Belief

If you truly believe in your beliefs, it bothers you not to hear others talk about theirs in front of you.

If you truly believe in your beliefs, it bothers you not to see symbols of others' beliefs.

If you truly believe in your beliefs, you feel no need to kill or bring others down, knowing that the fact you are right, or the God, or the gods, that stand behind you can bring the light to others' lives.

If you truly believe in your beliefs, in your religion, whether it's atheism or Islam or Christianity or what-have-you, it's not something you feel the need to argue about, to insult the vales others hold, to kill or hurt physically or emotionally, or to wave your beliefs as though they make you better before others.

Yes, it is OK to want - and to try - to convert your friends, for truth - or salvation - is a wonderful thing, and you most certainly what your friends and others to have what you have.

But anything else? To me, that is just a lack of belief. If you can't stand to see another's religious symbol, you don't really believe. If you feel the need to bring others down because of what they believe, you do not believe. Clearly you are insecure in your so-called convictions if you cannot turn to the truth you hold within yourself.

If I say that I believe atheism is a religion, and you are atheist, you can shrug that off even if you don't agree.

When someone says to me that Mormons aren't Christian, I can shrug that off.  Because I know, ultimately, that we ARE Christians.

I don't mind seeing someone wearing a Star of David or a pentagram.  I know that the manger scene in my heart, the love for my God, who sent His only Son, is greater than someone else's outer symbol.

Not their inner symbol, perhaps, but that's not what matters.

You believe if you are kind, if you are compassionate, if you can befriend people of all religions.  Because it's what is held in your heart that matters, not the world around you and what they say.

So do you believe?

Or have you forgotten?

Do you believe?

Or are you pretending?

Merry Christmas To All, and To All a Good-Night!

A very Merry Christmas to everyone.
Have a beautiful New Year.

As this year comes to a close, I can't help but smile.
Something, obviously, went right.

Distant In the Night

Your light, like a star, distant in the night -
And I, I see it still burn bright.
Dust and dirt can only disguise
That which lies inside.
Capture the rain on your tongue,
Twist your mind around,
Someone must believe in you,
And it is only me.

My light, like a star, distant in the night,
And I, I am blind to its light.
Dust and dirt can truly disguise,
The miracle inside.
Capture the snow on my tongue,
Twist my mind around,
I believe in you,
But I cannot in me.

POEM

Have you forgotten how to love and how to care?
Hatred waves on the chill air;
Instead of bringing love and faith,
A season of "joy" brings more wrath.

Light a candle, though it be small;
Bring your heart to life, and call,
A lion's roar and eagle's scream,
Listen!  You'll hear it - "dream".

For there's a little bit in all of us,
Where we need not judge,
Just love - give out what's inside:
I know it hasn't died.

So in this season of December,
Holidays, and winter weather,
Do not forget how to love,
For that is the greatest gift from above.

Thanksgiving and Birthday

Thanksgiving was... well, it's officially yesterday now (12:43 AM).
My birthday was the day before.

That's all, I'm done here.
Figured I needed to post these things on my blog.

BECAUSE I CAN!.

yup.

Crazy, Silly People

I am one of those crazy, silly people who are high on life, livin' la vida loca, singing songs of wild and crazy swinging things. don't stop believing- never have and never will. So when you ask me "Do you believe in magic?" the answer is always yes. The syncopated rhythm in the city, broken and unending, cycling its own Bohemian rhapsody that lifts you away, breathless, in the beat of victory pounding 22 city lights, blown away by the electric twist of movement. It's all the things that make me brave, the breathing recklessness of freedom - these bare necessities of being royals and ruling despite being broke as dirt. But life is a lovesick drug all on its own, and I am a wild spark, singing this is the life I want to live and everything worth it.

All those links are songs. I'm sure you'll know some of them at glance, and others... CLICK IT XD I have a good variety of genres and such up there so it should be worth it. It started as the first sentence, minus the "singing songs... swinging things" parts. And then I realized "Hey that's a song title!" and everything else appeared.

I wrote this probably like two weeks ago? But didn't post it. Now I've transcribed it, linked the songs, and voila, here you are.

ENJOY.

T-Rexes on Bouncy Balls

SO I'M AT SCHOOL AND I OPEN UP GOOGLE CHROME.
THIS IS WHAT I SEE.  Well, sort of.  I click those arrows and ultimately end up with this image:
T-REXES ON FREAKING BALLS, LIKE CIRCUS ANIMALS OR SOMETHING.  IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

Normally I'd just wait 'till I got home but this - THIS MUST BE SHARED.