Together, shall we...

I'm convinced.

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:17:36 -0500

I’m convinced that life really isn’t about the big things. I’m convinced that life is all about the small moments, that when strung together, become a chain of events, a way of life, or a dream come true. Now more than ever, I have to believe that my life isn’t about the big things, but more the small. I have to believe that in the midst of finding what my dream is and finding where I am supposed to be, I am making a difference, if I so choose.

You see, I believe its about the conversations. I believe its about the laughter, or the extra phone call, or the way you reached out to someone in need. I believe its all about knowing what makes you strong, knowing what helps you love, and sharing that with those around you. For me, this means my faith. I watched an interview today with Barbara Walters and Oprah. Oprah said these words, “Use me up, use all of me until there isn’t any more to use.” This really hit me, I want to be used up, and hopefully by giving of myself I can bring good into the world.

I believe if you are living everyday with all you can give, than you are living everyday with all you can give…and no one can tell you that’s not enough.

Song of the Week: I have an affinity for music and if...

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:20:17 -0500

Song of the Week:

I have an affinity for music and if we’re being honest, I have an affinity for the use of the word affinity. It just feels right. Back to the topic…music! Each week on my blog I am going to pick a “Song of the Week” and share it with you!

This week’s song is : “Beach Baby” by Bon Iver. Now I’m not sure what type of music you listen to, regardless though, I think you should check out Bon Iver or deepen your already strong love for him and his B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l music. This song has been on repeat for at least 3 days now. Not only does this song mellow me out, but it makes me feel hope for the future. Not even the lyrics, but just the sound. So I hope you enjoy, I hope it makes you feel as well. Peace and love.

I just love The Girls With Glasses Show. I also wish I could be...

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:29:05 -0500

I just love The Girls With Glasses Show. I also wish I could be both of them. : ) They are capturing the world with lovely music, dancing, laughter and whimsical, witty humor that I LOVE! You should definitely stop by their site to see what kind of lovely happenings are going on with the The Girls With Glasses .

This verse just wrecked me.

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:51:30 -0500

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:

‘For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.’

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ” Romans 8: 35-39.

I think my favorite part is where Paul (the author of this book) asks if anything should separate us from the love of God, and he says, “Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?” And then with great power he says NO… in all these things we are MORE than conquerors through him who loved us. THROUGH HIM, not with our own strength, but through him we are MORE than conquerors. None of the things listed here, life, death, angels, demons, present, future, any power, height nor depth, ANYTHING in creation… none of these things has the power to separate us from the love of our God which is shown to us through Jesus Christ.

Thousands of strands connecting me.

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:59:00 -0500

I think we are connected by a thousand little invisible strands. I think when a soul connects with another soul, it is instantly tied in some way, shape, or form. The strength of these strands are built around similar interests, laughter, love, intimacy and other connecting points. I believe God sews these strands, and as years pass, the strands become sturdier, they thicken through wear and tear and they thrive.

I am blessed to be sewn together with some amazing individuals. This weekend is a perfect example of when I felt these ties. I felt thousands of strands, sewn by God, connecting me to and from each person I was with. Warm, fleshy bodies on the outside, and full of love, life, encouragement, and passion on this inside. Friends, all trudging through life, using one hand to pull you, and the other to gently push.

I am blessed to be connected with friends who gently push me into the arms of my savior and I am thankful for friends who want to catch me with arms of love and kindness when I fall.

I'm Beth. #Happo #PR # Job seeker

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:22:57 -0500

My name is Beth Landis and I want to break down the essentials for you :

I graduated in May with a B.A in PR and Advertising
I am a deeply passionate person, seriously, tears and laughter all the time.
I want to learn, I have an insatiable appetite to continue learning and growing.
I don’t just want a job, I want it to be right, for me and you.

Although I love the great state of Michigan, and this is the state I was born and raised I am more than willing to venture to new places across the United States.

I have had some AWESOME experiences. Experiences where I was challenged and pushed to be a leader. I developed skills in public relations, writing, event planning, media relations, project coordinating, and social media. And I can’t wait my skill set, and my personality work just right with a company or organization!

I would LOVE for you to check out some of my experiences on my LinkedIn profile, and I would also love to catch up with you after all of the #Happo madness is over! E-mail me at Bethlandis6@gmail.com or feel free to comment on my post! Thanks so much!

The heartbeat of life.

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:18:00 -0500

Music has the power to move, shake, and break me. Music can make you light, can make you cry, can fill your soul. It seems like I’ve always had this insatiable appetite for music. I love instrumental music, indie/folk music, dance beats, classical and especially worship music. Each type of music is special in its own way, but worship music brings me close to the heart of my savior, brings me peace and fills me with life.

So I will share with you 2 playlists, just the songs I am listening to as of late!

The first:Great beats for all:

“Lasso” by Phoenix
”Tigthen up” by Black Keys
”Awake My Soul” by Mumford and Sons
”Between Two Lungs” by Florence and the Machine
”Bound to You” by Christina Aguilera
“Enchanted” by Taylor Swift

The second: A Worship Playlist:

“Holy” by Jesus Culture
“Freedom Reigns” by Jesus Culture (their latest album!)
“Came to the Rescue” by Hillsong
“Carbon Ribs” by John Mark McMillan
“Come to Me” by Kari Jobe
“You’re Beautiful” by Phil Whickham

So there is the list, I hope you are blessed!

Inspiration through pictures. <3

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:49:33 -0500

Alec Vanderboom Photography - LOVE

From Ruemag.com LOVE the color combo.

From Ruemag.com- Excellent Contrast

Beth Jones - Love these shoes!

The Girls With Glasses, Enough said.

Inspiration through pictures. <3

#PRoductive day

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:42:00 -0500

Today is a productive day. You may be asking yourself the question, “Well why Beth, why is it a productive day?”

Here is why:

I‘m inspired, right at the ol’ Barnes and Noble cafe. I am inspired by young graduates in my field rockin’ it all over the web with excellent ideas on social media and engaging people. I want to engage people. I love seeing young people, “The Millennials” if you will, becoming Thought Leaders, becoming a voice, and learning how to be heard in a sea of other voices.

So here I am, realizing that I want to be a little bit more relevant. I want to be fresh, bold, and innovative, because I believe in myself. I believe I possess what is necessary to be a strong voice or help someone be the voice of great change. I don’t want to be in PR just because its always changing and innovative, I want to be in PR because I want to engage people and change the world!!

So here I am, inspired, a little bit overwhelmed with all the thoughts buzzing around my head, and excited. Everyone needs to be hit with a bucket of freezing cold water here and there.

My top 5 Blogs

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:38:00 -0500

Alright, so here is what you may not know about me. Although I don’t maintain my own blog very well, (devastating, I know), I am absolutely addicted to blogs. My love started towards the end of college when I realized how relaxing it was to peruse the internet on stuff that I LOVED. So I will tell you just why I spend so much time blogging and THEN I will share with you some that made my top 5 list!

Reasons I love Blogging:

Right up my alley. I tailor my blogging experience to my particular interests. Once a blog is found and loved, I bookmark it and voila, I’m hooked. Can’t get enough!
I’m inspired. I read blogs on fashion, music, design, spiritual things, professional things and ultimately I have a virtual inspiration board. YUM.
Awww feel the love. I love people, I love connecting with people with similar interests, yey! social networking! (However, let us not forget the power of the face to face interaction).

FAVORITE BLOGS: of the 2010 year :

1. http://bjonesstyle.wordpress.com Beth Jones = Fashion Guru, LOVE her style, she is always inspiring, and we share the same name, whats not to love!

2. http://bleubirdvintage.typepad.com/ This site includes fashion, DIY projects, lovely pictures, and an inside look at a crafty mama’s site —- Adorable!

3. spinsucks.com This site I read for current trends in the PR field and to I love the author, she is very intelligent and always fresh and relevant!

4. thegirlswithglasses.com So within this site there is basically a video blog and their videos are WONDERFUL! Probably deserve the # 2 spot. Their videos are funny, witty, classy - they are also adorable!

5. http://alecvanderboom.blogspot.com/ PHENOM photography. Really love. Extra double love.

-So my advice to you : find blogs you like, read from people who are inspiring, and go and create, live, speak, draw, write, think, love - a little better.

Check out Barefoot and Vintage on Etsy!

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:39:17 -0400

Where I find peace.

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:50:00 -0400

After recently graduating, I find myself in a sticky situation, one that feels more sticky every day. I graduated 2 months ago ready to go after life, I armed myself with ambition, drive, hope and a feeling that I would overcome all odds to find a career that fulfilled my soul and served God as well. However, after watching several months pass me by, and no job offers, I am feeling a lack hope, ambition and above all else, peace. But how can I expect to find peace when I place my life in the hands of the current job market, the money in my bank account and my living situation.

If you know anything about my background, I am a person who “does.” In college I was a go getter. I became part of planning committees, then I ran planning committees, then I was on two committees, then I took an internship, then I took a job, then I took another job, and another job and another job, and then I lead a mission trip, and then I plan some parties… and you get the picture. This lifestyle kept me entirely satisfied and entirely too busy! Now that the dust has settled, now that my life is much more quiet, I am forced to look deep into my life and see where God needs to heal and break and reform and heal again.

I will find my peace in God, not in the things that change day to day…that I have no control over. God’s love pours out all over me even when I don’t deserve it, even in times where I walk the other way…this is my peace. God desires my heart and won’t stop until he has it and this is also my peace. Funny how I can get so caught up in me me me and how everything isn’t perfect for me me me, forgetting that the creator of the world and everything in it is on my side, no big deal.

Jim Palmer, author of Divine Nobodies and Wide open spaces wrote this…

” If you sow a life of dependency upon financial and career success as a source of identity, security, peace and fulfillment, then you will reap the volatility of these attachments deep in your soul.”

Deep in our souls, we can find a place that is like no other place. Deep in our souls we can find peace, a warm, protected place that cannot be touched or shaken by anything that the world throws our way. God has been walking beside still waters this whole time, and I basically decided to set up camp right underneath Hurricane Kathy, awesome. The beauty though, is that God is and always will be walking beside still waters. This brings me peace and pulls my soul to walk hand in hand with God near still waters.

I love this. I love Ben Rector’s voice, and the video is...

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:53:52 -0500

I love this. I love Ben Rector’s voice, and the video is done by TK McKamy, which is also legit.

my passion

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:55:36 -0500

So I have known this for a long time, but my passion is ministry to women and teen girls. The broader passion is for the Lord and for people, however, my heart breaks for a culture of women and teen girls who living according to the lies that are forced on them by media and society and a history of inequality to men and women. I want to bring wholeness, completeness and joy to the lives of women and teen girls through the love of Jesus Christ. Not only do I want to do this in my life, I want to devote my life to this. To say I am a feminist is minimizing the larger picture here. There are women and teen girls, ignored, forgotten and mistreated around the world and in this city. Look deeper. Look closer. I will make a change, I will make a difference… even if it starts with me.

be still and wait

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:16:00 -0500

Be still and wait.

This, is quite possibly the hardest thing to do. We want answers or results, and we are not trained to wait, we are trained to move forward. We push, pull, cry, and turn bitter when questions go unanswered. We curse, we call our friends, we complain and we are unhappy when we don’t have the answers.

Be still.

And Wait.

I think the crux of this point is not that we are waiting, because no matter what, we all are waiting on something. Whether we are waiting for tomorrow…or the rest of our life.

Inevitably we are all waiting. Being still is the challenge, the goal…the reward. God asks us to have a mindset of quiet and still… so that we may be patient in our waiting.

Be still.

Smell is the sense most linked to memory. I was recently looking...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:44:00 -0500

Smell is the sense most linked to memory.

I was recently looking for a new perfume…and after smelling almost every single perfume at Macy’s perfume counter, I found Lola. In the past, I have worn several fragrances. The very first I had was Tommy Girl, then I tried Lucky and it stuck for a while and after Lucky I wore Chance by Chanel for a few years. After Chance by Chanel, I wore several perfumes including Ralph by Ralph Lauren, DKNY Be Delecious and my latest fragrance, Euphoria by Calvin Klein. Euphoria was excellent, a floral black orchard scent, but I wanted a change. Changing perfume, is like opening a new chapter. My recent purchase of Lola was something new, something different. Scent is the sense that is most linked to memory. Its an important decision, a perfume may be the most lasting impression you make.

I love Lobster

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:34:18 -0500

I ate a Lobster today, it in fact was delicious. I also had red velvet cake, and some key lime pie as well. Why was I treated with such delicacies you may ask? It was my birthday and what a wonderful birthday it was. I love my friends and I love my family, they made it wonderful for me. Tomorrow I will be with even more friends from out of town, and I am beyond ready. Amen

The start of it all.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:22:56 -0500

The start of it all.

Caramel Macchiato...you did me wrong

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:09:34 -0500

Here I am, in the library drinking a hot, frothy, strong, delicious might I add…Grande Caramel Macchiato. I began trying to organize the materials that portray my busy existence and also my finicky headphones, which were getting in the way of all things productive happening. In the midst of my chaotic moment, something lightly tapped that beautiful cup of Starbucks coffee, onto the silver keys of the library’s Apple computer.

The people in line to get coffee behind me gasped, “Oh my!” they said, as I struggled to create a plan of action to clean up my disaster. I hurried to the bathroom, as I opened the door I heard the sound of paper towel being pulled from the holster. In my head I thought, “I would walk in on someone, right. now.” After my awkward apologies and her confusion as to why I still stood standing there… I expressed my need for paper towel, and the girl kindly obliged, and I was on my way with the paper towel.

.5 minutes later. To the best of my knowledge all coffee and moisture that I could see was gone. I got back to my routine and as I began to type, I felt that the return key may be on the fritz. On the fritz it was, embarrassed I confessed to a near by friend and took matters into my own hand. Most technological things, anger and confuse me, however in this moment I became an Apple computer consultant ready to conquer.

I broke the key off, I broke the key off. I tried to put it back and I did, however it did not go on the way it should have. As it turns out, Charlie from “LOST” identical twin was reading me my rights, and telling me of my liability and other such things. At this moment, all was a blur and I was running behind on schedule.

And so my life is depicted by this short story. Crazy, chaotic, Starbucks everywhere, but filled with fun and friends and stories I love to share. Welcome.