Things I have been thinking about:
1. I wish people gave a little more respect to the president.
2. I complain too much. It's completely ridiculous. Never quite satisfied, I go groping for something to make me happy day in and day out, when really it should be so simple- work hard, follow God, love people, be joyful....
3. Does God love everybody?
4. Chior is AWESOME. We are one of two chiors and several soloists joining together with this big swelling orchestra to create the ultimate cheesy holiday masterpiece, the kind you expect to hear while shopping in downtown Seattle with colored lights everywhere as the snow starts to fall. I can't imagine anything more wonderful in the whole world.
5. Music makes me restless. If I don't listen to music, I can almost avoid feeling, which is awesome sometimes. But I wish I would choose the music instead.
6. The word "believe" refers to something that you actually do think is true. Not something that you like, not something that helps you feel connected to the world around you, not something that fufills you or makes you a better person. I thought this went without saying, but I keep running into people who say they believe or know someone who believes something they most certainly don't believe... they just practice these things religiously in some way shape or form. Does that make any sense?
7. Somewhat connected, I'm realizing that I don't really believe the things I say I believe as much as I'd like to. I believe them, meaning I'm more than 50% sure they are true, but I don't know if I believe anything 100%. There is this huge disconnect between what I say and the way I really think, and even more between the way I think and the way I act. I really want to change this. I want to read through the Bible as though I'd never seen it before and see what I find all on my own. Even though they wouldn't be the best opinions ever, nor the most well educated- at least they would be mine, and I wouldn't be taking things strictly on other people's authority.
And then a half-finished song that I don't think I'm ever going to finish.
if we had been astronauts
make-believe space robots
we'd know to blast out of here
Out in the atmosphere
in our own hemisphere
like earthlings we'd live on the moon
If we had a great balloon
We’d sail for Hook’s lagoon
fighting pirates like Pan on the sea
So young we could not grow up
with one thimble-full of luck
We’d hardly need pixie dust to fly
Far as the telescope can see
Under blanket forts
It’s make-believe
There’s nothing here that’s real
but I’ve got nowhere else to go
so come on
let’s pretend that we're invincible
And now I can delete all 12ish drafts sitting in my posts from the last month, haha.
Friday, November 06, 2009
reaching for something in the distance, so close you can almost taste it...
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Well, lots on your mind lately there, Em!
And the song I think is terrific btw, even if it is just partially done. Mind if save your lyrics and attempt writing up some music to go with it?
Sure Sarah, good luck with that though... the meter is kind of convoluted and messed up. :-)
oh well. I'll give it my best shot! I need practice on putting music to songs. I just recently did it for the first time so now I'm anxious to see if I can manage to do it again. hehe =]
Oh btw, I just finished writing up the chords for the song a lil bit ago *grin* that was quite fun. I added a line to the part about captain hook/peter pan though.
i wanna hear the song when its done (:
Here's the chords for the song... some day when I'll record it I'll have it on FB and prolly my blog. But not sure when I'll do that.
Capo 3rd fret
C D
if we had been astronauts (Em, G)
C D
make-believe space robots (Em, G)
F Em A
we'd know to blast out of here
C D
Out in the atmosphere
C D
in our own hemisphere
F C G
like earthlings we'd live on the moon
C G
If we had a great balloon
Em C D A
We’d set sail for Hook’s lagoon
C G D A
fighting pirates like Pan on the sea
C G D A
with a tinkerbell fairy following me
C G
So young we could not grow up
C D
with one thimble-full of luck
C F G
We’d hardly need pixie dust to fly
C G D
Far as the telescope can see
C A
Under blanket forts
G
It’s make-believe
C A
There’s nothing here that’s real
G D A
but I’ve got nowhere else to go
C D
so come on G
let’s pretend that we're invincible
argh. You're gonna have to guess where all the cords go though apparently cause blogger took out all the spaces :-/
Hum, too bad I don't play guitar...
But hey wait a minute, you can't CHANGE my lyrics!! :-P I guess it's fine for now, but if we ever make it big...
1. I agree. Because of the office, not the person. I had to work through this for myself when Clinton was in office.
2. So do I. We are such ungrateful people! Can't we get it into our heads that we deserve total destruction?! The other thing is that joy, I am realizing, is not an emotion any more than love is. Having joy in the midst of sorrow does not mean you aren't sorrowful. It's that you can possess some quality which isn't an emotion, that allows you to be content, and somehow full, even when you're sad.
3. Yes, I think He does. But frighteningly, He loves everyone so much that He gives us what we ask for. If we ask for His presence, we get heaven. If we ask for His absence, we get hell.
6. If we believed everything 100%, we'd be perfect. I think He rather accepts that we don't have 100% faith, though He wants us to have it. Remember the verse about being able to move mountains with faith as small as a mustard seed? And the one where a man asking for a miracle says "Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief!" He's sort of saying "Ok, I've got 51% now. Give me more!"
I always plan to write short comments. No really, I do.
yep yep :)
hahaha sorry Em :-) I had to add that line because I absolutely couldn't get the tune to work properly without it.
Of course if "we" ever make it big it's because you found a better singer/guitarist than I... XD oh well.
lol, that's fine Sarah, I understand. And I haven't heard you play the guitar, but I bet you're just being self-depricating. :-)
Crystal- I wrote my newest post before I saw your comment talking about joy, so it's an understatement to say I've been thinking about the same thing. :-) And I LOVE that thought about God loving everyone so much he gives them exactly what they want. It makes total sense. I'm going to do some scripture reading on this one, I think.
I totally need to read a lot more C.S. Lewis. Don't know why I never have.
ha yeah I probably am... I tend to do that quite often. Oh well. Soon as I'm over this cold I'll try and make a recording of the song.
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