Amazing Moments

It's amazing how time flies ... how life goes in this spiraling, out of control motion at moments. However, I've always thought that it's the MOMENTS that make life so AMAZING.

It's been a long time since I've written. I tell myself I don't have time ... but in reality, I think there are times I just lose inspiration. Not that there aren't inspiring people and things around me ... I think it just might have to do with my motivation. I'm a work in progress on that one ...

However, I've been reminded in recent days of the AMAZING people and AMAZING moments that make up my life. I never fully realize what's right in front of me, until I sit down, take a moment and just marvel in the MANY blessings I feel really unworthy of at times. While I feel that way at times, the thing is ... I don't want to EVER take any of those blessings for granted. I am learning to cherish EVERY single moment I have on this earth ... and if today was my last day, at least I could say that I lived this day, to the very fullest.

I write about this a lot ... but hey, the saying goes ... 'write what you know'. This is what I know. Life isn’t about what you get, but what you give; it's not what you know, but what you learn; it’s not who you love, but how you love; it’s not what you say, but what you do. Live everyday fully, compassionately, humbly, whole-heartedly.

Changing Times

So, it's been a long time. So much going on, so little time. Perhaps that's just an excuse, but honestly ... it's the truth.

Nonetheless, life is good. My job has become increasingly more consuming, but I think that's just the season of where my life is at right now.

It's funny how things change ... I think change is a good thing, yet sometimes it can be so overwhelming. I think change is a character builder ... and as I've gotten older, I've realized that change is such a necessity ... it makes us become the people we were always meant to become.

While I wish I understood life a little better, I've learned and continue to learn that having all the answers and understanding everything isn't a prerequisite for living life. You just do it ... and live it ... day by day. You learn from living, and through living you learn life's greatest lessons. It's amazing how that happens, yet I think that's what it's all about.

The Power of Film

I love film. I think it’s an amazing medium to get a message across. I’ve watched a couple different films the past few weeks that have really left an impression upon me.

The first is a film called Slumdog Millionaire ... It's an amazing story … of amazing triumph. It chronicles the life of a young man, who grew up in the slums of Mumbai. Without giving to much detail, he winds up on India’s version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. He ends up winning big, but because of his status in society, he is thought to have cheated. From there, he is interrogated and reveals to authorities pivotal moments in his life, which then reveals why he knows each question asked of him on the show.

I’ve never seen a film so enthralling, so captivating … it makes you truly blessed with what you have right in front of you … but also, it will make you aware of the atrocities in other parts of the world. Despite this young man’s tragedy, heartache, and pain, he overcomes, and in the end, truly finds the happiness he deserves.

The second film is in a completely different genre. It’s called The Family that Preys. It’s a Tyler Perry film that I must say, I was truly mesmerized by. It follows two families from different walks of life …

The story tells how the families become intertwined by tragedy, infidelity, and lies. But it also reveals the amazing power of grace and forgiveness. It shows how our choices can affect our lives ... how they can make us the people we become, whether that is good or bad.

Amazing films, with amazing messages! Check em' out!

Stop and Stare...

I often think that life can sometimes pass me by … I spend so much time focusing on the things that I can’t do, than focusing on the things that are right in front of me … I’m not entirely sure why that is …

I think it just might be my undervaluing attitude … I get like that from time-to-time when I feel like I just might not be doing enough … or, when I fear ‘success’ for me has come and gone … I read this quote once and I have to wholeheartedly agree … it says, “...too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are …”

I say it so often that you should just be happy being yourself, yet I struggle with that daily. I wish sometimes that I could see where I’m at and look back from where I was and then realize that life has kept moving forward … life and the world have kept spinning round, at a rapid pace, yet I’ve just been stopping and staring at the ‘failures’ without even taking a glance at the successes …

Hmmm … I just don’t understand the thought process … I digress ….

Someone to Love...

Haven’t written much in a while…I guess time hasn’t permitted…although, sometimes, I think that’s my excuse…sometimes I’m filled with MANY excuses!

Nonetheless, I’m thinking about love, relationships, friendship, and time…seemingly different things, yet intertwined in a way that is so very beautiful…love is perhaps the most important; it ties the other three together…without love, what are relationships and friendships? Without time, how can you have relationships and friendships, which then spawn love to come from them?

I don’t know…I think we all need someone to love…we all want someone to love us, right? I think so…isn’t that what Jesus intended for us all along? To love one another and in turn, be loved? It doesn’t matter what color you are, it doesn’t matter what class you are, it doesn’t matter if how tall or short you are, we ALL simply, want to be loved…we all need to be loved! If we could only grasp onto what Jesus so meticulously embodied, perhaps the world could be a better place…PERHAPS, we could have better relationships and friendships, and bring love and valued time to those very people that are important to each of us…