Present

I always want to be honest with the people that I'm closest to. If you feel like you have to hide something then obviously somewhere deep down you are either ashamed of it or know that it's wrong. If we can't open up to the people that know us the best and love us the most, then who can we share our souls with? I think there's something to be said about discretion, but we were made to walk beside each other in this life and take on each others burdens and happiness. I want to be with the people that are in the present, live in the here and now, not tucked away in technology, more interested in what the latest social network says or can't let their phone out of their grip for more than five minutes. One might think that me blogging all these things is kind of counter intuitive to this, but really I just need to vent, and then I'll move on. I'm just tired of being taken for granted and ignored. I know I can be guilty of all of these things, so this is just a reminder to myself to not forget how I feel at this exact moment so that I will remember to never make anyone feel this way in the future.

In Remembrance

How do we want to be remembered? As someone who made a difference in others' lives by showing them the love of God in our actions, or someone who sat idly by and let people make up their minds about who they thought you were. On a day like today, there is no question that life can change pretty quickly, and you may be one of the lucky ones, or you may not. So the question is, what are you going to do to be remembered? If you are even remembered at all. There is a time for everything, and the time is now to be living life in a meaningful way that will impact the future. We should consciously make an effort to factor in our eternity into every single thing we do. We can make a difference because we have the power of God in our lives. We don't have to be forgotten with nothing significant to say about the life we lived when it is over. We can accomplish more than our minds can even fathom if we just listen to what He has to say. When we trust in the Lord, our lives will have a purpose, and with faith that God is in control, we can do the amazing things He has planned. It may seem like nothing is happening in your life and you may feel like you're in the limbo of day to day routines, but God is always building and molding you as His workmanship to carry out His will for your life. It's not something that our eyes can see every day, or something that our hearts will always notice, but one day they will. And that day, that it all comes together to make sense, of what this whole life has meant, that is the day I'm living for.

I'll Never Let Go

This weekend I'm in Auburn holding down the fort while the roommates are away. But it also marks a huge weekend in my books. Tonight I went to see my favorite movie of all time re-released in 3D. By the title of this post you probably already guessed that it was Titanic. It took me a while to even decide that it was my absolute favorite, but now I am positive of this decision. There's a reason it won 11 Oscars! And in 3D, wow! I was in first grade when it originally came out, was I too young to see it? Maybe, but I ended up seeing it four times before it left the theaters. And my little heart has never stopped beating for Leo since. It's so much more than just that though. He helps her live, and not just physically. She is trapped by what the world says she should do and what she thinks she has to do, but he goes against anything she's ever known. He frees her from herself. It's a beautiful movie all the way through with every story. The movie accomplishes making you believe that what you're seeing is real, even though it's mostly computer generated images. The fact is though, that it really did happen, it's real history. There are many stories we'll never know that lie at the bottom of the ocean. I could go on forever about how much it means to me in so many different ways. One thing on my bucket list is to actually visit the wreckage, we'll see how long that will take before it happens. Another reason this was such a big thing was that I went by myself. I've never been to a movie by myself, but everyone went home this weekend and I wasn't willing to wait any longer to see the movie. It was an exhilarating and exciting experience, I'm not sure why. I don't think I'll be doing it regularly, but it was nice to know that it can be done. So with all this said, it was a great start to my weekend that will now only consist of studying. And maybe some breaks, but who knows?