Lifelovemusic pt.3 – life

Now, I know I did this order completely backwards, but I don’t care. It’s my blog. If you don’t like it, make your own blog and complain about it =D

Life for me is summed up by Mark Twain. I suppose it has to do with all three parts of lifelovemusic. Here’s one of my favourite quotes of all time.

“Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth” -Mark Twain

It’s such an amazing quote. Basically to me, it means live life to the fullest. Plan like you’re going to live forever but live like you’re going to die tomorrow. Don’t have regrets, because having regrets means you’re living in the past. All in all, life is our most precious commodity. People fight for a better life. People fight to defend people in their lives. What people do when faced with death may shock some people. I said love is power, but life is leverage. That’s just my opinion I suppose. Take it or leave it.

Lifelovemusic pt.2 - love

I just wanted to talk a little bit about love. I have a little poem I guess you could call it that I used on facebook when they had that little content box underneath your profile picture (anyone else remember that? no? oh… well… anyways)

What is love?
Love is the answer,
Love is the cure,
Love is what the
world is looking for,
Love can save a life,
Lack of love can take a life,
Love... love is power.

It’s still on my facebook profile, just under the ‘about me’ section because I don’t know where else it would fit. It’s not really a favourite quotation because I wrote it. It sums up all my thoughts on love. One question I have sometimes is if love would solve all the worlds problems. Love for our enemies, like Jesus said in the Bible we need to have. We need to love other human beings as that – human beings. I read a really good article that I posted on my facebook (I’ll try and locate it and put it here too (here it is http://bit.ly/kQtLI7)) after Osama bin Laden had been killed. It was basically saying that we shouldn’t celebrate over another human beings death. Yes, there is closure for peoples families that were involved in the horrific plane crashes in 2001, however, a death of a fellow human being should never be celebrated. The winning of a war can be celebrated. Not the deaths of the people. Death is something to be mourned, not celebrated. You can celebrate someone's life, but you shouldn’t celebrate their death. This kinda spills over into the life topic too, but I don't really care. Love your neighbors as yourself. It's that simple.

Anyways, that’s my little bit about that. I can’t really say too much about love because well… my little poem says it all. Have a good day, y’all.

Lifelovemusic pt.1 - music

This is the name of a clothing company, actually. Started by former Skillet guitarist Ben Kasica. I have some of their shirts. However, I am not talking about the clothing line. I'm talking about three simple words, and I want to start off with the smallest of these words in a three-part mini-series (ooooh, how exciting!).

So. Music. What is it? Has the definition of music changed throughout the years? I would like to assume it has. I define music as a combination of sounds that is made to please or entertain or tell a story. I know its kind of broad, but really, its my definition. Get over it. Music, however, is power. It is one of the most compelling influences to date. Vladimir Lenin, you all remember him from history class, was quoted as saying 'Music is the quickest way to destroy a generation.' When I first saw that quote, I was interested, but it has taken on a whole new meaning for me. I now think, 'has my generation been destroyed by its music?' And unfortunately I would have to say yes. So many problems in society or reflected from the music people listen to. It affects how you feel, what you think, how you behave. It is the one thing that can bring you to tears and then lift you up. It is the strangest part of life, that music is just noise. Noise created for a purpose. To tell a story. What you put in your head will come out one way or another, so that's why I choose (mostly) to listen to clean music. I don't judge people that don't, its just my personal choice. Anyways, I will post more on this later. Bedtime.

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Frustration

I think I can honestly say that one feeling that nobody ever likes to feel is frustration. It's almost a feeling of helplessness, like you can't do anything to fix the situation you're in. You feel like nobody can help you. I almost feel like that right now, and I shouldn't. I know I shouldn't. I feel indecisive. I feel... lost almost. There are so many emotions that start swirling in your inner being when you feel frustrated it's hard to keep track of them. All I know is that I wish things just... happened easier for me sometimes. And I know it's selfish of me to say that because my life is a lot easier then a lot of other peoples.

There's a Petra song called Test of Time, and it's one of my favourite songs by them. It has a line that simply says

'The choices that we make will stand the test of time'

and I can't help but feel intimidated by that almost. What I do in the present will always be what happened in my past. Sometimes it's hard for me to make decisions, I just wish it came easier for me. I need God to lead my way right now. God knows what's going on. God will make His plan known, and if it doesn't line up with mine, mine will have to change. I'm not an unreasonable person, I just wanna know sooner rather then later...