Mel Banda:
CLASS OF 2000
Naaman Forest High SchoolClass of 2000
Garland, TX
Mel's Story
Mel is from Dallas, Texas. Mel's schools include Naaman Forest High School.
Music Mel likes includes George Strait, Justin Timberlake, MercyMe Music. Books Mel likes include The Bible, Bible, The Case for Christ (Lee Strobel). Movies Mel likes include Transformers2, My Sister's Keeper, Dear John. TV shows Mel likes include Lost, Official HEROES Page, House.
One of Mel's favorite quotes is:""I am strong because I am weak. I'm beautiful because I know my flaws. I'm a lover because I'm a fighter. I am fearless because I have been afraid. I am wise because I have been foolish and I can laugh because I have known sadness."
"Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart."
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine,...Expand for more
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
-Marianne Williamson
"God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
the courage to change the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference."
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"I believe everything happens for a reason. People change so that you learn to let go. Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right. You believe less so eventually you trust no one but yourself. And sometimes, good things fall apart so better things can fall together."
-Marilyn Monroe
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him."
- Galileo Galilei
"People may refuse you, your doing, or your words, but they are defenseless against your prayers."
"If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn’t want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom teacher’s job. "".
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