Life is unpredictable. No matter how much planning or hard work one puts into life it still has aspects that are out of your control. Always remember that you are not necessarily the composer of your life song. More of the performer who can improvise is as you choose.
You can choose where your life goes, but you cannot choose when to resolve those horrible diminished moments. You have to let them happen. Those moments in when it just hurts your stomach to hear a melody that you didn't expect. It doesn't fit in the key, it's not what you wanted to play, and it sounds absolutely horrible compared to what you originally had planned. You can't resolve it early otherwise you will not get the full idea the composer wanted. To get the message of the piece you have to continue through this section of dissonance and just trust that it will resolve soon.
Sections can go on for a long time but hearing that resolution at the end always makes it worth it. To know that it finally made it to a place even better than before. I pray that if any of you how are reading this and actually can understand my analogy can relate to this will keep going. Sections that go on for a while without resolving are exhausting to go through- physically, mentally, and even emotionally. I have realized that the strain you go through makes you stronger and so much more appreciative of every major cadence that resolves when you have been stuck with chords dissonance for so long. It is worth it, let the composer resolve it. God really does know when is the best time to resolve that section. There might be a hundred chords that you know how to resolve correctly in the piece but if God hasn't resolved it, chances are the one He resolves is going to be a lot better.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
The First Thing I Bought
I like to think that most people can remember the first thing that they bought. Not really bought, but earned. Today my brother and I were bickering and somehow this story came up, we were talking about earning our money and what we would buy. I was in 4th grade and I had raised all my money to buy a Gameboy sp (yes I was a huge dork). It cost me over $100 and for a 4th grader that was a LOT of money. I took so much pride in myself because all of my friends might have had one but they didn't buy it, there parents did. It is really dumb to remember this but I remember it because I earned it. I worked for it.
Yeah, kind of a lame blog post, but my New Year Resolution is to write in this more because I have been such a fail lately. So hold me to it!
Friday, December 9, 2011
It's A Wonderful Life
So I really should have put something on here on Thanksgiving but I thought was really original and things have been super busy. The day after Thanksgiving my family has a tradition that means so much to me. My mom, dad, brother, and I all set up the Christmas stuff.
When I say Christmas stuff, I don't mean a tree and a few lights. In our attic 11 months of the year we some how store an entire house up there. We change our mugs, OUR MUGS! And towels.... and wall hangings.... and pillows.....yeah.... everything. We have this old manger scene that I would set out for as long as I can remember. I am not sure why it means so much to me but when I see it I feel like it is the most important thing we set out.
Now this changing of the house takes a full day. Tradition is for lunch we order pizza and once we finish we watch It's A Wonderful Life. I could have an entire blog on classic Christmas movies. Not the weird new ones cough*Elf*cough sorry but in my personal opinion Will Ferrell can't play any other character and it really isn't that funny.
It's A Wonderful Life is the classic Christmas, as a kid it is really hard to grasp it. I have watched it at least once for the past 19 years and not until I got older did I really learn to appreciate it. George Bailey realizes he is not in control of his life. He doesn't get the dream job he wanted, nor does he get to travel the world. But unknowingly he touched so many lives, just being himself. He didn't expect anything, it was just an instinct to help people.
Life is incredible, life is wonderful. Thank God for being in charge of my life because I might know what I want but in the end I know he is in charge. No matter what happens to me He knows what is best.
When I say Christmas stuff, I don't mean a tree and a few lights. In our attic 11 months of the year we some how store an entire house up there. We change our mugs, OUR MUGS! And towels.... and wall hangings.... and pillows.....yeah.... everything. We have this old manger scene that I would set out for as long as I can remember. I am not sure why it means so much to me but when I see it I feel like it is the most important thing we set out.
Now this changing of the house takes a full day. Tradition is for lunch we order pizza and once we finish we watch It's A Wonderful Life. I could have an entire blog on classic Christmas movies. Not the weird new ones cough*Elf*cough sorry but in my personal opinion Will Ferrell can't play any other character and it really isn't that funny.
It's A Wonderful Life is the classic Christmas, as a kid it is really hard to grasp it. I have watched it at least once for the past 19 years and not until I got older did I really learn to appreciate it. George Bailey realizes he is not in control of his life. He doesn't get the dream job he wanted, nor does he get to travel the world. But unknowingly he touched so many lives, just being himself. He didn't expect anything, it was just an instinct to help people.
Life is incredible, life is wonderful. Thank God for being in charge of my life because I might know what I want but in the end I know he is in charge. No matter what happens to me He knows what is best.
Monday, November 21, 2011
OSA
It is mid November and I already have my summer job! That's right, I already have a job for May and June. I will be the Orientation Student Assistant. I was so excited when I found out. I was against 52 other people for 15 positions and I got the job. When I opened my acceptance letter I stood in the mail room for about a minute and a half with my mouth wide open. I am sure I looked like an idiot but do I care? Um no, because I WILL BE WORKING! I really need to go run laps because I am so happy right now it is crazy! College is such a blessing, I am getting so much out of this experience and today was a great example of that.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The Reason I Started a Blog
I give up on not writing in this. The whole reason I started this blog was to find the happy parts of my day and I have fallen so short on this lately. And today was in no doubt a challenge.
I am the type of person that has to do something, all the time. If I start feeling bad, that will not stop me. Well for the past three weeks I have been trying to get a cold (I think, I have finally cracked and will be going to the doctor tomorrow) and apparently if you don't either A) get sick or B) take the medicine even after the symptoms are gone you will continue getting sick. My voice is so scratchy and it hurts to talk, play my instrument, eat, and of course especially, sing. I have a singing test tomorrow, what are the odds right? I have great respect for that professor and I emailed him asking if I could do it in a couple days just until I get my voice back.
I am still not sure what I expected as a response, but it told me it was no problem and to just feel better. I mean I did ask for the time, but just having a college professor that is willing to set up a time for you to retake something just amazes me. I was just about to go into a practice room and try to go over my quiz material again (every time I practiced it I lost my voice or started coughing so badly I couldn't get through a line). My day no longer classifies as a bad day. A bad day is when literally nothing goes right. As I said before months ago- there is no such thing as a BAD day, just not perfect ones.
I am the type of person that has to do something, all the time. If I start feeling bad, that will not stop me. Well for the past three weeks I have been trying to get a cold (I think, I have finally cracked and will be going to the doctor tomorrow) and apparently if you don't either A) get sick or B) take the medicine even after the symptoms are gone you will continue getting sick. My voice is so scratchy and it hurts to talk, play my instrument, eat, and of course especially, sing. I have a singing test tomorrow, what are the odds right? I have great respect for that professor and I emailed him asking if I could do it in a couple days just until I get my voice back.
I am still not sure what I expected as a response, but it told me it was no problem and to just feel better. I mean I did ask for the time, but just having a college professor that is willing to set up a time for you to retake something just amazes me. I was just about to go into a practice room and try to go over my quiz material again (every time I practiced it I lost my voice or started coughing so badly I couldn't get through a line). My day no longer classifies as a bad day. A bad day is when literally nothing goes right. As I said before months ago- there is no such thing as a BAD day, just not perfect ones.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Chill in the Air
The weather is finally nice (knock on wood). Mid 60s, LOVE IT! I love the cold weather, I love being able to go to all of my classes in a hoodie, I love going to marching band and not feeling gross afterwards, I just love so much about cold weather!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Constants
My life is unpredictable. I have always learned to be flexible because you never know what can come up. I have one constant that I can depend on week after week. My Sundays!
I can always count on great Sundays. Grant picks me up every Sunday so we can go to church together. Ironically before I ever came to college that was one of my biggest worries about coming to college was if I was going to go to church every Sunday. I am so thankful for this constant in my life because I rely on it and need it every week.
I can always count on great Sundays. Grant picks me up every Sunday so we can go to church together. Ironically before I ever came to college that was one of my biggest worries about coming to college was if I was going to go to church every Sunday. I am so thankful for this constant in my life because I rely on it and need it every week.
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