Curveballs

Life always throws us surprises. We live in spontanaeity. We live for passion. We thrive in exhilaration. Sometimes we just need to step out of our safety shells and be someone who we never imagined possible. We love to go on with life the way we normally do. And I completely understand how people with difficult and challenging lives would just want some calm and normalcy. But for me with my mundane lifestyle sometimes I really need to get outside of my box.

I need to be more spontaneous. Live in the moment. Enjoy life. That's my problem. All I've been doing here is worrying about life. Worrying about my future. Too concerned to even remember that it's summer. I completely forgot to go outside when it was sunny. I was too worried about my melancholy self-pity that I didn't enjoy the moment. What if we all just broke loose a bit? I could probably confess my love. Or dance crazily on the streets. Greet a homeless fellow. Start a musical instrument. Apply for a job. Climb a mountain. Go to a party. Be a little sketchy. Support a cause. Go to a hospital. Talk to the elderly. Destroy something. Explode something else. Skinny dip. Learn to surf. Take a mud bath. Try a new food.

That's all we need, a little spontaneous thinking and faith in ourselves, each other, and God.

"Hammers and Strings (A Lullaby)" Jack's Mannequin



"Give me something to believe in, a breath from the breathing"