With Tears in Our Eyes

"Tears came to his eyes and I tried to comfort him. Then there was something else to do-to make my will:

'Listen, Otto, if I don't get back home to my wife, and if you should see her again, tell her I talked of her daily, hourly. You remember. Secondly, I have loved her more then anyone. Thirdly, the short time we have been married to her outweighs everything, even all we have gone through here.'

Otto, where are you now? Are you alive? What has happened to you since our last hour together? Did you find your wife again? And do you remember how I made you learn my will by heart-word for word-in spite of your childlike tears?"
-Man's Search For Meaning Viktor E. Frankl (copywrite 2006 Pg 55)

Not many books I have read recently have been able get me to tear up, let alone let my tears come out freely as if I were a child. This excerpt from Man's Search for Meaning made me bawl like a little girl. Viktor is almost sure that he is being sent off to be killed when he tells his dear friend these things about his wife.

This book has many tender, touching moments in it, I believe it has forever changed my life.

In the Life of Me

I went to school early today so that I could get my reading that I should have had done yesterday done while I was waiting for class to start. Instead of doing that, I did all sorts of worthless things. I read the family email from Trevor for the week, did who knows what on facebook, I read some peoples blogs that I am following, and then preceded to flip through random blogs of people I don't know until I realized it was 3 minutes before my class started and I had not even taken my textbook out of my bag. I walked to class somewhat stressed and kicking myself for being so easily entertained by random small shiny things. When I walked up to the door, there was that very large sign that all students long to see. Class Canceled. Lesson learned :).

Fear of Performance

I was sitting in one of my classes the other day talking about art, and my teacher said something that really struck me. She said that in our society, so many people to not express themselves because they are afraid of what others might think of their work. This causes all sorts of problems for us as individuals. And I got to thinking, why do we care so much what other people think of our individual ways of expressing ourselves? This has been my biggest problem with blogging in general. I worry about what other people think of what I write. I want so desperately for people to like it that I stare at the screen, try and think of something great to say, close my computer and walk away feeling like a failer anyway. So this is my goal. To express myself, not thinking of you at all (not that your not important). My goal is to write what I think.

My New Favorite Song!!

All We'll Ever Find-Tim McGraw

I couldn't have said it better myself