if grace is an ocean, we're all sinking

if your words are your weapons my dear, i surrender

liar liar

thoughts are weird. how can you stop the ones you don't want?
get outta there.

and when the oceans rage, i don't have to be afraid

I wonder if God ever laughs at all the silly earthly things people get so caught up in. If you stop to think about it, stop to look around, everything He's given us is waaaaay more amazing and magnificent than anything else ever. In Him we have everything. But still people think they can make themselves happy by trying to make their own success or satisfaction. When in reality, He's all that matters. Loving God and living for Him is the only thing you ever really need to invest yourself in, and everything else will happen as it needs to. Look up at the sky. It's endless. It's beautiful. In any weather, it's beautiful. God made that. Now.. stare off into the sea of homes that is suburbia. It's sickening. People made that. God's got his big amazing sky, looking out over this gross metropolis that society considers to be some sort of "progress." Ha. People think they're so great sometimes. Look up, people, look up.

it's gonna be a hard road, but it'll be worth it

i absolutely love cantering bareback. it is proof of how much freedom and i have both grown in the past 6 and a half years. i don't care that we'll never win a dressage test. i don't care that the fancy expensive horses will beat us every time. i care that: six years ago, cantering bareback would have been a death wish. riding bareback would have been a death wish. and now? i can let go of the reins and trust my horse.

i hate thinking that we only have so many rides left. it's hard to step back and let him go to someone else. it sounds cliche to say that we've been through so much together, but it's true. i freaking love that horse.

(photo by Gregory White)

i've got five fingers on each hand for every mistake that i've made

tell me tell me, what makes you think that you are invincible?

"i thought you were one of the good ones."
"yeah.. he's gotten so bad."

actual quotes. really..? because let's group people into stereotypes of "good" and "bad." and judge them for it. and write them off.
people make mistakes, sometimes big ones. sometime a lot of mistakes. doesn't make them "bad." doesn't mean they won't come around.
do you ever hear something that just completely pisses you off? something you know is so wrong?

times like these that make me think.