Wednesday, September 30, 2009

No fruit tree bears a lock and key.

"I tell you the whole world is for men to possess. 
Heartbreak and terror are not the heritage of mankind! 

The world is b e a u t i f u l. No fruit tree bears a lock and key.

Men will sing at their work, men will love. Ohhh darling, 
the world is in its morning...and      no     man     fights    alone."
-Leo Gordon in Paradise Lost

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Death by Homework.

Title says it all. It's what I wake up to and what I sleep to. 
And to top it all off...my blue skies have gone bankrupt! And on strike! Where have they gone to?! And there's been a drastic drop in temperature today! It was crrrazy! I'm going to invest in a really warm jacket this season. I don't care how much it is. I'm willing to spend 5 bills on it if it'll really keep me warm this winter. It's so depressing outside and there's no sunshine to wake me up. I've been sleeping in by half an hour and rushing my butt out the door. It's horrible really. I haven't had breakfast at home for the past two weeks (one week because of Ashland) and I really miss it. I think I'll try to have some breakfast at home tomorrow... especially since my mom bought 2 boxes of cocoa pebbles. I did tell her to buy Trix for Maria... but she forgot. Anyways, there's been a huge question just breeding inside of me, wanting to explode. I've been wondering for the longest time if God cares for the subtleties. I mean... he kinda has to, doesn't he? If he works in small ways...he must take the small things to heart... and he must really hope that we care for them too right? So if I un-crease a book's page in the library and try to straighten it out as much as possible so that it doesn't get even more ruined... he notices, right? (And yes, I actually do that...) And if I unscuff one of the shoe marks in the hallway so that our school looks just that much "tidier"... he notices right? Yes, I know he notices me, an immensely small part to this world, but does he notices the EVEN smaller things I do? He must. (And that's what I've been telling myself repeatedly.) Because then... what is this all for? The little "hello's" and nods to all of my friends aren't just to be courteous or cool (although both of those are partially why...), it's because I thought it would be a nice thing to do. So he MUST take that to heart, right? Anyways, this has been annoying me for the longest time. And I thought I'd ask a priest or someone 'holy' enough to give me some sort of answer...

It's also time to ease my way back to Church. 
Time to say "no" to these "I'm-too-busy" excuses. 

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

For e.g.

"I'll have good songs 
and I'll have bad songs in life, 
but if I fear 'bad' songs I won't be able to write anything from an honest place. "

-John Mayer

This is how I've been feeling lately about my life in general.