sometimes i hear improbable dramatizations of life

listen to all these pretend people
listen to them talking
laughing
wishing

listen to them trying to breathe meaning into their lives
but they can't quite.......
do it


listen to all these pretend people
listen to their stories
jokes
complaints

listen to them trying to impress you with their lives
but they can't quite.....

do it

listen to all these pretend people
listen to their embellished lies
exaggerated exploits
inconceivable experiences

listen to them trying make up utterly unique, distinguished lives
but they can't


quite...



do it

i get philosophical sometimes o' nights

now is one of those times. it's usually after i've watched a movie or youtube clips of famous people being all famous and whatnot. i start to think about how pointless fame is, and yet at the same time how powerful it is. the famous are a force to be reckoned with. whole countries listen to them, and for what? so we can be influenced by the extremists in the media and take notes on how they live so we can do likewise?
oh america. how silly you are. you exult fools and folly, and in so doing, condemn your children to further foolishness. but what then?
will we continue in a downward cycle until the only people in the public eye are those willing to lower their standards?
will we try to better ourselves?
will we turn to emotion, art, ideas, or other ultimately useless knowledge?
will we seek truth?
will we value goodness?
will we abandon all former discernment and chase after only the new, exciting thing?



only God knows.

i should probably give up writing.

i speak so much more eloquently using images.

THE MONTHLY CHALLENGE CHALLENGE - march

well children, we've entered a new month, and with it, a new challenge.
how did i do on last month's challenge? oh ya know, i BEASTED it.
no. no, not really. but i did complete it. two of the books i read may or may not have been much shorter than the ones i originally intended, but hey, i read three spiritual books. challenge beasted.

what do i plan for march? quite simple really. i am to spend no money unless it be absolutely necessary. like, toothpaste or something. gum is not a necessity. ergo, i will be rationing my gum this month.

this will be hard.

BUT. God gives me grace for every day (even if He sees fit not to give me gum).

ALSO. as i was talking to my dad this evening about the march challenge, he said, 'so what your spiritual challenge?'
i think this is genius to have a spiritual challenge as well as a regularly scheduled one. therefore, the month of march will be 'encouragement month'! i'll make it a point to message, text, email, or write on someone's wall an encouragement about how i see God working in their life. so be godly so i can encourage you.