Playbill in three acts: The Process

Tonight after watching a show with the company of dear friends, and then sipping on a peppermint patti in one of my favorite little shops in this place I now call 'home', I was overcome with a thought. Naturally, since I did not have my 'portable' laptop with me, I grabbed the first writable thing that I could to jot this little note down:



'Play of life in three acts:
1-Struggle
2-Boldness of Truth
3-Fulfillment'

'Though this lesson is preached all through our lives, in my opinion, it can't be preached enough. To wear a mask and conform yourself to views that are not your own, is no better than a crazed man convincing a sane one that they are of the same disciplines-it just doesn't work. Though I only have a few decades under my belt, I find that with this society, being the age that I am this issue is not only common, but is becoming a very fearful, dare I say, widespread disease. I can't help but look around at this secular world and become completely overwhelmed and distraught with the pressures that so easily influence and most of the time manipulate us to draw a facade over our eyes of our consciences of what we know is right and true. There are so many instances that I could use as examples to explain this, but there is not enough room in this McAlisters Deli advertisement.'

'I'm a hopeful person. This is a positive trait that I am hopefully known for, but it is sometimes difficult for me to have this outlook when a dark cloud of materialistic sin overhangs so closely to us all. There IS hope, and a large amount of it as well-it's a matter of boldness. For those of us aware and who see these struggles of life with sin, or just weight on someone, I feel as a body it is imperative to somehow show hope through love and encouragement.'

'This is just a thought, and an unfinished one at that from influences of many different situations that I have experienced or seen in my life (perhaps I'll blog about it later) and these words may be bold and possibly misunderstood, but are written with hope that I may have the disciplines to act out boldly with love when struggle of any kind is brought into my life either for myself or others around me. It just kills me to see someone say 'Oh-just this one time' 'It won't matter tomorrow' 'I'll figure it out later' 'I just need to work through it on my own' 'Who cares, live today to the fullest, right?!'...The lives we lead now are only for a set of moments which should be moments that are not for ourselves and that also combine into a continual process. This 'process' that we live is always working and is always changing...the love and grace that we have received is neverending and neverfailing. If we consistently speak words of truth and love and act as boldly and lovingly as easily as we sometimes slip into the materialistic facade of this secular world, this process of life that we live might just be a little more joyfilled and easier to understand for us all.'

One of my favorite songs right now, Casting Crowns-Slow fade.

"Be careful little eyes what you see
It's the second glance that ties your hands as darkness pulls the strings
Be careful little feet where you go
For it's the little feet behind you that are sure to follow
It's a slow fade when you give yourself away
It's a slow fade when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade, choices are made, a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day
It's a slow fade"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-8SYA6rfbs