I really love this song. I've been thinking a lot about the fear lately, not exactly what Missa Allen sings about here, but fear in general and what it keeps us from experiencing. There was a general authority that said that fear is not of God. The Holy Ghost will never make us fearful, fear comes purely from Satan.
On that note, what are we all so afraid of? What makes us so fearful of life? I have been terrified, I have been scared, I have been afraid. Looking back on those times, it all seems so silly. Why be afraid of life? Every experience we have is just a building block onto what we will be. Why fear the jump that will help us to eventually fly?
Some fear that flight. I know I used to. Fear of happiness, but really fearing getting the happiness and then losing it. It's more of a belief that nothing good can stay and whatever you do to hang onto it won't matter because you WILL lose it. Unhappiness is life and happiness is a dream within that life. Of course, this is so far from the truth that I find it comical. Life IS happiness. Just wake up and open your eyes and SEE this world that we have the opportunity to live in!!! It's amazing! look at every color, every breeze, every sunrise and sunset, every star, every drop of rain in this little life that we all are a part of. It's pure. It's fantastic. It's life. That is why life is happiness. Dance down the street my friends, YOU'RE ALIVE!!!!!
This. Is. A. Phone.
I don't feel like naming all the fears, because they all come down to the same answer. Life is an adventure. We are here to experience, to learn, to become like our Heavenly Father. How can we do that if we don't LIVE? Life is such a grand slam plan man! (I meant to do that, it was kinda cheesy. =p) But really. I'm for real. For cereal. For fruity pebbles. Watch the sunset, run through the sprinklers, dance in the rain, smile like an idiot because when they stare at you it's because they are jealous. They are jealous that you have the courage to enjoy life in a way that they don't. We as human beings have all these fears. "What will people think? Will they judge me?" Who cares!! They don't give the final judgment, God does, and He will not scoff at you for doing a dance in the rain for the joy of being alive. He will applaud you I promise. =]
I know a few people who live this fear. the fear of being judged by others. In my life I have rarely feared this. There are very few situations that I fear the thoughts of others in, and I've never really understood this whole peer pressure thing. I live for me and God. It's all so simple if you think of it like that. For instance I just started singing without realizing it. hahaha I think it's funny. A few words sung = a few happy seconds.
This. Is. A. Key.
So I'm going to name another fear. Fear of failure. It's tied very loosely to the above fears. I think fear of failure makes you afraid of everything. It just eats at you until you are afraid to even leave your house. This is, in my opinion, the most dangerous of fears. We can fail at anything. We can fail as we walk down the street. We can fail at telling a joke if no one laughs, we can fail at writing a paper when we get a bad grade, we can fail at asking someone out when they say no, we can fail at getting up in the morning when we have a bad day. Truth is, failure is part of the beauty of life. This whole growing and learning thing needs us to fail at things so we can grow from them. It's not just some sick joke in place to keep us humble. (Although that could be part of it. hahaha) It's mostly for us. It also goes to the saying that goes something like, we would not know the sweet if we did not taste the bitter. That statement is pure genius. It's so true. If I didn't run into all the things I DON'T want in life then I wouldn't know what I want when I saw it. And I pride myself in knowing what I want when I see it. ;D
Life Update: I'm going to Wendover this Friday with DTR guy and a bunch of his friends. I know. I'm surprised too. But alas, his bipolar nature continues. I've ceased to expect anything from him. I'm just going with the flow now. Not the same kind of flow that I talked about that other time. This is a very different flow. This flow is now just one that I am watching with a smile. I don't really think it will go anywhere, so I watch it for the comedy. It keeps things interesting. He probably won't ever make up his mind, kind of like Felix. Unlike Felix though, I can enjoy it and get a trip to Wendover out of it. XD Man, I love life. =]
Random Quotes!!!!!!
- After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.
- George Ade (1866 - 1944), "Fables in Slang", 1899
- There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
- Henry Kissinger (1923 - )
- Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.
- Janet Long
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