dreams come true in some of the weirdest ways.

and it sometimes takes only a moment for your world to become just a little bit bigger, and yourself… just a little bit smaller.

sometimes it takes those moments to really show you a part of who you are. sometimes its only when the surface is peeled away… do we get an honest look at the truth…

somtimes, it only takes one of those moments to make you realize who you truly are.

and what you truly need.

we try so hard to put on a good front. we try and try to be strong… to keep a “stiff upper lip”. we try to keep going. to keep walking through life… we try… and we fail.

my ealier posts from this week ring with a very piercing note of truth…

that truth being, that im not ok. but in all honesty, I was the one trying to put on a good front. I was the one trying to keep a stiff upper lip. I am the one trying.. and failing… to be strong.

the choices we make, and the mistakes that we chose will walk with us forever. the decisions of those we love, and those who love us, will forever impact and change who we are…

that much – we will never be able to change. no amount of being strong – will ever stop consequences…

its what we do after that counts.

and in all honesty…

thats when we are truly alive.

i havent seen my mom or sisters in 10 months exactly.happy freakin anniversary

it seems ive spent the last few days/weeks doing a lot of that. remembering. reminiscing. looking back atwho i was

where i was

family

friends

life.

realizing that so much has changed. and beyond that, realizing how much i miss…. so much… of what is gone.

maybe i am guilty of looking back to much. maybe im guilty of looking back with… with my hole, instead of looking forward with hope.

i spent some of friday nite at a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Succot.

succot, in a nutshell is the holiday that is celebrated to remember the two instances that God came and ‘visited’ or ‘lived with’ man. the sermon-ish sharing from the leader of the congregation was good. made me think. but id lie if i didnt say that inside of me was screaming out with cynicism. doubt. fear. anger. and at times… hatred.

this God who is supposed to be with us.

this God who allows my sister to weigh 82 lbs.

this God who allowed my father to commit the most heinous acts immaginable.

this God who KNEW my family would be split….

Christmas is only 10 weeks away. not even three months. im supposed to have the cash to fly down to be with my mom and sisters for Christmas and – honestly – i dont have any idea where that money is coming from. on top of that, i need a suit for business. my car goes in to the shop this weekend… i mean… come on. where is an airplane ticket supposed to come from?

last year, my mom and sisters spent christmas nite at a dennys. dennys. i will never again set foot inside of that restuarant.

im sick of lying to myself. im sick of trying to be ok with all of this. im sick of trying to put a pretty little bow on the past two years and pretend that everything that happened is ok. because its not. it will never be ok. i am not ok. and screw you if you think i should move on.

can you blame me if ive been looking for solace in all the wrong places? can you blame me if ive run from the God who is supposed to love me?

maybe those arent the questions. maybe the question i should be asking…

do i see God in all of this?

or maybe all along… its just that were so small and simply not as strong…. strong like wings of silver and feathers made of gold. to carry heavy hearts, to cover all our helpless souls…. to cover all of us

nk8 was right.last nite, i was unable to find the words i wanted. tonite may be no different. but at least for tonite, i have something. and nk8 helped to put words to the picture in my mind.

it is a hole.

a big, giant, gaping hole in the center of my life. my thoughts. my heart.

me.

a hole in the center of who i am.

and im beginning to realize that – just like nk8 said – it may never leave.

im slowly just beginning to learn to adapt. to walk around it.

things always seem somehow clearer after talking with ones mom.so i sit here.. and ive not posted anything much lately.

there has been a lot goin on…

change will continue to occur.

the divorce is finally close to being finalized.

which, im guessing – means that dad may be leaving tx soon. not sure what i think of that. i guess, im just thankful that closure is… well, hopefully… its coming.

im hoping the light at the end of this tunnel is daylight….. and not an approaching train.

we’re (mom, sisters and i) are already planning for christmas already. isnt that scary? Christmas! wow.

why i find myself constantly trying to put labels on things… trying to – categorize – or organize my life into little pockets, ill never truly understand. maybe its control…

maybe its just be trying to understand all that is happening right now…

like i said earlier. i had a talk with my mom earlier this evening. first time, probably in months – that she and i have had a good heart to heart. and… no matter how hard my heart can get… knowing that she cares… and that she understands, at least a small part, of how ‘between’ ive been these past 2 years. its… its nice.

i miss her.

i got a good update on the circumstances goin on down there.

i knew things were tight… but it still sucks to know your mom and sisters are 1700 miles away, and are putting gas and groceries on the CREDIT card because your mom cant find work. she just got a job…

but… come on. how can i sit here and not question.

questions… they’re supposed to help you find answers right?

i find myself sitting here… and the one question… the ONE FREAKIN question i cant seem to answer… is how come i dont have more anger…

why is it, that all im feeling right now, is just a sense of… sadness…

its not even sadness….

just the feeling of knowing that to fight for this any longer… would be foolish. its like watching a best friend walk out on your life. knowing they will never look back.

its watching them walk out the door… down the walk, into the car… they drive down the street. and out of your life.

its a sadness that doesnt bring mourning of the deep kind… its the deep hurt of a knowing that… you cant do anything else.

that they’re gone.
forever.

what more can you do? you watch as the car disappears around the corner… you wait…. hoping against all hope that… maybe… just maybe.. life will immitate tv.

your best friend will realize what a mistake this was.

they’ll turn the car around.

and drive back into your life.

but that doesnt happen.

so you slowly turn, walk up the steps… into your house.

and you do the only thing you can do now. you get on with your life.

ive come to realize that no matter how long you sit, waiting at the gate for your perverbial “best friend” to come back… they never will. ive come to the place where i can feel the calling… to get up. and to slowly move on. and not just from the whole family thing. but from a few places in my life that ive just… hoped against hope… and clung to something i thought was good.

and honestly – in doing so… your life stops.

but the world doesnt. and it never will.

so, to those situations, and quite possibly… to those relationships that ive just been clinging too…

forgive me if i no longer wait.

because life is waiting… for me.

p.s.

so this was my feeble attempt at letting some of me.. flow onto the screen. its convoluted and fractured, i know. but its the best i can do. and honestly, i think…. its a representation of my life to this point.

portions of clarity….

surrounded by mystery and pain.

but as i said before….

and as ive said many times in the past…

this is the road i was chosen to walk.

so bring it on.

the way i see things… (and i could be wrong)the only time one will be named… or rather labeled… a fool

forever

is when he or she chooses to stop learning.

fools create for themselves the world they live in. and it is only created when they make the choice to simply stop learning from the decisions they’ve made – and the consequences of those decisions.

and the way i see things… i am only moments away from being a fool. and i will live every moment of every day seconds away from being a fool.

Lord, be the reason i remain sain. be the reason i continue to learn. be the reason my life is worth living…

help

i am forced to restore what i did not steal

ps. 69.4

i know i’ve said this before…
but again – it seems that it rings true…

the sound of wind whispering through the brittle color changing leaves…

the sound of change.

the sound of the beginning of what could be… the end.

finally.

For us this is the end of all stories, but for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life had only been the cover and title page: now at last they were beginning chapter one of the great story, which no one on earth has read, which goes on forever and in which every chapter is better than the one before…

C.S. Lewis

i leave you all tonite with a short post.

but a long overdue praise to my King.

He has lead me this far.

my only prayer – to be willing to be lead through eternity.

revolution
can you feel it?
revolution
can you hear it?
its the revolution cry….

i spent this evening rediscovering images from an event in my life i will never forget.

i unearthed a box in my apartment that held photos of OneDay2000. wow.

so long ago.

when the lost find the name were believing in
and the fallen get back onto their feet
and the broken start to dream again
and the sound of hope fills these streets…

you’ll know its here

the changes in my life. and in my heart.. will only continue as far as i allow. and what i need…

is change. drastic.

new birth.

i need to be broken… and i need to start dreaming again.

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