Cho Chang Quotes

The world had changed a great deal, but the little rules, contracts and customs had not, which meant the world hadn't actually changed at all.

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone's life forever.

The words came out before Harry had quite got his tongue around them. “Wangoballwime?” “Sorry?” said Cho. “D’you — d’you want to go to the ball with me?” said Harry. Why did he have to go red now? Why? “Oh!” said Cho, and she went red too. “Oh Harry, I’m really sorry,” and she truly looked it. “I’ve already said I’ll go with someone else.

The world had changed a great deal, but the little rules, contracts, and customs had not, which meant the world hadn’t actually changed at all. She mulled over Daehyun’s idea that registering as legally married changes the way you feel about each other. Do laws and institutions change values, or do values drive laws and institutions?

Ngày hôm nay mà bạn vừa trải qua thật vô ích, là ngày mai của một ai đó đã chết dần vào ngày hôm qua từng khát khao muốn được sống.

Our calling is not simply to change the world, but perhaps as important, our calling is to be changed ourselves.

A slightly stunned silence greeted the end of this speech, then Ron said, 'One person can't feel all that at once, they'd explode.' 'Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have,' said Hermione nastily, picking up her quill again.

I've spent so much time feeling ugly and being treated as ugly as a result. But I changed my attitude and said, “I’m beautiful because I love everybody as much as I can. I’m beautiful because I have wonderful friends. And I’m beautiful because I say I am. I’ve earned it, and I’m gonna be it.

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.”3

Do laws and institutions change values, or do values drive laws and institutions?

The Ravenclaw team, dressed in blue, were already standing in the middle of the field. Their Seeker, Cho Chang, was the only girl on their team. She was shorter than Harry by about a head, and Harry couldn't help noticing, nervous as he was, that she was extremely pretty. She smiled at Harry as the teams faced each other behind their captains, and he felt a slight lurch in the region of his stomach that he didn't think had anything to do with nerves.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Cá gai là một loài cá rất kì lạ. Cá gai mẹ sau khi đẻ trứng thì bỏ đi đâu mất. Cứ như thể những quả trứng có ra sao cũng không liên quan đến nó vậy. Rốt cuộc chỉ còn lại cá gai bố chăm sóc lứa trứng. Cá gai bố sẽ liều mình chiến đấu với các loài cá khác nếu chúng định ăn mất trứng. Và cuối cùng đám cá gai con lại bỏ rơi cá voi bố, cứ thế đi theo con đường riêng của chúng Sau khi cá gai con bỏ đi hết, còn lại một mình, cá gai bố liền đâm dầu vào giữa khe đá mà chết.[..] Con cá gai lúc nào cũng làm tôi nghĩ đến bố.[...] Ôi bố cá gai của tôi.

Người ta nói rằng khi phụ nữ khóc thì đừng ngăn cản. Vì như thế chỉ thêm dầu vào lửa. Khi phụ nữ khóc cũng đừng hỏi lí do vì sao. Vì nhiều khi ngay cả bản thân phụ nữ cũng không hiểu vì sao mình khóc. (p179)

To “do justice” means to render to each what each is due. Justice involves harmony, flourishing, and fairness, and it is based on the image of God in every person—the Imago Dei—that grants all people inalienable dignity and infinite worth.

Somewhat to Harry’s disappointment, it was Ginny who managed to find Cho Chang and her friend first; however, by the end of dinner he was confident that the news had been passed to every one of the twenty-five people who had turned up in the Hog’s Head.

...Bộ dạng nằm trước mặt kia đột nhiên trở người. Nàng định choàng người bước khỏi giường thật nhanh. Đã lâu lắm rồi, chẳng bao giờ giữa nàng và anh có cái ôm siết chặt, nụ hôn ngọt ngào, những gần gũi yêu thương. Cùng nằm trên một chiếc giường mà đối diện nàng luôn là tấm lưng băng giá. Trời sáng cũng là lúc anh rời khỏi. Tại sao lại thế? Nàng nào có lỗi gì. Không yêu, anh vẫn lấy nàng làm vợ được sao? Chỉ để mà chăm sóc, lo lắng cho anh? Nước mắt nuốt ngược vào trong, nàng chọn sự im lặng. Vợ của một người đàn ông trên con đường thành đạt liệu còn mong chờ điều gì nữa? Biết bao nhiêu người hằng ao ước được như nàng cơ mà. Đúng rồi. Đúng vậy rồi. Anh đang quay người lại. Nàng rùng mình. Mắt nàng nhắm chặt. Thiếp đi nào. Chỗ của nàng không phải ở đây. Nàng phải quay về gặp chàng. Nếu không, hẳn chàng sẽ cô đơn lắm! - Anh đây em! Giọng của chàng. Nàng mừng rỡ, mở mắt ra. Đúng là gương mặt chàng cùng nụ cười trìu mến, thân yêu. - Em đang mơ? - Không. Đây là thực! Nhìn quanh quất, nàng nhận ra mình vẫn đang nằm trên giường. Phòng ngủ với bao nhiêu đồ đạc, cách bài trí không lẫn vào đâu được. Chỉ duy nhất một điều lạ lùng đang hiển hiện. - Tại… tại sao anh lại ở đây? Vậy thì... chồng em... chồng em đâu? Bàn tay chàng dịu dàng vuốt lên mái tóc dài mượt mà của nàng. - Đừng lo. Bây giờ em không cần mơ để gặp được anh nữa. Cũng không sợ chỉ mình em già đi, xấu xí. Anh sẽ trải qua tất cả, cùng với em, ở đây. - Thật không anh? Thật vậy không anh? Chàng mỉm cười, đặt lên môi nàng một nụ hôn ngọt ngào nhất nàng từng biết tới. Đó hẳn là một nụ hôn thực sự, không thể là mơ...

A religion true to its nature must also be concerned about man’s social conditions.… Any religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them, and the social conditions that cripple them is a dry-as-dust religion.7

The world had changed a great deal, but the little rules, contracts and customs had not, which meant the world hadn’t actually changed at all. She mulled over Daehyun’s idea that registering as legally married changes the way you feel about each other. Do laws and institutions change values, or do values drive laws and institutions?

Yêu một người cũng đồng nghĩa với hối hận. Nhưng vì sợ mà không yêu thì cũng đau khổ vậy thôi. (p 104)

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. —African proverb

What brings credibility to the gospel is not more hour-long sermons. What brings credibility, passion, and, ultimately, belief is seeing the gospel at work … the incarnate gospel. What will move skeptics, cynics, and critics are Christians who love God and love their neighbors—including neighbors who don’t look like them—by willingly and humbly serving their needs.

Sự thật là khi chúng ta lớn lên, ta giết tất cả những người yêu thương ta bằng mối quan tâm ta dành cho họ, bằng tình âu yếm đầy bất an mà ta khơi gợi và không ngừng khuấy động trong lòng họ. (Proust)

Any religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them, and the social conditions that cripple them is a dry-as-dust religion.7

If you truly believe in the gospel, then you have to believe that it matters not just for your personal salvation and blessings but also for God’s pursuit of restoration, redemption, and reconciliation for the entire world. I believe in this gospel. I live for this gospel.

After Josh leaves and Kitty goes upstairs to watch TV, I’m tidying up the living room and Peter’s sprawled out on the couch watching me. I keep thinking he’s about to leave, but then he keeps lingering. Out of nowhere he says, “Remember back at Halloween how you were Cho Chang and Sanderson was Harry Potter? I bet you that wasn’t a coincidence. I bet you a million bucks he got Kitty to find out what your costume was and then he ran out and bought a Harry Potter costume. The kid is into you.” I freeze. “No, he isn’t. He loves my sister. He always has and he always will.” Peter waves this off. “Just you wait. As soon as you and I are done, he’s gonna pull some cheesy-ass move and, like, profess his love for you with a boom box. I’m telling you, I know how guys think.” I yank away the pillow he’s got cushioning his bac and put it on the recliner. “My sister will be home for winter break soon. I bet you a million dollars they get back together.” Peter holds his hand out for me to shake on it, and when I take it, he pulls me onto the couch next to him. Our legs touch. He has a mischievous glint in his eye, and I think maybe he’s going to kiss me, and I’m scared, but I’m excited, too. But then I hear Kitty’s footsteps coming down the stairs, and the moment’s over.

When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love. Where evil men would seek to perpetuate an unjust status quo, good men must seek to bring into being a real order of justice.2

Hạnh phúc là gì nhỉ ? Bố đã nói thế này này. "Đó là có thể sống với người mình yêu thương, và có thể làm bất cứ điều gì vì người mà mình yêu thương." Hình như trong suy nghĩ của bố, hạnh phúc chính là tình yêu. Nếu mà đúng như lời bố nói thì tôi đã hạnh phúc rồi. Vì tôi đang được ở bên cạnh bố - người mà tôi yêu thương nhất thế gian này. (p 130)

Aberforth’s getting a bit annoyed,” said Fred, raising his hand in answer to several cries of greeting. “He wants a kip, and his bar’s turned into a railway station.” Harry’s mouth fell open. Right behind Lee Jordan came Harry’s old girlfriend, Cho Chang. She smiled at him. “I got the message,” she said, holding up her own fake Galleon, and she walked over to sit beside Michael Corner. “So what’s the plan, Harry?” said George. “There isn’t one,” said Harry, still disoriented by the sudden appearance of all these people, unable to take everything n while his scar was still burning so fiercely. “Just going to make it up as we go along, are we? My favorite kind,” said Fred. “You’ve got to stop this!” Harry told Neville. “What did you call them all back for? This is insane--” “We’re fighting, aren’t we?” said Dean, taking out his fake Galleon. “The message said Harry was back, and we were going to fight! I’ll have to get a wand, though--” “You haven’t got a wand--?” began Seamus. Ron turned suddenly to Harry. “Why can’t they help?” “What?” “They can help.” He dropped his voice and said, so that none of them could hear but Hermione, who stood between them, “We don’t know where it is. We’ve got to find it fast. We don’t have to tell them it’s a Horcrux.” Harry looked from Ron to Hermione, who murmured, “I think Ron’s right. We don’t even know what we’re looking for, we need them.” And when Harry looked unconvinced, “You don’t have to do everything alone, Harry.

This idea, however, came to nothing: the corridors, which were packed with people on the lookout for the lunch trolley, were impossible to negotiate while wearing the Cloak. Harry stowed it regretfully back in his bag, reflecting that it would have been nice to wear it just to avoid all the staring, which seemed to have increased in intensity even since he had last walked down the train. Every now and then students would hurtle out of their compartments to get a better look at him. The exception was Cho Chang, who darted into her compartment when she saw Harry coming. As Harry passed the window he saw her deep in determined conversation with her friend Marietta, who was wearing a very thick layer of makeup that did not entirely obscure the odd formation of pimples still etched across her face.

Đứa trẻ đã trở thành tâm điểm trong cuộc sống của anh. Một hành tinh trong Hệ Mặt Trời thì luôn quay xung quanh trung tâm hệ của nó, đó chính là cuộc sống của anh. Anh hiểu rõ rằng nếu mất đi đứa trẻ này thì anh sẽ mất đi lực hướng tâm và văng ra khỏi dòng đời. Như thể mất đi phần lớn những lí do để anh phải sống, đó sẽ là một cuộc sống mà anh không thể nào hòa nhập được, không thể cười nói, không thể hát ca.

Dù bố có chết đi cũng không phải là chết đâu. Người bố đã bỏ lại con ở trên đời này, sẽ mãi mãi sống trong tâm hồn con. Con sẽ không thể nhìn thấy người bố này, không thể nghe thấy, không thể chạm vào, nhưng bố lúc nào cũng sẽ cùng con bước trên đường đời. Khi con mệt mỏi, khi con sắp gục ngã, khi con chán nản muốn dừng bước trên con đường con đã chọn, khi con muốn quay đầu lại, thì hãy nhớ, bố luôn đồng hành cùng con. Mãi mãi, mãi mãi...

The life of Martin Luther King Jr. was one that typified the pursuit of justice, both spiritually and socially. He said these words: A religion true to its nature must also be concerned about man’s social conditions.… Any religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them, and the social conditions that cripple them is a dry-as-dust religion.7

If only Facebook had always been around, our broken world would have been fixed long ago. All you have to do to make the world a better place is to change your profile picture or status update. Just think, Dr. King wouldn’t have needed to march. Gandhi wouldn’t have gone on a hunger strike. And Mother Teresa would have never needed to actually touch a sick or poor person. They could have just let everyone know their opinion on FB and everything would have changed for the better.

She was the first close friend who I felt like I’d re­ally cho­sen. We weren’t in each other’s lives be­cause of any obli­ga­tion to the past or con­ve­nience of the present. We had no shared his­tory and we had no rea­son to spend all our time to­ gether. But we did. Our friend­ship in­ten­si­fied as all our friends had chil­dren – she, like me, was un­con­vinced about hav­ing kids. And she, like me, found her­self in a re­la­tion­ship in her early thir­ties where they weren’t specif­i­cally work­ing to­wards start­ing a fam­ily. By the time I was thirty-four, Sarah was my only good friend who hadn’t had a baby. Ev­ery time there was an­other preg­nancy an­nounce­ment from a friend, I’d just text the words ‘And an­other one!’ and she’d know what I meant. She be­came the per­son I spent most of my free time with other than Andy, be­cause she was the only friend who had any free time. She could meet me for a drink with­out plan­ning it a month in ad­vance. Our friend­ship made me feel lib­er­ated as well as safe. I looked at her life choices with no sym­pa­thy or con­cern for her. If I could ad­mire her de­ci­sion to re­main child-free, I felt en­cour­aged to ad­mire my own. She made me feel nor­mal. As long as I had our friend­ship, I wasn’t alone and I had rea­son to be­lieve I was on the right track. We ar­ranged to meet for din­ner in Soho af­ter work on a Fri­day. The waiter took our drinks or­der and I asked for our usual – two Dirty Vodka Mar­ti­nis. ‘Er, not for me,’ she said. ‘A sparkling wa­ter, thank you.’ I was ready to make a joke about her un­char­ac­ter­is­tic ab­sti­nence, which she sensed, so as soon as the waiter left she said: ‘I’m preg­nant.’ I didn’t know what to say. I can’t imag­ine the ex­pres­sion on my face was par­tic­u­larly en­thu­si­as­tic, but I couldn’t help it – I was shocked and felt an un­war­ranted but in­tense sense of be­trayal. In a de­layed re­ac­tion, I stood up and went to her side of the ta­ble to hug her, un­able to find words of con­grat­u­la­tions. I asked what had made her change her mind and she spoke in va­garies about it ‘just be­ing the right time’ and wouldn’t elab­o­rate any fur­ther and give me an an­swer. And I needed an an­swer. I needed an an­swer more than any­thing that night. I needed to know whether she’d had a re­al­iza­tion that I hadn’t and, if so, I wanted to know how to get it. When I woke up the next day, I re­al­ized the feel­ing I was ex­pe­ri­enc­ing was not anger or jeal­ousy or bit­ter­ness – it was grief. I had no one left. They’d all gone. Of course, they hadn’t re­ally gone, they were still my friends and I still loved them. But huge parts of them had dis­ap­peared and there was noth­ing they could do to change that. Un­less I joined them in their spa­ces, on their sched­ules, with their fam­i­lies, I would barely see them. And I started dream­ing of an­other life, one com­pletely re­moved from all of it. No more chil­dren’s birth­day par­ties, no more chris­ten­ings, no more bar­be­cues in the sub­urbs. A life I hadn’t ever se­ri­ously con­tem­plated be­fore. I started dream­ing of what it would be like to start all over again. Be­cause as long as I was here in the only Lon­don I knew – mid­dle-class Lon­don, cor­po­rate Lon­don, mid-thir­ties Lon­don, mar­ried Lon­don – I was in their world. And I knew there was a whole other world out there.

Justice is the act of restoring something to fullness after it has been harmed. Justice is making things right. But that definition for me is still a little incomplete. Even more fundamental than a definition of justice is the place from which our understanding of justice emanates. It is hard to restore what has been wronged if you don’t have a point of reference. We need to know what this fullness looks like in its pure form. We need to know where this restoration comes from. If fullness is the goal for us as the church and as Christians, we must seek to understand the fullness of what God intended for His creation. We need to more deeply understand God the Father, Jesus the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit. We need to more deeply grow in intimacy with the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. More often than not, we’re fixed in the brokenness of our world because we are constantly surrounded by such things. But if we’re not careful, we lose sight of God. We lose sight of God’s purposes and intent for creation. We lose sight of God’s promise to restore our brokenness and our fallen world. This is why for us, as Christians, the person of God, the deity of God, God’s justice, and God’s goodness are such powerful things. God’s justice is His plan of redemption for a broken world. God’s justice is renewing the world to where He would have intended it to be. Justice is not just a thing that is good. Justice is not merely doing good. Justice is not something that’s moral or right or fair. Justice is not, in itself, a set of ethics. Justice is not just an aggregation of the many justice-themed verses throughout the Scriptures. Justice is not trendy, glamorous, cool, or sexy. Justice isn’t a movement. Justice is so much more, and the understanding of this fullness is central to the work that we do in pursuing justice.

highest incidence of massacres in what is now called South Korea took place in Gyeongsang province. In this part of the country in particular, there is a reported phenomenon called honbul, or “ghost flames,” in which flickering lights rise up from the ground, usually at the site of a massacre. The folkloric explanation, generated since the Korean War, lies somewhere between science and the supernatural. In places where buried bodies are heavily concentrated, the remains have changed the chemical makeup of the earth, causing the soil to ignite. Through ghost flames, the spirits of the dead release their grief and rage, their han, into the world.

If you truly believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ, then you believe that the gospel matters not just for your personal salvation and blessing, but also for God’s pursuit of restoration, redemption, and reconciliation of the entire world. Christians believe in the gospel that is revealed to us in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ: A gospel that not only saves but also serves; A gospel that not only saves but seeks to restore all things back unto the One that ushered forth all that is good and beautiful; A gospel that not only saves but ushers in the kingdom of God; A gospel that not only saves but restores the dignity of humanity—even in the midst of our brokenness and depravity. This gospel is not just for us. The gospel is good news for all. Justice as Discipleship

I believe you cannot credibly follow Christ unless you pursue justice.

But do you really believe in Jesus when there is no evidence that you are doing what He compels us to do?

Bạn không thực sự học được gì khi một ai đó nói cho bạn một điều gì đó. Bạn cũng không thực sự học được gì khi bạn làm một điều gì đó. Bạn chỉ bắt đầu học, bắt đầu tạo ra những kết nối thần kinh mới, khi bạn nhớ lại và suy ngẫm về những việc đã xảy ra.

Questions are no longer about which program does the best job but about how existing programs can join in the transformation. Regardless of one’s problems, having a home is the route to a better life (Cho, 2014).

# 1. Mặc dù tôi dành cả cuốn sách này để nói về việc dọn dẹp, nhưng không nhất thiết là phải dọn dẹp. Bạn sẽ không chết nếu nhà cửa không được dọn dẹp và có nhiều người trên thế giới này không thực sự quan tâm tới việc khiến nhà mình được gọn gàng, ngăn nắp. Tuy nhiên, những người như thế sẽ không bao giờ cầm cuốn sách này lên. Mặt khác, số phận đã dẫn dắt bạn đọc cuốn sách này thì điều đó có nghĩa là bạn chắc chắn có nỗi mong muốn mãnh liệt để thay đổi hoàn cảnh hiện thời, tổ chức lại cuộc sống, cải thiện lối sống, giành lấy hạnh phúc và tỏa sáng. Chính vì vậy, tôi có thể đảm bảo rằng bạn sẽ có thể khiến ngôi nhà của mình trở nên gọn gàng, ngăn nắp. Giây phút bạn cầm cuốn sách này lên với ý định dọn dẹp nhà cửa, thì lúc đó bạn đã thực hiện bước đầu tiên. Nếu bạn tiếp tục đọc, bạn sẽ biết mình cần làm điều gì tiếp theo. 2. Chúng ta tích lũy mọi thứ vật chất với cùng một lí do như khi chúng ta ăn - nhằm thỏa mãn cơn đói. Mua sắm quá mức và ăn uống quá nhiều đều là những nỗ lực để làm dịu căng thẳng. Thông qua việc quan sát các khách hàng, tôi nhận thấy rằng khi họ từ bỏ những trang phục dư thừa, bụng của họ có xu hướng nhỏ lại; khi họ bỏ bớt sách và tài liệu, trí óc của họ có xu hướng trở nên thông thoáng hơn; khi họ giảm bớt số lượng mỹ phẩm và dọn dẹp khu vực quanh bồn rửa bát và bồn tắm, làn da của họ có xu hướng trở nên sáng hơn và da dẻ mịn màng. Mặc dù tôi không có cơ sở khoa học nào để chứng minh cho lí thuyết này nhưng thật là thú vị khi thấy một bộ phận của cơ thể đáp lại tương ứng với khu vực được dọn dẹp. Không phải là kì diệu hay sao khi việc dọn dẹp nhà cửa cũng có thể tôn thêm nhan sắc của bạn và góp phần làm cho cơ thể trở nên mạnh khỏe, thon thả hơn? 3. Tôi cam kết với bạn: bất cứ thứ gì bạn cho đi sẽ quay trở về với đúng số lượng như trước, nhưng chỉ khi nó cảm thấy nỗi khao khát muốn trở về với bạn. Vì lí do này, khi bạn từ bỏ thứ gì đó, đừng ra hiệu và bảo “Ồ, tôi không bao giờ sử dụng thứ này” hoặc “Tiếc là tao chưa bao giờ có dịp dùng đến mày.” Thay vào đó, hãy vui vẻ bỏ nó đi với những lời lẽ như “Cảm ơn bạn đã tìm đến tôi” hoặc “Lên đường vui vẻ nhé. Hẹn sớm gặp lại!” 4. Một trong những lí do khiến sự lộn xộn giày vò chúng ta là vì chúng ta phải tìm kiếm thứ gì đó và rồi phát hiện ra là nó vẫn ở đó, và đã có nhiều lần dù trong ta cố công đến cỡ nào thì cũng không thể tìm thấy thứ mà chúng ta đang tìm kiếm. Khi giảm bớt số lượng tài liệu mà chúng ta sở hữu và cất giữ chúng ở cùng một chỗ, chỉ nhìn thoáng qua là chúng ta có thể nói mình có tài liệu đó hay không. Nếu nó không còn, chúng ta có thể ngay lập tức chuyển sang phương hướng khác và bắt đầu suy nghĩ về việc cần làm gì. Chúng ta có thể hỏi ai đó mà chúng ta biết họ có tài liệu đó, gọi điện thoại đến công ty hoặc tự tìm kiếm thông tin. Ngay khi đã có giải pháp, chúng ta không lựa chọn nữa mà hành động. Và khi hành động, chúng ta ngạc nhiên khi thấy rằng vấn đề thường được giải quyết dễ dàng. 5. Khi mô thức suy nghĩ này hay mô thức suy nghĩ khác khiến việc từ bỏ thứ gì đó trở nên khó khăn, chúng ta sẽ không thể nhận ra được điều mà chúng ta cần ngay lúc này là gì. Chúng ta không dám chắc rằng nó có khiến cho chúng ta thỏa mãn hay không hoặc không chắc chắn về điều mà chúng ta đang tìm kiếm. Kết quả là, chúng ta gia tăng số lượng những vật sở hữu không cần thiết, khiến bản thân đắm chìm cả thể chất lẫn tinh thần vào những thứ vô dụng. Cách tốt nhất để tìm ra thứ mà chúng ta thực sự cần đó là từ bỏ những thứ mà chúng ta không cần. Việc tìm kiếm ở những nơi xa xôi hoặc những cuộc mua sắm tưng bừng không còn cần thiết nữa. Tất cả những gì bạn phải làm là loại bỏ những thứ bạn không cần bằng cách đối mặt với từng vật mà bạn sở hữu.

You Belong in Ravenclaw The house of the wise and the curious. Ravenclaws value wisdom, intellect, learning and creativity. They are always eager to acquire new knowledge and skills and to explore new ideas and possibilities. They are also original, eccentric and witty, but sometimes aloof and detached. Some famous Ravenclaws are Luna Lovegood, Cho Chang, Gilderoy Lockhart and Filius Flitwick. You are a total brainiac, and you feel like there is always more to learn. You are very curious about the world. To say you are a big reader is putting things mildly; you are addicted to books. You read everything you can get your hands on. You enjoy being around good friends, but you can spend tons of time alone too. Your ideas, thoughts, and theories occupy you. You are quite independent and open to new ways of thinking. You get frustrated with people who are closed-minded. The water signs of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are most suited for Ravenclaw, as they share the traits of wisdom, creativity, learning and curiosity. They are also intuitive, imaginative and sometimes aloof. Luna Lovegood is a Cancer, which explains her wisdom and eccentricity.

is doing for others what we would want done for us.

we must reflect on the truth that justice is a reflection of God’s character. Justice is the pursuit of the shalom that God intended for the world and humanity.

Sometimes the things that need to be set right are not just in the lives of those we seek to serve. The things that need to be set right may also be in our own lives.

Now, I am not suggesting that we all adopt a lifestyle of absolute poverty but rather a theology, praxis, and lifestyle of enough. We have enough. We are blessed and blessed immensely. God has given us enough. God is our enough. I’m reminded of the wise words G. K. Chesterton said: “There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”11

But the criticism directed at TOMS (and presumably BOBS as well) in the humanitarian world is that the sometimes-airdropped boxes of shoes disrupt the economies they seek to help, and that they are essentially passing off consumption as charity.6 Instead of addressing the problems of poverty and unemployment, TOMS and BOBS are merely treating a symptom and are in fact making the economy worse in countries that already have high unemployment.

The man who had just bowed and greeted Father said he would put in a bridge over the sewer creek, pave the streets, and renovate the houses in our neighborhood. Taking our cue from the adults, we clapped loudly, very loudly. The next man quoted the previous one's promise to put in a bridge and pave the streets, and said we should put that man to work for the district chief; he, on the other hand, promised to do this and that on behalf of the nation and asked for our support. Once again the grown-ups clapped. And once again we followed their lead. Until I myself was grown up I often thought of that incident. My impression of those two was deeply embedded in my mind. I hated them. They were liars. They had such fantastic plans. But plans were not what we needed. A lot of people had already made many plans. But nothing had changed. And even if those people had achieved something, we wouldn't have been affected. What we needed were people who could understand our suffering and take it upon themselves. (Cho 2006: 54-55)

We all love justice … until there’s a cost. But here’s the tension and truth: There’s always a cost to doing justice. And there’s always a cost to following Jesus.

Have you ever heard this kind of promise: “Three easy steps to achieving all your dreams!”? Anyone who suggests such ludicrous fallacies is simply lying to you. There’s a cost to pursuing your dreams, visions, and convictions. And there’s a cost to following Jesus.

Stories matter. How we communicate those stories matters. Our choices in the photos we capture and parade on our websites, brochures, and campaigns matter. Our choice to use photos of real children, women, or men on T-shirts, and to sell them for good causes matters. Asking ourselves the questions, “Should we do it?” and “What were we thinking?” matters, even if we have their permission. We need to question this practice and consider the stories we’re telling. I mean, seriously, would you want photos of your children being paraded around on clothing worn by strangers?

And this is the gospel: The good news is not merely that Jesus saves but that Jesus is with us. The promise of the gospel isn’t the health and wealth we often hear through erroneous prosperity theology, but that in all situations, God is with us.

Where evil men would seek to perpetuate an unjust status quo, good men must seek to bring into being a real order of justice.2

People really do need improved access to clean water, better health care, decent education, and a living wage. But they, and we, need something far more profound. Whether we realize it or not, we all are longing for an intimate relationship with God, for a sense of dignity, for community and belonging, and for the ability to use our gifts and abilities to develop creation.

However, this initial phase of emergency assistance is often where we stop. We do not move beyond handouts. This is our Western mind-set about helping people: to be content with giving handouts instead of equipping people long-term. In reality, this initial phase of relief should be time limited, likely only one to three months.

Ordinary offerings do not go unnoticed by God; in fact, God can use ordinary offerings to change the world.”4

Ideas, dreams, and visions don’t change the world. Rather, it’s people—like you and me, who faithfully, prayerfully, and tenaciously live out these ideas, dreams, and visions—who change the world.

Consider the wisdom in these words from Tim Keller: “Doing justice, then, requires constant sustained reflection and circumspection. If you are a Christian, and you refrain from committing adultery or using profanity or missing church, but you don’t do the hard work of thinking through how to do justice in every area of life—you are failing to live justly and righteously.”1

It really is God’s grace that He doesn’t reveal the entirety of our futures all at once. If we knew what we’d have to face in the future, we’d all likely run the other way—like Jonah.

It is also impossible to separate word and deed ministry from each other in ministry because human beings are integrated wholes—body and soul. When some Christians say, “Caring for physical needs will detract from evangelism,” they must be thinking only of doing evangelism among people who are comfortable and well-off.6

to hear His

By six o’clock that evening, however, even the glow of having successfully asked out Cho Chang was insufficient to lighten the ominous feelings that intensified with every step Harry took toward Snape’s office.

Thank you for your work, but as you share the stories of difficulties and pain, don’t forget to share the stories of beauty, hope, courage, and love. Please be responsible in your storytelling.

The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.…

lives. We need to pursue justice not just because the world is broken, but because we’re broken too. Pursuing justice helps us put our own lives in order. Perhaps this is what God intended—that in doing His work serving others, we discover more of His character and are changed ourselves.

pursuing the dreams and visions that God has deposited in the hearts of those who love Him. Ideas, dreams, and visions don’t change the world. Rather, it’s people—like you and me, who faithfully, prayerfully, and tenaciously live out these ideas, dreams, and visions—who change the world.

We need to pursue justice not just because the world is broken, but because we’re broken too.

This year I'm going as Cho Chang from Harry Potter. I've got my Ravenclaw scarf and an old black choir robe I found on eBay, plus one of my dad's ties and a wand. I'm not going to win any contests, but at least people will know what I am. I wish I never have to answer a what are you? question ever again.

British men are the worst. Constant horndogs,” Alexandria interrupted. She lit up a cigarette. “They all have yellow fever. You can see it in their eyes. Looking for their next Cho Chang to ride.” “Ew, Alex,” Evelyn said. “You have the worst mouth.

She mulled over Daehyun's idea that registering as legally married changes the way you feel about each other. Do laws and institutions change values, or do values drive laws and institutions?

Cho Chang

Here is a secret Chang E knew, though her mother didn't. Past a certain point, you stop being able to go home. At this point, when you have got this far from where you were, the thread snaps. The narrative breaks. And you are forced, pastless, to invent yourself anew. At a certain point, this stops being sad -- but who knows if any human has ever reached that point?

How does Cho Chang get to Hogwarts? She takes the cho cho train.

Here is a secret Chang E knew, though her mother didn't. Past a certain point, you stop being able to go home. At this point, when you have got this far from where you were from, the thread snaps. The narrative breaks. And you are forced, pastless, motherless, selfless, to invent yourself anew. At a certain point, this stops being sad - but who knows if any human has ever reached that point?

My father had been attributing her erratic behavior to menopause, but he probably held an antiquated view that “madness” associated with “the change of life” was not madness at all—not a serious affliction to be taken seriously—but a women’s malady.4

Nếu tôi hỏi ông: "Làm thế nào ông lại kỳ vọng rằng tôi sẽ dạy cho những đứa trẻ này chơi một bản giao hưởng của Tchaikovsky, trong khi tôi còn đang cố dạy chúng cách chơi một thang âm!". Ông sẽ đáp rằng: "Tôi không biết anh sẽ làm việc đó thế nào. Nhưng tôi biết ở đất nước này, những người trẻ đều rất tài năng. Vậy nên, rồi anh sẽ làm được điều đó". Chấm dứt việc bàn cãi. Luis cười lớn và gật gù. "Và tôi đã làm được. Bởi tôi muốn góp phần thực hiện sứ mệnh này. Tôi có thể cảm nhận được tầm quan trọng của nó".

Yes, it must,” said Hermione, pointing at the title of his essay, “because we were asked how we’d deal with dementors, not ‘Dugbogs,’ and I don’t remember you changing your name to ‘Roonil Wazlib’ either.” “Ah no!” said Ron, staring horror-struck at the parchment. “Don’t say I’ll have to write the whole thing out again!” “It’s okay, we can fix it,” said Hermione, pulling the essay toward her and taking out her wand. “I love you, Hermione,” said Ron, sinking back in his chair, rubbing his eyes wearily. Hermione turned faintly pink, but merely said, “Don’t let Lavender hear you saying that.” “I won’t,” said Ron into his hands. “Or maybe I will . . . then she’ll ditch me . . .” “Why don’t you ditch her if you want to finish it?” asked Harry. “You haven’t ever chucked anyone, have you?” said Ron. “You and Cho just —” “Sort of fell apart, yeah,” said Harry. “Wish that would happen with me and Lavender,” said Ron gloomily, watching Hermione silently tapping each of his misspelled words with the end of her wand, so that they corrected themselves on the page. “But the more I hint I want to finish it, the tighter she holds on. It’s like going out with the giant squid.” “There,” said Hermione, some twenty minutes later,

Their Seeker, Cho Chang, was the only girl in their team. She was shorter than Harry by about a head, and Harry couldn’t help noticing, nervous as he was, that she was extremely pretty.

If we’re not willing to cross the street to love our neighbor, we have no right to be enraged at national politics. But if we’re about kingdom work in our neighborhoods and cities, we can help to bring about positive change nationally.

Alex, is one of my old professors from M.I.T. and a friend, she added. "Yes indeed, we haven't seen each other since her summer break, first year Med School!" He cosigned, while he looked into Concepcion's eyes. "Let's order some dessert!" Gideon suggested, changing the subject; then he signaled the waiter. "That's a great idea, hmm..." Marta added, mulling over the menu. "I'll have the Fairground Attraction." "What's in that?" Gideon asked, noting the switch in her demeanor. Alex looked stricken, then located it on the menu. "Candy floss-cho malt-toffee apples-salted caramel popcorn, and an apple jam doughnut! I don't think I'll partake in that," Alex remarked, reading its content off of the menu, out loud. Gideon nodded in agreement, "No, I don't want anything to do with that, and I'm sorry I asked.

You know what, Jiyoung? Let me tell you something I’ve known for a while that you haven’t noticed: he likes you.” Jiyoung was so aghast that she stopped crying. “He hates me,” she said. “I thought you said you’ve seen how he’s been treating me.” “Boys are like that,” the teacher laughed. “They’re meaner to girls they like. I’ll give him a talking-to. Why don’t you take this incident as an opportunity to become friends instead of changing desk-mates on unfriendly terms?” He likes me? He picks on me because he likes me? Jiyoung was confused. She went over the series of incidents that she had suffered because of him, and still couldn’t make sense of what the teacher was saying. If you like someone, you’re friendlier and nicer to them. To friends, to family, to your pet dogs and cats. Even at the age of eight, this was common sense to Jiyoung. The desk-mate’s pranks made school life so difficult for her. What he’d put her through was awful enough, and now the teacher was making her out to be a bad child who misunderstood her friend. Jiyoung shook her head. “No, miss. I really, really don’t want to.” The next day at school, the class was assigned new desk-mates. Jiyoung’s new desk-mate was a boy who always sat at the back by himself because he was the tallest, and they did not argue once.

Cho dù chưa trở thành kẻ thua cuộc, cho dù vẫn vào thế thắng thì người luôn đặt mình trong trạng thái cạnh tranh sẽ chẳng có lúc nào đượ bình yên trong lòng cả. Không muốn trở thành kẻ thua cuộc, và để không trở thành kẻ thua cuộc thì phải tiếp tục chién thắng. Không thể tin tưởng người khác. Có nhiều người đạt được thành công trong xã hội nhưng không cảm thấy hạnh phúc là vì họ luôn sông trong tâm thế cạnh tranh. Đối với họ thế giới là một nơi nguy hiểm, đầy rẫy kẻ thù.

Nếu tôi hỏi ông: "Làm thế nào ông lại kỳ vọng rằng tôi sẽ dạy cho những đứa trẻ này chơi một bản giao hưởng của Tchaikovsky, trong khi tôi còn đang cố dạy chúng cách chơi một thang âm!". Ông sẽ đáp rằng: "Tôi không biết anh sẽ làm việc đó thế nào. Nhưng tôi biết ở đất nước này, những người trẻ đều rất tài năng. Vậy nên, rồi anh sẽ làm được điều đó". Chấm dứt việc bàn cãi. Lúi cười lớn và gật gù. "Và tôi đã làm được. Bởi tôi muốn góp phần thực hiện sứ mệnh này. Tôi có thể cảm nhận được tầm quan trọng của nó".

Boys are like that,” the teacher laughed. “They’re meaner to the girls they like. I’ll give him a talking-to. Why don’t you take this incident as an opportunity to become better friends instead of changing desk-mates on unfriendly terms?” He likes me? He picks on me because he likes me? Jiyoung was confused.

Sí -[...]- pero debe estar lleno de nargles - ¿Qué son los nargles? - No tengo ni idea Cho Chang y Harry Potter

Harry wiped the lenses of his glasses with his Trevor-free hand. A very pretty girl with long, shiny black hair was standing in the doorway smiling at him: Cho Chang, the Seeker on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team. “Oh . . . hi,” said Harry blankly. “Um . . .” said Cho. “Well . . . just thought I’d say hello . . . ’bye then.

Generosity is what keeps the things I own from owning me. In other words, the point of my generosity isn’t just to bless others; it’s also to liberate me.

We can be informed and educated about many things, but we can only go deep in a few things.

Take the time, and make a commitment to be an expert in the areas of your passion.

If people know that you believe it, that you are invested, and they know that you are not just skimming the surface, they will begin to realize that it’s not something you’re selling. Not something you want to monetize.

Today, we believe stories change the world. Yes, they do. But by emphasizing that so much, we place the art of storytelling on a pedestal. At times we may feel tempted to manipulate the story so that it becomes more attractive, or dare I say it, marketable. Marketable for what? Some try to manipulate a story to sell products, solicit more donations, build our platforms, or grow our tribe.

If you don’t know who you are, you risk burnout, shortcuts, and the possibility that your good intentions will harm others.