What we want isn’t always what our heart is aching for. As Jon Foreman of Switchfoot sings, “I am the raindrop falling down, always longing for the deeper ground.”
Year: 2011
movember
During November each year, Movember – Mo being short for mustache – is responsible for the sprouting of mustaches on thousands of men’s faces, in the US and around the world. With their Mo’s, men like me raise vital funds and men’s health awareness, specifically prostate cancer, which develops in the male reproductive system and is the most common cancer among men.
that’s right, motherfathers!
I don’t watch TV so I miss out on the viral joy of hilarious commercials. Don’t feel sad for me. I eventually see them – a year and a half later. This one goes out to all the motherfathers out there…
one eleven
One injury, one affair, one arrest or one unforgivable misstep is all that it takes to go from being beloved by all to being the forgotten has-been. “There is no remembrance of former things, neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come by those that shall come after.”
birthright
“Right or wrong, tension makes us stronger by making us weak when we needed to be.”
Thought-provoking lyrics from an amazing song called “Birthright” by the amazing band, Sleeping at Last featuring Jon Foreman of Switchfoot. Give it a listen.
snakes will be snakes
Life began to fade from the pleading eyes of his prey as the boa constrictor squeezed his coils even tighter. It was then that he saw a larger rodent approaching that would make a more satisfying meal. He thought to himself, “This is why I need fingers. I could grasp that rodent as well as eat the one I already have.”
Since he had no fingers and was too greedy to let the larger rodent pass, he released his hold on the one he had and started slithering toward the larger one. But then he saw other snakes slithering toward that same prey. Were they as foolish as he? Had they too just released their smaller prey to seize this larger, yet unattained, prize?
days spent doing
Roughly 1 in 10 of the American workforce is unemployed, but that doesn’t mean that they’re sitting idle, doing nothing. They’ve found other forms of labor to occupy their time.
the grapes of rant
Don’t stand so close to me while I’m writhing and breathing
This just in – Atlanta traffic is absurd and has me seething
She’s chewing with her mouth wide; maybe she’s still teething
The public education system in the United States? Okay, I’m leaving.