somedays.

Some days I wish someone would take me out for coffee and ask me what I think and believe, and put time and effort into who I am, and the life that I am living.

Some days I remember that my purpose is to do just that for the generation coming behind me, the present one, and the one that precedes. I am to take the time to love, respect, and gain wisdom from those around me. Its my responsibility.

Some days I remember that God listens, respects, loves without restraint, guides, speaks and hears every beat of my heart.

Some days I just want to be asked how I truly am doing.

Somedays I just want my thoughts to be out of my head, and I don't want to bother other people with them, so I write them and post them on this very blog.

Today is/are that/those day(s)

Quote and a question.

I don't ALWAYS post things about love, but pretty regularly.. haha so don't roll your eyes - just read the quote. I find it ... intriguing. What are your thoughts on this idea of what love is, and how to go about it.


Love is passion, obsession, someone you can’t live without. If you don’t start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who’ll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I’m not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you’ll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love - well, you haven’t lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven’t tried, you haven’t lived.
— William Parrish (Meet Joe Black)

hindsight

"Hindsight is always 20-20" Im beginning to see a little more clearly now, but its hard to see when your vision is blurred.

rain rain go away.

Since the day I met you two summers ago, not a day passes without thinking of you.

Its raining out, I think of you. Its sunny out, I think of you.

Rain rain go away.

It never rained once that summer, not once.
Since then, its been nothing but rain.

I want the rain to go away.

depicting real life.

Photo by Brandt Russo

Something I've come to realize is that pictures can cover up a thousand experiences of pain.

Facebook is a great tool if used wisely, but the thing I find the most fake about this website are the pictures. They are never an accurate depiction of life. So why do we try so hard to touch up our pictures, pose for the camera, and post as many pictures as possible for facebook, twitter, and other social networking sites.

Im not saying that family life is not a wonderful place, because I know some amazing families that create love and laugther in one anothers lives. Im saying these pictures and the number of them do not depict the true and real lives of people.

Don't get me wrong I am NOT saying my family is the worst one yet - they are amazing people, I just know in my 25th year the one thing I realize about my family is that we are all broken, jaded, shattered individuals who have experienced pain and sorrow. My family has been broken in part by lies, revenge, hurtful events, and misunderstandings These pictures don't say that about our lives, they don't show our wounds, because we can touch them up and perfect them with adobe photoshop or iphoto or whatever.

In my real life, the only thing that can take away the hurtful, painful images is God. The only who sent His son, to die in place of each and everyone of us. This analogy may be corny or cheesy, but in this pain stricken time of our lives, the only thing we can and MUST hold onto, is the redeeming love of God.

"my chains are gone, I've been set free, my God my Saviour has ransomed me. And like a flood His mercy reigns, unending love, amazing grace."