I was Here (Lady Antebellum)

You will notice me,

I'll be leaving my mark like initials carved

In an old oak tree, you wait and see

Maybe I'll write like Twain wrote

Maybe I'll paint like Van Gogh

Cure the common cold, I don't know

But I'm ready start 'cause I know in my heart

I wanna do something that matters, say something different

Something that sets the whole world on its ear

I wanna do something better with the time I've been given

I wanna try to touch a few hearts in this life

Leave nothing less than something that says ‘I was here’

I will prove you wrong

If you think I'm all talk, you're in for a shock

'Cause this dream's too strong and before too long

Maybe I'll compose symphonies

Maybe I'll fight for world peace

'Cause I know it's my destiny

To leave more than a trace of myself in this place!

I wanna do something that matters, say something different

Something that sets the whole world on its ear

I wanna do something better with the time I've been given

I wanna try to touch a few hearts in this life

And leave nothing less than something that says "I was here"

And I know that I, I will do more than just pass through this life

I'll leave nothing less than something that says "I was here"

I am Beautiful

I am beautiful.

Broken, battered, knocked down and bruised,

I am worthwhile.

With tears in my eyes and scars on my arms,

I deserve love.

Despite all that's behind me,

I will rise.

No matter what's ahead of me,

I will stand strong.

Regrets, guilts, doubts, fears,

I forgive myself.

Beat up and fragile, but willing to begin again,

I will break free.

Throwing off the self-made shackles,

I will fly.

No more looking down or looking back,

I will take chances.

Push the veil of the past aside and see,

I am beautiful.

- Journal entry 1/15/11

Novena to the Virgin Mary, the Untier of Knots

Prayer to the Virgin Mary as Untier of Knots

Holy Mary, full of the presence of God, during your life

you accepted with great humility the holy will of the father

and the legacy of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, and evil

never dared to entangle you with its confusion. Since then

you have interceded for all of our difficulties as you did

at the wedding feast of Cana. With all simplicity and with

patience, you have given us an example of how to untangle

the knots in our complicated lives. By being our mother

forever you arrange and make clear the path that unites us

to Our Lord.

Holy Mary, Mother of God and ours, with your maternal heart,

untie the knots that upset our lives. We ask you to receive

into your hands (here mention your prayer request) and

deliver us from the chains and confusion that restrain us.

Blessed Virgin Mary, through your grace, your intercession

and by your example, deliver us from evil, and untie the

knots that keep us from being united to God. So that free

of all confusion and error, we may find him in all things,

keep him in our hearts, and serve him always in our

brothers and sisters. Mother of Good Counsel pray for us.

Amen.

Never Alone--Lady Antebellum

May the angels protect you, trouble neglect you

And heaven accept you when it's time to go home

May you always have plenty, your glass never empty

Know in your belly, you're never alone

May your tears come from laughing, you find friends worth having

With every year passing, they mean more than gold

May you win but stay humble, smile more than grumble

And know when you stumble, you're never alone

Never alone, Never alone

I'll be in every beat of your heart, when you face the unknown

Wherever you fly, this isn't goodbye

My love will follow you stay with you, baby you're never alone

Well, I have to be honest, as much as I want it

I'm not gonna promise the cold winds won't blow

So when hard times have found you, and your fear surround you

Wrap my love around you, you're never alone

Never alone, Never alone

I'll be in every beat of your heart, when you face the unknown

Wherever you fly, this isn't goodbye

My love will follow you stay with you, baby you're never alone

May the angels protect you, trouble neglect you

And heaven accept you when it's time to go home

And when hard times have found you, and your fear surround you

Wrap my love around you, you're never alone

Never alone, never alone

I'll be in every beat of your heart, when you face the unknown

Wherever you fly, this isn't goodbye

My love will follow you stay with you, baby you're never alone

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Then (Brad Paisley)

I remember, trying not to stare the night that I first met you
You had me mezmorized
And three weeks later, in the front porch light
taking forty-five minutes to kiss goodnight
I hadn't told you yet
but I thought I loved you then

And now you're my whole life
now you're my whole world
I just can't believe the way I feel about you, girl
Like a river meets the sea,
stronger than it's ever been.
We've come so far since that day
And I thought I loved you then

And i remember, taking you back to right where I first met you,
You were so surprised
There were people around, but I didn't care
Got down on one knee right there once again,
I thought I loved you then

And now you're my whole life
now you're my whole world
I just can't believe the way I feel about you, girl
Like a river meets the sea,
stronger than it's ever been.
We've come so far since that day
And I thought I loved you then

I could just see you, with a baby on the way
And I could just see you, when your hair is turning gray
What I can't see is how I'm ever gonna love you more
But I've said that before

And now you're my whole life
now you're my whole world
I just can't believe the way I feel about you, girl
We'll look back someday, at this moment that we're in
And I'll look at you and say
And I thought I loved you then
And I thought I loved you then

Love like crazy (Lee Brice)

They called him crazy when they started out
Said seventeen's too young to know what loves about
They've been together fifty-eight years now
That’s crazy

He brought home sixty-seven bucks a week
He bought a little 2 bedroom house on Maple Street
Where she blessed him with six more mouths to feed
Yeah that’s crazy

Just ask him how he did it; he'll say pull up a seat
It'll only take a minute, to tell you everything
Be a best friend, tell the truth, and overuse I love you
Go to work, do your best, don't outsmart your common sense
Never let your prayin' knees get lazy
And love like crazy

They called him crazy when he quit his job
Said them home computers, boy they'll never take off
He sold his one man shop to Microsoft
They paid like crazy

Just ask him how he made it
He'll tell you faith and sweat
And the heart of a faithful woman,
Who never let him forget

Be a best friend, tell the truth, and overuse I love you
Go to work, do your best, don't outsmart your common sense
Never let your prayin knees get lazy
And love like crazy

Always treat your woman like a lady
Never get too old to call her baby
Never let your prayin knees get lazy
And love like crazy

They called him crazy when they started out
They've been together fifty-eight years now

Ain't that crazy?

World Cup 2010

"Good soccer is beautiful, and it's difficult, and the two are related. A team kicking a ball to each other, passing into empty space that is suddenly filled by a player who wasn't there two seconds ago and who is running and full pelt and who without looking or breaking stride knocks the ball back to a third player who he surely can't have seen, who, also at full pelt and without breaking stride, then passes the ball, at say 60 miles an hour, to land on the head of a fourth player who has run 75 yards to get there and who, again all in stride, jumps and heads the ball with, once you realize how hard this is, umbelievable power and accuracy toward a corner of the goal just exactly where the goalkeeper, executing some complex physics entirely without conscious thought and through muscle memory, has expected it to be, so that all this grace and speed and muscle and athleticism and attention to detail and power and precision will never appear on a score sheet and will be forgotten by everybody a day later-- this is the strange fragility, the evanescence of soccer."

- National Geographic