Halo

So... it's been a crazy week, sorry I haven't written in awhile.  My reason for writing this blog was to give myself a place to get things off of my chest and to try and be creative; the goal wasn't to have a lot of people reading this, so I suppose I don't really need to apologize.


Anyway.


The song of the past week is Halo, by Beyonce.  It's not really the whole song, but really just the first few lyrics - 


Remember those walls I built
Well, baby they're tumbling down
And they didn't even put up a fight
They didn't even make a sound


I've recently begun seeing somebody, nothing official yet, just dating.  We started off by talking a lot - almost every day for 2 weeks - and then went on our first date, which was quickly followed by dates two and three.  He's on vacation now and pretty much as soon as he gets back I'll be away, so I'm hoping that when we're back in the same place we can start up where we left off.  


The reason I chose Halo for the song is because I am typically a very guarded person.  It takes awhile for me to feel comfortable with someone and to tell them what I'm thinking.  Sometimes this keeps me from even having a good conversation.  This wasn't the case with this person.  I haven't had any trouble being open with him, and it doesn't seem like he is having any trouble telling me about his life and upbringing.  It feels really nice to have no barriers and to not be worried about 'the walls I built.'  They are still there a little bit, I can feel them, but they're feeling pretty weak and thin right now, like they could topple over with just a gust of wind, which is a great feeling.


Do you have walls up?  What's keeping you from taking them down?

We Live

Life should be all about living and loving...


This is going to be a simple post - the song of the day is called "We Live" by Superchick.


Here are the lyrics (with my favorite lines in bold) and I'll let you think about them - 

There's a cross on the side of the road
Where a mother lost a son
How could she know that the morning he left
Would be the last time she'd trade with him for a little more time
So she could say she loved him one last time
And hold him tight
But with life we never know
When we're coming up to the end of the road
So what do we do then
With tragedy around the bend?

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

There's a man who waits for the tests
To see if the cancer has spread yet
And now he asks, "So why did I wait to live till it was time to die?"
If I could have the time back how I'd live
Life is such a gift
So how does the story end?
Well this is your story and it all depends
So don't let it become true
Get out and do what we were meant to do

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

Waking up to another dark morning
People are mourning
The weather in life outside is storming
But what would it take for the clouds to break
For us to realize each day is a gift somehow, someway?
To get our heads up out of the darkness
And spark this new mindset and start to live life cuz it ain't gone yet
And tragedy is a reminder to take off the blinders
And wake up and live the life we're supposed to take up
Moving forward with all our heads up cuz life is worth living

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

Amelia's Missing

Have you noticed that nobody talks anymore?


I get on the L, go to the store, walk around on the street - pretty much anywhere and everywhere I go I see that everyone has head phones in their ears and their phone in their hand and they're texting away.    I even see this with groups of people who are clearly together, like at a bar, and they'll stand in a circle and all be on their phone.  Can people really not talk to each other and have a face to face conversation with the people they are with or the stranger standing next to them anymore?


The song of my thoughts for the day is 'Amelia's Missing' by Jon McLaughlin.


"I can't find my watch
I can't find my wallet
So how in the hell am I supposed to find?

The one that I love
The one that I need
Hidden so high
Burried so deep

Somewhere to run
Somewhere to go
And if I ever find her,
How will i know? How will I know?"


Because nobody seems to talk to anyone else, how are people supposed to meet one another and have a relationship?  That's what this song is all about, how do you find someone?  Or how do they find you, or how do your lives intersect and how do you know that the random person next to you could be a good match for you? 


How is this supposed to work?!