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This blog is an expression of the freedom to just "let go" in my spirit. The music captures and defines things I'm sure about and...some things I'm not so sure about it. It expresses emotions that I'm not quite able to put into words other than, "yeah..get it on bro." The purpose is simply mean to reach out and provoke you into a sense of greater authenticity.

It also has an international flavor for my followers who like to sample cuisines other than American. There's a variety of photographs of friends, my own pics...things that are important to me..my country and its foundations and monuments across this great land that cause me to be greatful. You'll read pieces about love, pain, loneliness and some of the things in life we need to think more about.

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Saturday, September 6, 2008

I Know What It's Like

Ever died a thousand deaths just to live one life?

Ever driven a thousand miles and feel like you’ve gone nowhere?

Ever walked so far that your feet were killing you and you didn’t want to be where you were going once you got there?

Ever struggled and struggled and struggled until you felt you could re-write the definition?

Ever felt so dead that you didn’t know what day it was, much less the time of day?

Ever seen so much pain you didn’t know what normal was anymore?

Ever witnessed such indecency and depravity that you felt like the whole world was mad yet; you questioned your own sanity?

Ever felt so misunderstood that you felt you needed to write a handbook for people just so they could get the basics when it come to you but, the idea seemed so ridiculous because you wondered if they’d ever read it, since you’d already explained yourself a dozen times in the first place?

Ever gone the second, third, and fourth mile, with person after person, because you wanted to believe in the best in people, knowing most likely they would never appreciate it and then you find out what you knew from the beginning, that all they wanted was to play you in the first place?

Life is like that it seems for us all at different seasons. When we do our very best and the very worst results, we sometimes questions ourselves, our motives, our thinking, our feelings and what life is really all about.

Leaning on our own understanding many times is futile. Relying on our own strength just doesn’t do it occasionally. At times our best just isn’t enough… even for ourselves.

In the end….the way of truth and love will always win out. A wise woman once taught me to listen to my heart and I’d never go wrong. Life gets very noisy in the traffic and in the darkness. That’s when we have to listen very carefully, very intently, very patiently and not quit until we get the answers we seek. Truth won’t lie to us. Neither will love. It can’t….it’s just not their nature. The solutions will come. Maybe not over night. We’ve all been “stuck” before.

Nevertheless, allow the wisdom of God and your own discernment to be your resources. You might think what you need is late arriving, but I assure you….I know what it is like. I’ve been there. What you need will come. And….it will be on time. Just don’t quit. You may be just seconds away from exactly what you need. God shall supply all of your needs according to His riches in glory. (Philippians 4:19)

Like I said….I’ve been there. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have anything worth saying to you in the first place.