May 2013
1 post
April 2013
3 posts
Your Day
Your Day is Coming by Christine Vest. co written/co-produced by Taron Berry
March 2013
2 posts
“To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of life, as Eve felt the joy of life. To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter every day. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am. I am. That is something to aspire to.”
—Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain (via bookmania)
February 2013
2 posts
Letting Go
It’s so hard to let go. I thought I had, but the feelings that came up tonight made me realize that I haven’t. I have to let go for my own sanity,and so I don’t sabotage my future. We all get hurt, but we have to bounce back from it…unless we plan on giving up. And that, simply is NOT an option.
“Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve.”
—Carol Shields, The Republic of Love (via bookmania)
January 2013
2 posts
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Reblog or...
I hate those stupid “Reblog or ____ will die” things. I love my mom with all my heart. We believe in God, not stupidity. My mom will be just fine. We went to church this morning, and the pastor told me to hug my mom. He didn’t say anything about Tumblr. Lol.
December 2012
10 posts
The amount of narcissism in this generation is ridiculous.
November 2012
4 posts
October 2012
19 posts
REBLOG IF YOU FOLLOW BACK .
Sit back and casually wait for a hoard of followers.
Wtf!! i have 60+ NEW Followers already!!!
My last two “serious” relationships really sucked. One just ended last week. However, we had broken up and gotten back together a few times before. I just couldn’t take it anymore. I didn’t like feeling insecure, wondering if he was with someone else, knowing that he was looking for something different. He texted me unexpectedly a couple of days ago. I really think he just wants to control me. He doesn’t even really want to be with me. He tried to act as if he didn’t know I was serious about it being over this time. It was hard at first, but now I feel so FREE.
As much as these relationships have hurt me, I learned some things about myself. I’m stronger, and I’m not afraid to tell people what I don’t like. I will be 28 years old next month. It’s about time for me to grow up. LOL.
September 2012
27 posts
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Fight Song
The Appleseed Cast
“Fight Song”
The Appleseed Cast
A couple years ago, Denny and I were speaking at a church, and at the end of the night, we opened the floor to questions. One young woman asked, “Why is it that depression sometimes feels like a friend?”
It took us a minute or two to get to the heart of the question, but there was a poetry in that pain. “Why is it that I cannot separate myself from the very thing that is taking the most from me?”
It reminds me of the show LOST and the character Hurley, who had a “friend” named Dave. Dave didn’t want Hurley to get better. Dave told Hurley that if his counselor or family really loved him, they wouldn’t try to change him.
I think there is truth in the value of knowing what makes you “you”—identifying the aspects of your essence that the world needs more of. That being said, life is progress. Life is change. Life is a dance. We enter the world as infants, already changing and growing day-by-day into toddlers. That line blurs into childhood, which gives way to adolescence, tween, terror, teen, legal, adult, mid-life, old-timer… Nature is a trend toward change.
You deserve the opportunity to change, and sometimes that means separating yourself from the things that hold you back. I know that isn’t easy, and it may feel like a break-up of sorts, but your life is a song that is worth the fight.
Your eating disorder—it doesn’t love you.
Your drugs and your drinks—they don’t love you.
Your misplaced pride and status—they hope you never change.
Your self-injury—it doesn’t give a damn about your heart.
Your depression—it takes no stock in your potential, in your dreams.
Your abusive relationship—it fears the day you find your voice.
We want you to change. No, we don’t mean “change who you are because it’s not good enough.” But take ownership of this life and one day live with less fear. You can stoke the fires of courage in others. You can take the moments that “should have been gold” for you and polish them for someone else.
We stand in the gap, just on the other side. We are waving you on to safe passage. Rest is not found in us, but we find fight and beauty and inspiration and springtime and laughter and warm embraces and stories in you. We see in you a great potential for change. This isn’t just about “getting better”; it’s about turning pages in your story. We are reading with our noses inches from the page, enveloped in you and all you have to offer.
So join me in saying to Depression, Addiction, Self-injury, Suicidal Thoughts, Eating Disorders—“Take your troubles solo. This is the end of you and me.”
- Chad
