Jn 14:1-6

i believe that everything happens for a reason.
we may not know what that reason is at the moment,
but in the end,
everything works out.

i should not have to apologize

i cannot change the way i am
i cannot be who you want me to be
i cannot help that i feel this way

i am the way i am
i am who i am
i will feel unexplicable ways


i know that you may think i am not worth it because of this
i know that you may think i am taking too long
i know that you may have more experience than me
but so does everyone else on this planet
i cannot apologize for that.

"Sometimes I lay under the moon and thank god I'm breathing. Then I pray don't take me soon, cause I am here for a reason. Sometimes in my tears I drown, but I never let it get me down. So when negativity surrounds, I know some day it'll all turn around."

-anonymous

if God knows everything, and He knows how everything is going to work out in the end....He must know who we are supposed to be with. that person however may not wind up with us because of our free will as human beings. but He does know who we will wind up with; who we will choose even if He did not create that particular person for us.
so then, if He places someone in your life several times, are you supposed to pay attention to that? does that mean that that is the person you are supposed to be with? i think so. and if you don't pay attention to that i guess you wind up with someone else. this is very upsetting to me. what if God places them there, but you just don't see that repetition? what if?
how are we supposed to change this? i don't think that we can...i wish that we could see it happening, but i don't think that we can.

"It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on a battlefield"

wb yeats

in light of all thats happening in the catholic church

the media finds them an easy target. they are the only religious group that has such a scrutinized leader. they say he is defined as a political leader, since when do religion and politics mix. yeah, thats what i thought. they say that these men are absolutely revolting. what about all those men who go under the radar? are they not horrible? yes, they are. just because the catholic church has a system of preists who are governed by archbishops in diocese, and who are goverened by the pope, these men are so greatly punished. yes, they are priests, but before any of that, they are men. they are human beings. we cannot punish them for their sins anymore than we can punish every other molester walking on the streets. men have sins, the human race has sins. how would you like to be put under the microscope? yeah, you wouldnt like to be monitored every move you make i hear you say? i didnt think so. they deserve the same treatment as any other man, regardless of their status as a priest. men are men, they sin, they face the consequences, they get forgiven, they move on. period.

get over it, people think that we cannot survive the information age. i think thats what they want...

ringing

why is it that we must be programmed, and then reprogrammed all our lives? is one way not sufficient? with the current dynamics i guess not. we must constantly change to fit the ever-changing mold of expectations. is there ever a time when just being us will be ok? when does that time come?

have you ever payed attention to what people do when you step onto the elevator?

i like that he took chances because it meant that he was still scared, innocent.