Life + The Right Perspective = Beauty

Some days, I am filled with so much unexplained joy and smiles! Other days? Not so much. While I was driving with my mom today, I was listening to one of my all-time favorite songs, “Life is Beautiful” by the Afters. Man i LOVE that song. BUTANYWAY, as I was listening to it, I thought what I think almost every time I listen to it! And that’s, “You know, life really is beautiful.”

“Living and dying, laughing or crying
If we have the whole world or have nothing
I know there are long nights, but we’ll make it
with every sunrise comes a new light
And all of the things that us feel like we have it all
All of the times that make us realize
we have it all (x2)
Life is Beautiful
Life is Beautiful
Life is Beautiful”

I love that song! How many times in life do we walk around grabb--…no clinging to the things that make us feel like…that make us think that we have it all. I know I do.

“If there was less work and more fun,
I would never EVER feel undone!
If I had more friends and less regrets,
If I had more faith & didn’t fret.
More things, more things, my heart yearns for more!
If I could be the person that everyone adores..
Life COULD be beautiful.”

All of my sentences start & end with “If and me.” IF I HAD MORE…IF I WAS MORE POPULAR. If I had more things, if I could be more things…life could be worth it…life could be precious…life COULD be beautiful. However is that truly the way we’re--no…I am…is that truly the way I am supposed to be living? I sit around thinking about something amazing I could do, something hilarious I could say…something I can do to bring myself more glory, where instead I’m supposed to daily be concentrated on how to bring HIM more glory. I don’t think about, “if people look at me do they see Jesus?” Instead, I think about people looking at me with admiration and praise, I think about earning adoration and approval. Now if you’re someone that yearns for praise like I do…*PHEW* good to know that there’s other human like me, that it’s normal for man to have an unquenchable desire for applause. But also know that there is hope. Turn those dreadfully fierce desires of praise for yourself into fierce desires of praise for HIM. Try it! You might surprise yourself ;)

“People were created to be loved.

Things were created to be used.

The reason the world is in chaos,

Is because things are being loved,

And people are being used.”

I remember one time talking to my mom about sunsets. I was telling her how a lot of people enjoy waking up early to see God’s beautiful fingerprints painted across the sky early in the morning…notice I said early twice…cuz its seriously freaking EARLY you have to get up to see ‘em. Because I’m not a morning person…losing two hours of sleep over something I can just as easily see on Facebook isn’t worth it! However, for some people, sunsets are one of the things that remind them Life is Beautiful. Getting up early, and being reminded of the beauty of this life is worth losing sleep over (I would just like to say kudos to those people and thank you for the pictures of the sunsets! Keep ‘em coming! Haha!)

I don’t really know exactly what I’m trying to say in all of this! I jumped around a lot but I guess if I have to summarize everything, it all comes down to one thing…

“Life is FULL of BEAUTY

Notice it.”