Have you ever noticed...

Hi, hello...that people in this world always seem to be in a hurry. Today I went for a walk with my sister and her kids and it was a really slow walk that took over two hours just meandering down a dead end road in the country. Honestly that simple walk was the most fun I think I have had all week. That is until also today I went on a scavenger hunt and had a bonfire. But aside from all that stopping in the middle of the day to do something slowly that has absolutely no point but is just for the pleasure in doing it. Somehow that fills a person up. People in this world don't spend enough time stopping long enough to appreciate the things going on around them. I have really observed this in malls but especially the really big ones like the Mall of America. When I am in there I try so hard to take everything in that its like I can't be in a rush and meanwhile people keep running into me. My school is a lot like that too. Its filled with students who crowd into the hallways and bustle around trying to get to their next class but they don't look around them. I really enjoy looking into the eyes of the people that I pass. They look like an empty shell until you see those eyes. Everyone is always in such a hurry that sometimes everyone just needs to take a moment to stop and breath. Enjoy life and don't try to rush through it.

Dancing

Hi, hello. I was just reading this article and a guy was listing four reasons why a Christian girl shouldn't attend a prom. His first reason which caused me to scuff, shake my head, and scroll to the bottom of the page said that dancing is considered a sexual activity. He never specified the type or style just sort of generalized it. This ticks me right off. Why do so many Christian people think that dancing is so wrong? There are some types of dancing that are incredibly provocative and would be considered to be very sexual but then there are just as many if not more dances that are completely clean and don't imply anything. What does everyone think that Jesus did when he walked out of the tomb? He danced of course. Dancing is a way to express ones joy and it doesn't have to be implying something completely the opposite. Don't generalize dancing and say that all of it is a sin. I am not talking about grinding people, I am talking about jumping and swaying, swinging your arms in the air and not caring what anyone might think. Doing the old dance moves like the sprinkler and the lawn mower. Dancing isn't a sin. Its how you use the art that makes it a sin.

A Message to Young Canadians Eligible to Vote

Hi, hello. Have you ever noticed that during an election time the people running never aim their campaigning at young Canadians? Do you ever wonder why that is? This is because over half of the young people in Canada at the voting age rarely vote. I find this amazing that people don't actually want to vote. I personally I am terribly excited that for the election day I will be 18 and that makes me old enough to vote. There are young people all across the world who would kill for an opportunity like this so please people. Lets prove them wrong and actually get out there to pick someone we think is a good candidate. If you want to make a difference in our country this is a prime opportunity and don't throw it away. If you can't decide who you would pick ask someone which is the better candidate for your riding. Come on, this is the next generation, lets go and do something millions of kids all over the world can't. Lets show them that we have a voice and they made a faulty assumption. Get out and vote on May 2nd.

Joyously we Look Out Into This Vast World

Hi, hello. Have you ever stopped what you were doing in your daily life and looked around you? Thinking about all the incredible sites there is and not just the man made structures but the better ones than that; the ones someone designed to reflect on what He is like. Have you ever stopped dead in your tracks and thought "Wow, why am I here? How did I get here? Wha-wha-why are we still alive?"? If you think about, hypothetically speaking we shouldn't all be here today. We are standing on an orb that is just floating around in a dark void. Everything was perfectly designed so that we could perfectly survive. We can breath. The temperature is not so hot that everything would melt and no where is it so cold that not a single thing can survive. This is an incredible world that essentially was designed for us to inhabit and it was a gift that we be the ones to rule over the Earth. We need to some times stop and look around to appreciate the beauty of God. We need to stop and bask in the radiant rays of the sun and feel the joy that comes from the beauty all around us. Fathom that if He cares enough for a sparrow think of how much He cares for us.

Celebrating one year!

Hi, hello. So I just realized something today. I have now officially been on here for a whole year. I was thinking originally that it would just give up on this whole thing and stop blogging but as it turns out I now have blogged a whole year and went from 1 follower to 5. Thats 5x as many so maybe by the end of the year I will have 25 followers.

Never Grow Up

Hi, hello.So I was just listening to Taylor Swift's song "Never Grow Up" and although I have heard it several times before I think I just took the lyrics to heart and in fact began to cry. Its amazing how as a child all we want to do is grow up and we are embarrassed by things our parents may do. Lately I have been thinking about how it will be nice when no one will ask me where I am going or why I am going or get all excited if I am a couple minutes late but to be honest, thinking about makes me sad and I think that I am going to really miss not having anyone there to care about me. Most likely when I have room mates I will tell them my plans for what I am doing just out of habit. I wish I could just stay like a child forever. Never grow up. Never experience the evil nature of human beings and stay innocent and naive forever. I really don't want to grow up. The simplicity and peace that is within you as a child reaches a point where it comes back. I realize that I don't want to leave and wish I could go back to those days when everyone was still at home and I was small again. Savor those moments of your childhood. Don't get impatient that it takes so long because one day you look back and realize that you blinked and missed everything. Enjoy the joy in being a child because you never know when one day you aren't going to be a child anymore.

Hey, what about Africa?

Hi, hello. Have you ever noticed that musicians and people who go on tour never seem to voyage over to Africa on tour. They generally go to Europe or Asia but especially tend to tour North America. What about Africa? They listen to music there too. I am sure people living there would feel incredibly privileged to have the pleasure of getting to view their favorite artists live just like everyone else. Don't forget Africa.

How can you believe in nothing?

Hi, hello. This is a topic that has boggled my mind for a long time. How can someone not believe in anything at all? I mean looking at the world around you you have to think that somehow it came to be. Even the scientific method is better than believing that we are just here. No real idea why we are here but we are here and this is just what life is. I just can't comprehend how looking at the complexity of the Earth and seeing how everything is exactly perfect for us to sustain life and yet people don't see it. Even the human body. It is incredible how we first of all form and then grow and develop and eventually die. The body does essentially everything for us. I just can't understand how you can look at the world and not believe that it was created by nothing and just somehow got here but they are too lazy to decide how.

Silence

Hi, hello. What happens when you are at a lose for words? You bask in the beloved silence shared between you and God or you just listen. Stop and listen to the glorious sounds around you and to the thoughts swirling in your head. You never know if maybe one of those thoughts isn't actually yours but rather someone else's. Like a certain Him who is the maker of all things.

Hi, hello. So I have blogged anything recently but it would appear that I have a brain stall. If you have any suggestions please post a comment and let me know what I should blog about.