dire, potentially permanent damage to our ecology. 

 

Three Benefits of this Eating Plan:

1. Dairy Free- I am lactose intolerant and it is the biggest struggle. Actually, I just ate a bowl of macaroni and cheese just before I started typing this. (can't forget to pop that lactose pill).

2. Clear Skin- UM WHAT???? My dream come true. I have the weirdest complexion and have tried everything from Proactive to all natural face wash. 

3. Effortless weight loss- and again I say, UM WHAT???? I would like to try that effortless weight loss. Please sign me up. 

 

Three Negative Effects of this Eating Plan:

1. No Fro-yo, Orange Leaf, or any other delicious frozen yogurt place.

2. Changing my whole lifestyle.

3. Tasteless food. If you have known me for my whole life, I grew up being the "pickiest" eater. I don't like any condiments on my sandwiches and have just branched out into eating guacamole.  So I am not sure how the whole diet will go since i am so plain jane, turkey and cheese on bread please!

 

 

However, this summer I will be moving home and living with my parents. This will mean living in a house with a kitchen and the fruitful supply of groceries. 

 

Also, I need a challenge this summer. I need goals, else I waste away my summer and become aimless. I love goals. I love accomplishing a goal. I love seeing change that is innovative and beneficial. 

 

So maybe my neighbors will see me in their backyard rounding up some dinner from their local garden. (i say thank you in advance)

 

 

love, 

jocelyn elizabeth

Bad Days

Sometimes you just have really bad days.
Today was one of those bad bad bad days.

It consisted of "filing your taxes."

And let's just say I am going to owe rather than receive from the government.

It was a bad day.

this is how bad of a day it was.
to revert to the unthinkable.
grabbing for the bottle and drowning away my sorrows.

mineral water of course.

 

 

But seriously, it was a pretty bad day.


love,
jocelyn elizabeth

My New Specs.

I first got glasses my junior year of highschool.

However, I wore fake glasses when I was in 2nd and 3rd grade, to be cool.

Since my junior year, I have had the same pair of glasses. And we have bonded deeply. They were so cool and unique, and I felt intelligent.

Well, I needed an update. So five years later, I got a new prescription which is taking a getting used to. But I thought I would post a tribute from the old little specs to the new.

*this is not a significant blog post, but only to procrastinate from homework.....

Enjoy.

oh little glasses of mine. we have had a deep connection over the past five years. but it is time to let you go and move on.

dear new specs, you have been rather dizzy to wear.

The End.


love,
jocelyn elizabeth

Behind Every Great Man, There is a Great Woman.

John Bevere came and spoke at my school the other night.
It was one of the most enriching teachings I have heard in a while.

However, he made this statement,
"Behind every great man, there is a great woman."

And out of all his thought provoking points, this was the one that stuck out the most to me. I just kept pondering and thinking about this statement.

My whole life I have been the star of the show. (Please see home videos)
I was the funny one, the charismatic one, and the one who wanted everyone's attention.

The thought of being behind someone, instead of in front of them is quite unnatural for me. I like to be known. I like to be in front.
(let's just be honest, we all kind of have that desire)

Anyways, I just kept thinking how two years ago or even a year ago, I could not comprehend the idea of a "helpmate."What did that even mean when people told me about that is what a woman was to be to a man?

Seriously, people. I just did not understand why the woman was suppose to help the man. I mean wasn't the man suppose to help the woman? She is the one who is cleaning, raising their children, and keeping the whole house together. This was the truth that I stood my ground.

When I met that man, he would come alongside my show. Help me become great. Let me be the star.

Until recently........

The Lord has done a great work in this little selfish, self absorbed heart of mine. He has brought fresh revelation.

When I heard, John Bevere's statement, my heart cried out, "yes that is what I want to be, behind a great man. I want to help make him great. I want my gifts to help make his gifts the best they could be. I want to serve and help accomplish his dreams."

Over the past five months, I have been going through a season of contentment. I am content in life, completely. I wouldn't want to change a thing. My life is so beautiful. It is the best.

Yet, I am so thankful that the Lord is changing my heart through small things that is preparing me for marriage.

Don't get me wrong, I love being single. But I do not want this season of singleness to be fruitless.

During this season, I want to become the great woman that will stand behind that great man one day.

 that is all for now.


back to homework.

love,
jocelyn elizabeth

Make Things Happen

I am the type of woman who just wants to make things happen.
Yes. that person.
I am very good at getting things done.
Someone says it can't be done. Well I will go look for a second opinion.

I thrive on my independence. I actually take great pride in being independent.I go places, do things, and feel the rush of excitement from being so "grown-up."


However, one of the most refining things in my life is trusting God in letting Him make things happen.
I want to know everything, plan everything, and have control over everything.
My heart feels the inner war of fighting against my initial instinct.
"Be independent. Don't rely on anything or especially anyone. You will find greater satisfaction in your own accomplishments."


Yet if I try to follow this tendency, I fail.
The plan only works when He has control.



It is so refining to be dependent.
Especially on Him.

To fully trust.
To fully rely on.
To fully let go.


It just feels so unnatural to not know the next step or even the full plan.

I want to see the blueprints. It makes me feel safer. I feel more in control.

And He continually hides the blueprints so that all the answers may be sought through Him. He wants me seeking and asking for the next step. He wants full reliance on Him.

The end result brings intimacy, authenticity, and relationship with Him.

"Abide in Me, and I in you. For apart from Me, you can do nothing."
John 15


love,
jocelyn elizabeth