Friday, May 29, 2009

...letting go


letting go of something that you have held close to you is painful.

the very moment it slips from your reach your heart aches to have it back.

sooner than later the flood gates of "why" you held on slam open and fill the walls of your thoughts with great pressure.

there is loss, sadness, regret, guilt, and a firework display of questions that rage in an effort to erase your recent goodbye.

...

there is another side.

releasing something that seemed to hold you together for a period of time can be magical.

perspective takes a nose dive into your insecurity, your priorities, your passions, your ability or inability to cope.

it can shake your faith and send threatening vibrations throughout one's spiritual foundation.

life has a mysterious way of showing us where we need to go.

testing us for malfunctions...errors...broken code

it also pushes us to make hard decisions to do what is best.

we can choose to listen and move in the direction that whispers...

or we can ignore the voice and fight for the personal control we so easily seek.

...

i have let go of something dear to me.

i can't begin to see the whole picture clearly.

i crave answers.

patience and faith.

...

i will regain my strength.

i will trust the voice that guides me.

peace will soon follow.

Monday, May 25, 2009

thank you.


"...at the end of the day, all we have is who we are"

im thankful today.

for all of those people who have dedicated their lives to something bigger than themselves.
for all those people who have taken risk for the life of another.
for all of those people who have given up comfort and ease for the greater good.
for the spirit inside of us that fights for us to be selfless and hopeful.

i have learned so much from you.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

open

"where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier."

I read this rough printed nugget of truth yesterday and immediately stopped focusing on how I was going to fit the rest of the jagged fortune cookie in my mouth.

There was a pause that lasted for about ten minutes. I was overwhelmed with comfort, excitement, fear, and uncertainty.

I graduated college on May 17th... After seven years, I not only completed a rigorous series of courses taught by professionals, but I transformed into a passionate, free-thinking, open-minded, spiritual, soul-searching pod of authentic puss. These past seven years have been incredible.

The reality is that the open-mind is difficult. Authenticity is humbling and messy. Free-thought can feed hurricanes of challenge, doubt, and stress. The road that brings peace to myself and to others is a hard one. There is no "mystery" behind patience, faith, and trust....its just plain hard. There is no "surprise" in the peace found in forgiving and giving...its just hard. The journey ahead for the open-mind is not meant to be easy - it is a series of challenges that confront the design of the human race. The foundation of our souls crave to free our ability to freely think from the walls we so easily put up.

Truth moves all around us...and the choice to stop, think, and listen can boil our waters - as well as purify them for what is to come.

The frontier ahead is wide, vast, beautiful, dangerous, and full of surprises. My mind and my heart are open to its many colors and changing seasons.

bring the rain
bring the sun
bring the clouds
bring the wind
bring the birds
bring the trees
bring the storms

im ready

...

Sunday, May 3, 2009

...a great message from the human race


We the people of the United State of America announce:

$41.7 MILLION DOLLARS is awarded to Matthew Stafford from Georgia to play quarterback as a rookie this year for the Detroit Lions.

Great throw Matt!

Kid's got one hell of an arm!?

Justification.

Ignorance.

Denial.

Death.