Mountain Climbing

"for every mountain, you've brought me over;

for every trial, you've seen me through;

for every blessing, Hallelujah;

for this I give you praise."

Perfect radiation arising in simple experiences

is usually when people praise.

When goodness is radiating through their hemisphere,

when perfection is rising up through every experience,

the praise is there.

But, what happens when we are down?

What happens when we hit a mudslide and roll down the hill?

What happens when we trip over a rock and tumble down the mountain?

What happens when we experience life?

WE LIVE, LOVE and LAUGH.

We live: meaningfully, joyfully and truthfully.

We love: selflessly, kindly, and infinitely.

We laugh: whole-heartedly, robustly, and truly.

In life, if things were perfect we would be in heaven on earth.

But, if we never went through hell, we wouldnt truly be thankful for the heaven that we reach.

It's like we are not spoiled.

We are not spoiled because we do not get everything we want (perfect lives).

But, we are blessed, because we are able to walk down paths not knowing where they will take us.

We are blessed because we get to travel without roadmaps.

Sure, we hit some traffic, construction... even accidents.

But, we are even more blessed because God slowed us down by the accident,

we werent in the accident.

We are blessed because God slowed us down with the traffic, but didn't close the route.

We are blessed because we are able to see the new construction people are doing.

Long story short, we are climbing a mountain ...

Its like life is our stairway to heaven.

With every step we take,

with every spiral we have,

with every missing brick,

whatever the issues are in the staircase -

we make it through.

Keep on living, because when you begin to exist you have plateaued.

There is no need to plateau in your awesomeness,

keep growing and making it the best mountain climb imaginable.

ahava,

garnet

...breathe.again...

We do well together
But, that's just it -
it's us, doing well for us.
We don't have the influence of others,
we dont ask people to help us work,
we just do us, and us, works.

With each layer, we get a little closer
and a little happier.

I like to say its God speaking to us.

At the point that we might be comfortable,
He reveals that next thing that makes our hearts smile.
To me, love is like wlaking through air -
not something that should be forced.
And, just when you remember you are breathing,
there is that little surprise that takes your breath away.

*heart.smile*
its time to breathe again,
and for some,
breathe - for the first time.

ahava.
garnet

on friday, the nineteenth day in november
the year of two thousand ten

Selfless Love

2, September, 2010


"Those that are hardest to love usually need love the most."

Love, selflessly.

Love, generously.

Love, intelligently.

Love, meaningfully.

Love, carefully.

Love, genuinely.

Love, always.

real eyes realize real lies, part 2

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on the fourth day of august I had a conversation,

and, on the the fifth day of august in the year of two thousand ten,

i wrote about it

this is it

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it is always interesting to both hear people talk about love and discuss love with other people

i seemingly view love differently

for all of you bible readers out there, 1 Cor 13 is what people should "view" love as

love is patient, love is kind .....

so many people are functioning based on pure likeability.

people do things out of spite because they do not like what a person did to them

people spoil others because they liked what the other did to them

but its not about likeability

its about love

in love, we need space and consistency. as i told my bff, sporadic consistency may just be best

i need to know when you need to be alone

but i also need to know when you need me close by

be it platonic love, romantic love, familial love ...

the type of love does not matter

the fact that it is love means you need to treat it as such

when i was little my mother said (after one of my lying sprees, as children do): "i have to love you, i am your mother, therefore i always will; however, if you lie to me, i will not trust you, and if i do not trust you, i can not like you."

in life, my focus is love. i want to love you, always, all of you.

yes, you will get on my nerves and push my buttons,

but that does not mean i need to stop loving you.

yes, you will probably hurt me emotionally,

but that does not mean i need to stop loving you.

someone once said "you can never be a fool in love, it is those that reject love that become the fools"

i agree totally and completely with that

love is not tit for tat

it is never 50/50

because i may be loving you the best i know how

and it may just not be good enough

you may be loving me the best you know how

and it may just not be good enough

but, if its love, it will forever be good enough

because "love always wins."

at the end of the day, when all is said and done, i have your best interest at heart

even if we never speak again, i have loved you. i do love you. and, i always will love you.

there is nothing greater than the action of love.

there is nothing better than the feeling of love.

there is nothing more genuine than to be in love.

experiencing love is a roller coaster ride

its not what others always say

yes flowers are involved, and exotic vacations

but when its love

"being stuck in the basement, sitting on a tricycle"

is still one of the best experiences you could ever have

love always,

g.

...like you'll never see me again

the second day of august in the year of two thousand ten

If you didn't have any time left to be wherever you are right now, would you cherish the things that you experienced there? If you could never see the last person you saw, how would that change your life? If you could never speak to the last person you spoke to, would you care?

Life is taken for granted far too often.

It's interesting how people continue to live without attaining what they want. To me, thats simply existing, and I'm just not interested. There are a few things I have always wanted:

1. to help people

2. to be in a mutual love (have a husband, and children: a family!)

3. be happy

To some, the three aforementioned items are simple. But, I don't think you can be a fool in love. I am, however, a firm believer that those that do not accept love are the fools. Why do so many people settle. They settle with jobs instead of searching for a career. They settle with like instead of working for love. They settle ... in life ... thinking they will have a second a chance, or a chance to do this forever.

My brother once said, "I knew (she) was the one because I could replace her in songs that used (God)." #deep First, I thought he was psycho. But now, after pondering on that statement, God is love. If you can not sing about going to work, you probably don't love your job. If you can't sing about your friends, you probably don't love those friends. If you can't sing about your life, you probably don't love your life. Why risk losing/not attaining happiness by forcing love out of your life when you could simple let love happen?

In case you are wondering, yes, I love you.

g.

the end, of the beginning...

thirty-first day of july in the year of two thousand ten

sometimes in life you get to a point. you don't know which way is up. you don't know which way is down. you don't know which way is left. you don't know which way is right. all you know is what you have done, what you are doing, and what you plan to do in the future. sometimes in life you are lost and confused. sometimes in life you just need something ...

something ...

something ... that you have never known before. you get this feeling that you have never felt before. you are scared....

scared...

scared... of reality. scared of life. scared of obstacles. scared of what's next. scared of what is. scared of what was. in the past you did not live with regrets. in the past you did not think you were horrible. in the past you didn't think you made bad decisions. but sometimes, sometimes in life, you get to a point.

that point is now.

im not the author...

... someone wrote a quote about my life

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"I'm not over you because I don't like you anymore, I'm over you because I've realized that you're never going to want me like I want you."

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#dropsmic

why can't we *tweet* about love?

may.2008

(interesting words, not mine, on love and breakups)

• "Everyone tells me I should forget about you, you don’t deserve me. They’re right, you don’t deserve me, but I deserve you."
• "I don’t miss him, I miss who I thought he was."
• "It’s hard to tell your mind to stop loving someone when your heart still does."
• "Sometimes the person you really need is the one you didn’t think you wanted."
• "Moving on is simple, it’s what you leave behind that makes it so difficult."
• "Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never knew."
• "Never be sad for what is over, just be glad that it was once yours."
• "I was born the day I met you, lived a while when you loved me, died a little when we broke apart."
• "The worst way to love someone is to sit next to them, knowing they don’t love you back."
• "You don’t realize how much you care about someone until they don’t care about you."

• "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love." - Sophocles
• "We love because it's the only true adventure." - Nikki Giovanni
• "Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it...It really is worth fighting for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more." - Erica Jong
• "Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." - Mark Twain
• "Love is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day." - Nicholas Sparks
• "Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit." - Peter Ustinov
• "Love doesn't make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile." - Elizabeth Browning
• "The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: 1) To return love for hate; 2) To include the excluded; and 3) To say 'I was wrong.'" - Ernst Heinrich Haeckel
• "We learn only from those we love." - Johann Von Eckermann
• "I am in love - and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can happen to a man. I tell you, find a woman you can fall in love with. Do it. Let yourself fall in love. If you have not done so already, you are wasting your life." - D. H. Lawrence
• "Whoso loves believes the impossible." - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Do you trust your GPS?

10, May, 2010

Nowadays everyone seems to have a GPS. If people don’t have cars, there GPS is on their phone. If people don’t have phones, their GPS is on their computer. If people don’t have computers they probably have a tracking device embedded into their skin that alerts them if they are going the wrong way. Ok, the last was probably a bit extreme, but you never know. People use their GPS for directions, but only driving or walking directions: transportation. What about the GPS for relationships? What about the GPS for school? What about the GPS for work? What about the GPS for friends? What about the GPS for life? Well, God (the higher power in which you believe, whoever he/she/it is) is just like a GPS. In relationships men and women alike pray for that perfect love. They pray that someone will come and whisk them away. They pray that they will find the perfect man or woman to spend the rest of their life with. Again I say, God is just like a GPS. When you are at point A and input point B into your GPS, what happens? A route comes up, right? Do all of the orange barrels pop up to tell you where construction is? Do flashing lights come up to tell you which street lights are out? Do police cars pop up to tell you where “trouble areas” are? Do potholes pop up to let you know which streets are bad? Do hearses show up to tell you where the funerals will be? Does rain show up to tell you where the flood waters may come in? Do barricades show up to let you know which streets are closed? NO! None of these things show up in your GPS. In life, God is the same way. Point A is where you are the day you pray your prayer. Point B is where you are when you are introduced to your answer. As far as relationships go, your wedding day is your point B. But, on your way to the altar, God shows up, God shows out. God tests you. God guides you. God helps you. God prepares you. God scares you. God tempts you. God watches you. God carries you. But most importantly, God teaches you. I was at point A once and I have thought I was at point B. But, on the day that I wed, my point B will be clear as day. I trust my GPS, but all of this construction, these street lights being out, these “trouble areas”, these potholes, these funerals, this rain, these closed streets …. All of these things are just making my journey a little bit longer. But, it is the best journey for me. And, I will rejoice, trust and have faith in my GPS until (and past) I reach point B.