=)

"home safe."

now i can only hope

now i can only hope that one of these colleges are the one i belong to.
regrets? yes, but still confidently walking forward...

--

Fly high through broken skies
And say that you'll try not to be late
There's no need to wait
Fly high through broken skies
And say that youll try not to be late
There's no need to wait
We're pushing away

good mornin'



.....good night.

i'm in the mood to snap some snazzy shots. unfortunately, i don't know how to. fortunately, it's time to sleep.

R U ready, rich?

nope...

silent night

tonight is the night that holds reason to to why we congregate, why we know each other, and how we live our lives....

tonight is the night the a perfect, all-powerful, unadulterated God graciously decided to empathize with mankind and humble himself to the vulnerable state of a newborn baby

tonight is the night that He planned, long ago...

tonight is the night...that we celebrate.

silence

silence may quite possibly be the most revealing music of all. the transient music that sways through the streets of cities, between the throngs of people, and into the headphones of a child, deafening the whole atmosphere with a blanket of comfort, or perhaps simply with another's respite. and we are at peace, without a care in our mind but solely the beat to the melody, the lyrics to the song, but the authenticity of the white noise of a standing speaker engenders the bare, naked truth.

peace? for some, possibly, but not for others. the torrential flood of worries, temptations, sins, regrets, pride, jealousy will recompose within.

so what is praise to me?

it's temporarily forgetting about who you are and what you've done, to simply praise Him. it's the ephemeral taste of heaven.

but maybe more importantly, it's the realization when the music delicately evanesces, how we still have those "little weights on [our] feet," weights that we were born with that have amassed greater size within the passing time. it's the realization that we are still here, on earth, where that ethereal ambiance is short-lived. it's the realization that there is something we thirst for that this world cannot provide for us.

but let's not forget the refrain. shall we?

Life's more than girls
God's more than words
You're more than this
So what's your direction?
And where are you now?

Grow, grow where you are
Anchor your roots underneath
Doubt your doubts and believe your beliefs

What's your direction?
What matters most?
What should you know?
What's your direction
All that you've been
Makes who you are now
'Cause I've been ashamed
I've been a fool
You know I've backed down
When I lose direction I pray to be found

He was despised and rejected by men,
A man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not

it's people like them

so...free, unattached, bold

it's never too late...
fresh new year?

start of...manhood?