lights on? or off?

before you read watch this video. it's strange, but the lights out made me think. ha, what a surprise. anyway, i've been thinking a lot about perspective lately. our perspective on life. our perspective on God. our perspective on what we have to do. our perspective on everything. and i'm not sure about you, but i feel like i have rather rigid perspectives on things. i think that i should do certain things and that that's what should be done then, but really shouldn't we focus less on our rigid and constricted views for everything. so my words of wisdom for today are just to look at things with an open mind. look using a panoramic view. be open to the good. and the bad.

back to the daily grind

i think for once.. i'm speechless. well, wordless. i'm not sure what to say today. just because there is so much on my mind. today my schedule was as follows:

5:40- wake up

6:40- walk to school

6:45-6:50ish- 1:40 school

1:40-1:50 run home change for softball

1:50-2:25 lessons

2:30-2:45 gather everything for softball head out to the field

2:50-5:00 softball practice

5:15 shower

5:35 eat dinner

6:00 get ready for viewing

6:15 head to pick-up SAT practice scores

7:15-8:30 attend a viewing

8:30-10 homework

10-10:45 blog

11 lights out

it's a vicious cycle that ends in death. there are times when i wish i could just stop everything. no deadlines. no times that i need to be anywhere. just time to myself.

maybe my thoughts are incorrect but it seems like some adults have the capability to do that. just stop all of the work and say 'right now that doesn't matter.' and maybe it's true that the work never really ends. maybe this is part of my control issue. a little perfectionism. a little over done.

just breathe. and enjoy the spring air. much love and peace, dmaloney

through the eyes of a child

when i think about faith. i can't help but think of the innocence of young children. their naive nature. there inability to worry. last night was one of those times. my brother is eight years old. and last night we were updating the youth board at church and as we were finishing up he said "do you think brian will be proud of you?" and i replied "yeah, i guess bud." he then said "ya know, he's lucky he got sent here." i find the mind of of child interesting. their thoughts. their cares. and their worry-free attitude. kids aren't afraid of roller coasters. driving fast. swinging higher than the sky. or running until they can't breathe. i wish we could all live like that. live without worries. care-free and without doubt. though the reality of that isn't always possible it's a nice idea to entertain. some of us think that being carefree would look like this..

but living out faith out like children is described wonderfully in one of my favorite songs "like a child" by jars of clay. it's about the faith of a child and that the child believes he can climb mountians. he can do anything. that's how we have to live. believing that with our faith we can do anything. we won't fall. we won't cower. and we won't have doubt. doubt is scary. it clouds our judgement. it puts a clear wall between you and God. you can see him but you can't get any closer. his words are faint. so what can we do? well, we can start by living our faith actively and with innocence. doubt-free. give it a try. take a lesson from the children you know. look at their faith. their faith is pure. undisturbed. try looking like this...

curious of what the future can bring, yet perfectly content with you life. not rushing the future.

Quote of the Day:

"a three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of

swings as it does out of finding a small green worm." -bill vaughn

Joke of the Day:

this is a clip from community, enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryb2WawuV4g

seize the day. and love. much love and peace, dmaloney