When I Get Where I'm Going

So much pain and so much darkness,
in this world we stumble through.
All these questions, I can't answer,
so much work to do.

But when I get where I'm going,
and I see my Maker's face.
I'll stand forever in the light,
of His amazing grace.
-Brad Paisley, When I Get Where I'm Going

This song came on my Pandora and reminded me just how much I have to be thankful for. The lyrics I posted above are my favorite from the song and I felt they were appropriate.

Even when there are so many negatives and it's so easy to slip into depression and negativity, I need to remember just how much I have to be thankful for. God is always looking out for me and He has a plan for me. I just need to persevere and make it over all these mountains in my way, and in the end it all just makes me stronger.

Thankfully,
T

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Change.

It's a funny thing. It can be good, bad, wonderful, terrible, necessary, unexpected, planned or overwhelming. And when we look back, we realize just how huge of a role it plays in our lives.

Every day we go through change. We change physically, mentally, and emotionally. We mature and we grow and we become weak or strong. So much of change is based on our surroundings and our lifestyles, but so much more of change is based on who we already are. Without change the world would be stagnant and there would be no point in living.

Change can be hard. Why does one new thing have to effect so much else? People so focused on the future that they forget to live in the present. Who cares what will happen down the road? Do what makes you happy and have no regrets. Be someone who can look back on life and realize that while there were a lot of negatives and life threw you quite a few curveballs you survived and it just made you stronger and helped to shape the person you are today. Learn to laugh at yourself or everyone else will always have the upper hand. Be who you are and who you want to be and if you don't like the person you're becoming, do something about it. Initiate your own change. If you never take the risks, you will never reap the rewards. Sure, not all leaps will end happily. There will be tears and there will be pain, but a life without pain isn't a reality. The scrapes and bruises we accumulate along the way are minor distractions in the grand scheme of life.

It's so amazing how change happens. We are so different than we were a few years ago, a few months ago, a few weeks ago, a few days ago, or even a few hours ago. We learn from our pasts and we make changes. Most of the time we don't even realize we are changing. We do it subconsiouscly, our natural reaction to whatever happens to us. Life is such a beautiful thing. How crazy is it that we don't have to force ourselves to be different. We learn and we grow. It's awesome.

That's about the extent of my thoughts today.
T

Do I by Luke Bryan

Baby, what are we becoming
It feels just like we’re always running
Rolling through the motions everyday
I can lean in to hold you, or act like I don’t even know you
Seems like you could care less either way
What happened to that boy I used to know
I just want us back to the way we were before

Do I turn you on at all when I kiss you baby
Does the sight of me wanting you drive you crazy
Do I have your love, am I still enough
Tell me don’t I, or tell me do I baby
Give you everything that you ever wanted
Would you rather just turn away and leave me lonely
Do I just need to give up and get on with my life
Baby, do I

Remember when we didn’t have nothing
But a perfect simple kind of loving
Baby those sure were the days
There was a time our love ran wild and free
But now I’m second guessing everything thing I see

All At Once by The Fray

There are certain people you just keep coming back to
She is right in front of you
You begin to wonder could you find a better one
Compared to her now she's in question

And all at once the crowd begins to sing
Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same

Maybe you want her maybe you need her
Maybe you started to compare to someone not there

Looking for the right one you line up the world to find
Where no questions cross your mind
But she won't keep on waiting for you without a doubt
Much longer for you to sort it out

And all at once the crowd begins to sing
Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same

Maybe you want her maybe you need her
Maybe you started to compare to someone not there
Maybe you want it maybe you need it,
Maybe it's all you're running from,
Perfection will not come

And all at once the crowd begins to sing
Sometimes
We'd never know what's wrong without the pain
Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same

Maybe you want her maybe you need her
Maybe you've started to compare to someone not there
Maybe you want it maybe you need it
Maybe it's all you're running from
Perfection will not come

Maybe you want her maybe you need her
Maybe you had her maybe you lost her to another
To another