Sunday, June 11, 2006
I have been thinking of Henry David Thoreau's words -
"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them."
I want to make my life the polar opposite of them. It's not working so well, but hey, as long as I keep at it, that's got to mean something...right?
"Another fall, and what a fall! Must you give up hope? No. Humble yourself and, through Mary, your Mother, have recourse to the merciful Love of Jesus. A miserere, and lift up your heart! And now begin again."
-St. Josemaria Escriva (um, wow.)
"Stand" by Rascal Flatts
You feel like a candle in a hurricane
Just like a picture with a broken frame
Alone and helpless, like you've lost your fight
But you'll be alright
You'll be alright
Chorus:
Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend 'til you break
Cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad, you get strong
Wipe your hands, shake it off
Then you stand, then you stand
Life's like a novel with the end ripped out
The edge of a canyon with only one way down
Take what you're given before it's gone
And start holdin' on, keep holdin' on
Repeat Chorus
Every time you get up and get back in the race
One more small piece of you starts to fall into place - yeah
I like that. It's a good song for me right now. It's amazing to me, how music, especially country music, nearly always has the right lyric for exactly what is on my heart. I don't know how the words of someone I've never met (and most likely never will) can be the words of my heart. So strange to me. And yet, so beautiful. It's the human experience in all its universality...
Oh humanity, and your frailty.
"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them."
I want to make my life the polar opposite of them. It's not working so well, but hey, as long as I keep at it, that's got to mean something...right?
"Another fall, and what a fall! Must you give up hope? No. Humble yourself and, through Mary, your Mother, have recourse to the merciful Love of Jesus. A miserere, and lift up your heart! And now begin again."
-St. Josemaria Escriva (um, wow.)
"Stand" by Rascal Flatts
You feel like a candle in a hurricane
Just like a picture with a broken frame
Alone and helpless, like you've lost your fight
But you'll be alright
You'll be alright
Chorus:
Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend 'til you break
Cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad, you get strong
Wipe your hands, shake it off
Then you stand, then you stand
Life's like a novel with the end ripped out
The edge of a canyon with only one way down
Take what you're given before it's gone
And start holdin' on, keep holdin' on
Repeat Chorus
Every time you get up and get back in the race
One more small piece of you starts to fall into place - yeah
I like that. It's a good song for me right now. It's amazing to me, how music, especially country music, nearly always has the right lyric for exactly what is on my heart. I don't know how the words of someone I've never met (and most likely never will) can be the words of my heart. So strange to me. And yet, so beautiful. It's the human experience in all its universality...
Oh humanity, and your frailty.
