Nomad.

Everyone is on their way home for the holidays and I have to say...

I'm jealous.

Even though my parents live in Hawaii and according to my drivers license I'm from Hawaii. It's not really my home. I love it there, don't get me wrong, but I've never had a moment or even a real amount of time there to set my roots and really accept it as my home.

I've been going to Southern Virginia for 3 and half years now but this is a temporary. I have to graduate, and move on with my life. I always knew I had to leave one day, and so I've never felt the need to say "I'm home" while I've been here.

Iowa is where I've lived the longest... But the day I moved away I was so happy to get rid of it and leave. That's not how you should treat a home... I don't like to linger in the past. I move on from somewhere and disclaim my bad memories as fast as I can...

I don't have a "home". I'm a nomad. Just traveling along the road of life. Just traveling aimlessly... I don't have a place that either accepts me or I accept it. I've either ran away from it or don't want it or I don't feel like I belong there...

But then I remember where my real home is...

Home is back with my Heavenly Father. All these places that I have lived in or currently live in, have helped define my journey in this lifetime. Home is not where you belong. Home is not where you have the most memories. Home is not a location. Home is literally where your heart is. Where you are the most comfortable at that time... and where the Lord is, is where you belong.

Funny how simple things can be when you trust the Lord..

peace
 

Thank you, Mr. Marley.

Thank you, Mr. Marley.

peace

Superman

Oh, hey everyone. This is Daniel.

He's my forever :)

peace

Lucky.

Even when life gets crazy and hectic and I am stressed out of my mind, I am always reminded how lucky I am. I'm glad they are always there for me. A solid foundation for me fall on and will never leave me.

Yay :)

Waiting.

Random Thought Before Going to Bed:

You know how people wait for the right opportune moment to do whatever it is they need or want to do? Ya know, when they are "waiting for the right time"? Well I think that's silly. The right time will be the right time no matter what because you are choosing it to be. The right opportune moment isn't something you wait for, it's the moment you get ten seconds of insane courage to DO it. Nothing happens from waiting. Things happen from taking action. SO I say we all stop, waiting for moments to happen, and we start making moments happen. Then you won't have people telling you missed your chance, or your too late. Life is what you make it, right? So make it a life where things happen. If you nothing ever happens to you, why do you spend all your time looking back?

Anyway... that was that!

Music. Feelings to sound.

So I'm sure you all remember my Perfect Starry Night poem. And if not, click here if you would like to read it. :)
Well anyway, I finally put music to it! Sounds pretty good, I guess! Chris Hughes helped me out with it. It's kinda funny how it happened. You see, we were co-counselors EFY Buena Vista week 3 (PS. More blogs about my EFY experiences coming soon!) and we kinda had some tough kids. So to 'vent' and take a break away from them, we would run up to the dance studio and jam out. (We also worked on our own version of Come Thou Fount and sang it to our kids.) Chris started showing me different chord progressions he had been working on and started just playing. Then I remembered I had poems that could easily be put to music and then one thing just clicked after another. Then Tyler and his violin joined us and it was awesome!

So Chris and I finally recorded it (without Tyler sadly) and when there is a link I'll post it!

But tonight Chris and I wrote an original song! Just made it up out of the top of my head! Chris is awesome at the guitar and is good at helping me come up with a melody!

The song is called Stronger and Better.

And here are the lyrics:

I saw you with that smile
I never saw this comin'
You took me by surprise and
all I want is your lovin'
Have me thinking 'bout you
Every second. Every day
there's something you do
that keeps me..

Love everything about you, baby!
We'll be together now. Forever, maybe?
Let's take on the world together.
Leave our mark, we'll make it stronger and better...

Feelings that you give me
Holding my hand
My stomach does a backflip
Every time you kiss me
I see possibilities
in your eyes we'll be
showing the world what we're made of
give them a sight

Love everything about you, baby!
We'll be together now. Forever, maybe?
Let's take on the world together.
Leave our mark, we'll make it stronger and better...


:) it's cheesy, and I like it.

peace