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| it may not change the way things work
or how people view the world.
it may not change the way time flies
or the way we walk from place to place.
it won't make you a famous girl
and it won't make me a wealthy guy.
it probably won't make you dreams come true
but at least it's not a lie.
it's not words that can set men free
or inspire people to try.
it has yet to help me make the sun stand still
or pull shining stars down from the sky.
but it makes me want to wake up each day
and call you thirty times.
it makes me want to see you smile
even if my being dumb is the reason why.
it makes me want to hold your hand
and it makes me want to cry.
it makes me wish i could make you happy
for as long as you let me try.
it's because of this i'd drive any distance
if you only needed a hug.
it's because of this i'd back away forever
if i thought it was what you would want.
i'd hate to think it makes you frustrated
or even makes you mad,
but if that's what it's done today
i apologize but can't take it back.
even though it might not for you,
for me it makes each day better.
better than an email, postcard, text message
or even a long-awaited letter.
so although it won't solve any of the problems
that are plagueing you today,
i want to see you smile and laugh so much
i'll tell it to you anyway.
no matter how sad or mad or upset you get,
you've always got one place to go.
regardless or how things treat you there
you must always remember and know:
i love you...
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| okay, lets be honest. very rarely is it actually a matter of life and
death. i love that we tend to go into temporary periods of
insanity. i myself frequent this state of mind. i don't
mean to say that the things going on in my life aren't important to
me. i think they are extremely important. the problem is
that i expect to be able to fix everything on my own. usually,
the things i'm worried about are totally out of my control so it's
ridiculous to think that i could in any way influence the
outcome. i would say that i need to let go more often. i
think it is also safe to say that i don't let God do his thing
enough. he's there. he's taking care of business. i
just need to let him. he'll do what's best for me in the
end. i just have to remember that and know that he's got it
worked out even if i don't get it or don't quite like it. it's
actually really simple. i've probably writtn about it on here
before. it's a common problem fo rme. as much as i think
about it and know i need to work on it, i'm not good at it. ha, there i
go again saying that i need to take care of something. i
guess i'm a work in progress. just wish i knew what the final
product was supposed to look like.
random shout outs!?! what!?! oh, alright. hazzah* for
courtney. i think she needs a shout out. yippie for all
those currently having a first name beginning with a "j" or a
"w". and and good solid "holla back" to anyone who actually uses
"holla back" in day to day speech. and, oh yes, a hearty
"wooooooo" to anyone i might go to visit this weekend. you
know who you are. that is all.
*hazzah is an old timey midievil word sorta like hooray. it falls
into the category of words like "tis hither" which might be out of date
but are still really fun to say.
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| i'm workin on it.
it's a cold and bitter autumn,
the leaves fall to the ground.
despite the crunch of falling leaves,
nothing here makes a sound.
its drowned out by a shadow
of this setting sun.
the beauty of it all
takes me where dreams don't come undone.
back to that crowded bus
where the words fell into place.
swaying on the swing together
eyes meeting, face to face.
it all seems so long ago,
so many setting suns.
but i'll still swing here with you
where my dreams won't come undone.
no string to come unraceled.
no thread to catch and snag.
just all of me dreaming here
dreams of simply going back.
dreaming about a shadow
i never thought could come undone.
but maybe that's your hand in mine
beneath this setting sun.
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| just a little something i've been working on...there will probably be more later.
i've said what i need to say.
i know what i need to know.
and now i'll watch the movie of my life
and see where the end will go.
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| it's today. i'm hanging out in my room waiting for bj to get back
with my pizza. it's been a good couple of weeks. it seems
sometimes that things fall into place when you least expect them
to. this week we read candide in english. despite steven
objected because voltaire was french and candide should not be read in
an english class, i enjoyed the story. one thing i liked about
candide was how absurd it was. i mean just when you thought it
had reached the edge of insanity, something even more absurd
happened. as totally unbelieveable as the story was, it had its
valid points. or at least, what i got out of it. by the end
of the book, candide has decided that he simply wants to work.
nothing more, nothing less. after all of the adventures he has
been on and all of the amazing things he has seen, he chooses to tend a
garden all day long. i think it puts things into perspective to
think like this some times. we can overthink and overanalyze
everything in life. but sometimes it is to our advantage to sit
back and simply experience what is going on around us. we don't
have to assume everything has an alternate meaning. we can just
live it out and put our trust in God that he will watch over us and
show us the way. yes, we must take responsibility for our actions
and initiative in the spreading of the gospel, but it is important to
know that God will handle the details. all we must do is allow
ourselves to step out into the world and work the land God has placed
before us.
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