"Exile" written by Jimmy D. (13yrs)

Exile is like being thrown away
It's not being able to see day
Everything he cast aside
For that day he had to ride.

Exile is like Our Lord
Who resembles a broken sword
Thrown away by all mankind
A new home for Himself to find.

Exile is an unpleasant sight
When you have to go and fight
To earn yourself a home and bread
And a place to lay your head.

Exile makes you courageous
Teaches you not to be outrageous
Makes you meek and obedient
Helps you not to be lenient.

Exile seems to be bad
Living the life of a nomad
But great good can come from this
Grace from Heaven you'll never miss.

The Mission: Find a Goal!

I got a letter from a close friend last night; Sister put a little PS sticky note in with just a few lines on it.... It was to the effect of, "I don't think you'll be happy until you stop "running" from something, and start running towards a goal.  And that is all I will say."


Immediately as I read that, I thought of a blog I posted awhile back titled, "If life is boring, then likely you have no goals..." I don't know where I got that sentence, perhaps it was another friend of mine who spoke them to me at a time since passed.

Sometimes it really is the simplest of sentences that strike the most, eh? :-) I think I have some sort of goal, but there that darn Frustration Gap that some Mary Kay director was talking about...keeps getting my way! Lol. It's up to me to jump that gap, meaning I need to either change the goal or change the myself to meet my goal.

"And my only hope is that we will all meet in the end..."

I was thinking last week of my life here in SM...and thought, well, I just need to choose to be happy here. I can do that. I'll just be happy. Funny that a friend would tell me of someone who just decided that in the same week. :-)

Perhaps that thought came about because I was thinking back on all the posts I've written and the dark colors I like and thought, "Hmm...this is all very dark, I want to be happy now...."

Besides, a few weeks ago, I let one of my friends have the link to my blog, which I don't really let anyone have since they're just my thoughts and therefore they really seem dumb to me.... Well, knowing that there is a possibility that that person might read my posts, I don't want to sound as if I am always complaining. I mean, how boring would that be!? To read things that bring you down! So anyhow, I want to try to be more cheery and "think happy thoughts" and relate them here on my blog.... maybe thoughts with a picture to reflect it, something that is beautiful....

I crave beauty.

Autumn does that to me; I find something particularly beautiful in the earth's annual 'death".... There are so many vivid colors, so much beauty in it's death.... Isn't that's how our death should be? And God in His goodness shows us every year how our own deaths should be; beautiful. The earth mimics a human life in a way; we can learn so much just observing its seasons....

So I may be changing the template for my blog...gotta think about that one... :-)