Life and Death

"Life isn't about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself."

"Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen."

"I hope you always find a reason to smile"

The past few months have been hard here at Lone Peak.  I know deep down that everything will be ok. It will all work itself out somehow.  You just gotta keep moving forward.

You know it ain't gonna turn out well when your country has an obesity epidemic...

AND.....

.......a skinny jean fad.

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark

Fears.

Why do we fear?

What is fear?

When we were young there was nothing to fear.  Nothing could stop us.  Nothing could beat us. 

If we didn't let fear take over us then, why do we let it now? 

Remember back when we would color all over anything and everything, and we didn't care what people thought, because it was a masterpiece in our own eyes.  That was all that mattered.  No one took a second thought about what others thought because we were not afraid, because no one told us that it sucked,  because no one wanted to miss out on our cute little faces with the look of pure delight. 

Now.

Now we are afraid.  We are afraid because now we are told that our random scribbles are not good enough.  Now we are always on guard because the look of pure delight vanished and was replace with to look of fear. 

Play That Funky Music White Boy

Music.

Does music really mold our lives?

We wake up in the morning to music.  We get ready for the day to music.  We drive to work or school, to music.  We listen to music during class, during class change.  On the way home, at home, and we listen to music to fall asleep.

Music is a part of our lives, a BIG part. 

Really, honestly, how many of us could go a whole day without music?

There is a saying called “the curse of the last song”.  It simply states that the last song that we listen to gets stuck in our head and affects how we act and how we respond. 

Music is magic.  Music sets the mood.  Have you ever watched a scary movie without the sound?  It’s not scary.  It does not have the same effect that it does when the music is there. 

If you listen to a happy uplifting song, you are going to be happy.  If you listen to a sad depressing song, you are going to be sad and depressed.  Even songs that have lyrics that are not depressing at all have music that is depressing. 

Music can be a really great thing.  Music can inspire us to do great things.  But is music getting in the way?  Back in the day there was no iPods, or MP3’s, or CD’s, and there were scarcely radios. 

People worked.

They worked in the fields.  All day, every day.  They had time to think, time to ponder.  They could reflect on their lives and think about what else they could do to learn and to grow. 

And now….

Now what?  I think that music is getting in the way.  I think that we could use more time to just think.  Just enjoy the quiet. 

Think.

 

Thinkin' About You

I'm thinking about you.  I'm thinking about you like hammers think about nails. Like nails think about chalkboards. Like calkboards think about chalk.  I'm thinking about you like cupcakes think about frosting. I'm thinking about you like dentists think about teeth.  Like teeth think about being white.  I'm thinking about you like waves think about surfers. I'm thinking about you. I'm thinking about you like clocks think about ticking. Like ticks think about hair. I'm thinking about you like socks think about shoes.  Like socks think about toes. Like toes think about being cold.  I'm thinking about you.  I'm thinking about you like keys think about locks.  I'm thinking about you like clouds think about rain. Like rain thinks about puddles.  Like puddles think about little kid in rain boots jumping in them.  I'm thinking about you like math thinks about equations. Like equations think about numbers.  I'm thinking about you.  I'm thinking about you like hands think about holding.  Like fingers think about being painted.  I'm thinking about you like dad's think about tools.  Like tools think about garages.  Like garages think about cars.  Like cars think about gas. 
I'm thinking about you like...............like CRAZY!

Lost

We all have someone that we look up to, someone that we label as "perfect".  But they have that someone too, because they are not perfect, no one is.  It is an impossible trait.  So why do we still wander like we are lost puppies, looking for perfection, because for some reason we feel like we cannot fully experience life, on some level, until we reach it.  Be satisfied with who you are.  That is all you've got. Until you do this, there is no moving forward, only backward.  Everyone is lost in their own way.  Everyone feels insecure, some just hide it better. No one's got it all figured out,  there is always something that they feel lost about.
Perfection is a disease that we all have, the only cure is to not strive to please others for your own gain, but to do things for others for their gain.  Surround yourself with greatness.  If we dwell on perfection we will never even get close, be satisfied with who you are and through that is how you move more toward perfection.  When you watch something cook it seems like it will never be done. But if you let it cook it seems to go faster.  Let yourself cook.

What is LOVE??

Love is patient.

Love is kind.

Love is slowly losing your mind.

Love is a rollercoaster.

Love is when the winter wind can't chill the warmth in your heart.

Love is a choose your own adventure book.

Love is a horror movie, frightening but you just have to stay to see how it ends.

Love is a four letter word.

Love is a blank page, write your story as you go.

Love is an interesting adventure.

Love is a facebook romance.

Love is many things.