This is the time of year when we evaluate our lives. We look at the last 364 days and ponder on our struggles and our triumphs. We look at the person we have become over the last 12 months and we plan to do better in the coming 12. This is the time of year we are dedicated to making a change, and as I sit here thinking back to this time exactly 365 days ago, I am astounded at how far I have come. Almost ashamed of the person I was then and truly proud of the person I am now. For one of the first times in my life I can say that I can see myself becoming the person I want to become. In the last year I have felt sorrow and defeat and loneliness. I have faced struggles and heartache and frustrations. But I have also felt peace. I have felt joy and happiness and love. I set goals and I achieved them. I have had experiences that have taught me so many valuable lessons, and I have met people who have changed me forever. And I am so grateful. And so as we finish out this awfully beautiful year and I think about who I am and what I want to accomplish, I resolve to continue. To continue pressing on through this wonderful and crazy adventure I am on. I resolve to continue down this path of growth and development and I resolve to continue trusting The Lord. I resolve to do more things for me, and to live up to my full potential. To become the very best version of myself I can become. I resolve to continue putting myself out there; to take chances, to leave my mark, to jump. To discover dreams I never dared allow myself to have before. I resolve to continue taking down my walls. To take a leap of faith. I resolve to count my blessings. I am so much better and so much more myself today than any other time in my life so I resolve to continue moving forward. To never take a step back. I resolve to live life passionately. I resolve to continue.
I love music. It is everything good and happy and right with the world and at the same time can say even the saddest words with such elegance and grace. It can express my thoughts and emotions in way that I know I never could. It is the life-blood of my soul. It makes me happy. And it goes beyond anything I can explain in plain words...which is kinda the point. For me, country music (among a few other things) makes me feel like I am home, no matter what is going on in my life. It is simply fantastic, in fact two of my favorite quotes come from the movie August Rush. They are... "You know what music is? God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe, a harmonic connection between all living beings, every where, even the stars." AND "I believe in music the way some people believe in fairy tales..." And if those two don't say it all then I don't know what will. They are simply perfect in my opinion, and are completel...
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