this is your life. take it

Slightly disturbed yet happy. Loving life and loving friends. Taking each day given in stride and not letting anything get in my way.

Letting go of shackles and holding on to dreams. Seeing what lies ahead and liking what i see. Remembering the promises that God has given me. Moving forward even if I'm crawling. Grabbing on to hopes even if I bleed. Looking up even when I'm falling. Seeing hope in stormy seas. Letting go of anger and sorrow. Recalling how life was given to me. Seeing new paths in the sunshine of tomorrow. Renewing my faith in those around me. Seeing the struggles but knowing the victories.

My life is what I make it. And for you it is the same. Times and places don't decide it. It's what we do with what we see. The dirtiest brick can be the cornerstone. The smallest seed the greatest tree. The mangy mutt the top dog. The smallest idea the biggest dream. Nothing is ever as it seems.

Dust and dirt formed a man. A single breath gave him life. You're telling me with all we have, you can't see a single sight? Everything is an oppurtunity. Every struggle a new way out. The faintest idea is a possibility. A single breath a time to shout. Live this life. Live it well. Not everything rhymes. But who said it should? I give you my heart in the way that it comes. No rules define the way that I feel. No formula describes the way that I love. This world can't tell me how I should live. In what way God wants it, or how things begin. I start my own change. This age will be a revolution. They call us slackers. They say we have no cause. Generations "X" and "Y" is what we've been named. But I've got a name of my own.

Don't tell me who I am. What I should be. Don't tell me what I haven't done. What I haven't seen. I make my own way, in the One who's leading me. Don't stick me in a group. Don't put me in a category. Don't try to predict who I'll be. I'll be who I want and thats simply me.

Where you see no hope. I see a future. When you see the beaten, I see the strength. When you see the lowly, I see the best. What you think is lost, is just waiting for its grand entrance.

Don't crumble. Don't cry. Don't wallow in guilt. Don't give up. Don't lose faith. Don't lay in the filth. Don't hate. Don't forget.

Get up and be strong. Let go and love. Lift up your hands. Praise the one above. Dont start to blame others. Instead make a way. Your path is your own. Move on or stay. Your hope is your strength. Your faith is your guide. Your dreams are your engine. So get up and ride.