Top 10

What is better than a top ten list?! Lots of stuff! So, in honor of the end of 2011...

Here are my top ten songs of all time  or....right now of all time that I can think of at this moment...off the top of my head.

10. Santa Monica-Everclear

9. Forever young-Rod Stewart

8.  Tougher than the rest- Bruce Springsteen

7.  Ave Maria- Celine Dion

6. Goodbye yellow brick road- Elton John

5. If you leave me now- Chicago


4. You shook me all night long- ACDC


3. On my own- Les Miserables

2. Desperado- Clint Black

1. Over the rainbow- Glee version (no joke)

Discuss. There's plenty of room for opinions here. Bring 'em!

Life is

BEAUTIFUL

It was funny. Yesterday I was sitting at a stop light in a not so nice part of town (I work there), and it hit me.

Life is beautiful.

Think about it. There is so much to learn and to do! History, reading, music, people..famous or not, animals and hobbies and shopping and people who are so creative! People love and create and write and dream. There are lights and trees and holidays and coffee and rainbows and unicorns and before my day really started and anything else creeped in, at the stoplight at E. 9th and Penn, life was and is still beautiful.

In the same way I don't really understand who I am or what I'm here for exactly, life is too vast a subject for me to ponder completely either. I think it's supposed to be that way. God gives us glimpses of how cool things really are sometimes, but we don't see the big picture. But the glimpses keep us going, and they give us hope! Because we know, as followers of Christ, that this aint all! But even if it were, I am thankful for it. We have been given SO much to enjoy here on Earth.

I think about how much I love to give gifts. Big ones, small ones, silly ones, whatever. I love giving gifts. Why? Because I love to see the person I'm giving the gift to HAPPY. Joy. That's all it is. It is fun to think of God like that too. I betcha he likes when we smile too, when we enjoy what is around us and delight in what he has given us.

Before the pessimists/extreme realists jump in..."what about all the wars and destruction...blah blah blah..." Ok. Fine. They exist. I get it. I acknowledge this. It's really horrible. But let's not always dwell there.

Philippians 4:8

New International Version (NIV)

 ⁸ Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

I'm thankful for life. For all that I see and understand and all that I don't. For someday God will open my eyes and I'll finally get it and I'll say, "OH YEAH!!!!!! NOW I GET IT!" And I bet you that particular moment will be made of pure joy. Because my soul longs to understand. But for now, I'm good with the glimpses. Thanks be to God.