Stuck

Its 7:40am in mid December on some road in harayana, India and we are stuck. There's fog, horns blaring, cyclists and motorcyclists weaving in between, pedestrians crossing and cows of course claiming their piece of land. If I could bring the smells along for the experience I would so do it.

We might be stuck in traffic in the moment,  but my thoughts lean more on us being stuck in our "gammund."  Gammund,is a hindi word and to me, is the idea of pride to the umpteenth degree.

Yes, this is too philosophical for this early morning but I have really slept in a few day and I havent been on Facebook in almost week so my brain is working overtime.

Gammund is something that you see that is built up over time.  It's something that is built as a defense mechanism from oneself.

Only Jesus can break this.

From June 2006

continuing on my obsession with songs, this is the one that came back to me from the past. i am almost certain if you look back in the blog pages, i have this song in here. but i dont have the time to check to make sure. if i dont have it, i am sorry i didnt share it earlier because this has been a favorite of mine since way back when.
not exactly sure how or why it came back to me, but i feel like recently i've needed it a lot! so here it is...

Come unto me
by Nicole c. Mullen

Are you looking for someone to be gentle
With your broken heart
Your shattered dreams
Are you searching for someone who’ll be faithful
To you no matter what life brings

Well I know the Maker of the storm, the sunrise
He is both the Lion and the Lamb
He is strong enough to shake all earth and heaven
Yet meek enough to take me as I am
(He says)

Come unto me all who are weary
And I will give you rest
Bring what hurts, bring your scars,
Bring the load that you carry
And I will give you rest

Are the clouds above your head oh so heavy
Bursting with showers of despair
Do you struggle under more than you can carry?
Has life given more than you can bear?

Would you like to trade your failures in for victories?
Like piles of ashes in for piles of gold
Can you fall down like a child who is helpless
So He can pick you up and make you whole

Come unto me all who are weary
And I will give you rest
Bring what hurts, bring your scars,
Bring the load that you carry
And I will give you rest


aint that reassuring? lol sure is to me. the past few weeks were hectic, between school, work and church activities i barely had a chance to sit and chill. especially when vbs was in full swing! it was so much fun though, FIESTA! that was our theme, and we went on an adventure with Chadder the Chipmunk. yes yes i know, corny but it was fun for the youngens. 300 some odd youngens and 136 adults. it was quite a Fiesta alright. after all that, it was so nice to have saturday off.

Saturday was so much fun! i finally got to go to city place in west palm. the superbowl host committee had some event goin' on. so we went to get some free food. that was a waste of time, butttt we ended up at cheesecake factory. i got the upsidedown pineapple cheesecake that is around for a limited time only. Y'ALL NEED TO TRY THIS!

then we drove out to the beach, that was fun too. although not dressed to be there, i had to put my feet in the water. we also did the typical tourist thing and dorve around lookin' at houses. lol. it was fun! i found this flowering plant i know want in my garden. the Angel's Trumpet. pretty cool lookin' flower.



kinda looks like its sad or sumthin but i like it! in my research i also found out that its toxic. lol. good going! right? something about hallucinations or something soooo i am not positive i want it in my garden butttt its a possibility.





what else did we do? oh! then we watched a malayalam movie named Hitler. no no no relation to the jerk from germany. it was supposed to be a commedy but lemme just tell you how much i laughed! they done lied to my lil sis. maybe a 1/3 of it was funny the rest was all fighting and people dying. nonetheless i hadn't seen a malu movie in months! plus it was nice to be sitting, relaxing and just enjoying some time off with people you care about.

on the drive back, God let me in on some beautiful sunset views as well. all in all saturday is a day i'll remember for years to come.
then sunday it was back to all the craziness. but tis all good. i like that i am doing something instead of just sitting around. this weekend will hopefully be a good one too. its father's day and my bro is coming down fromw otown and i'll get to hopefully see everyone.
looking fwd to friday! anyone else with me? LOL! anywho, back to work...for now...

Keep the Faith, Love God and Love Others
laerz

p.s.
got a nice break today when my lil sis came over with her fam sans uncle. we had a nice lunch, i am so glad i left work instead of staying there for 10 hrs or else i would've missed all that. God is so awesome to me! He knew i needed/wanted that. Thanx Jesus:)
take care y'all

November

Well, we are officially in December!

The Rockefeller tree was lit last night.  That,  for me, signifies the beginning of a magical time in this city.  I have a busy December in the books but there's this feeling inside of me to not get too excited.

Does that make me a cynic? I certainly hope not!! My alma mater has a phrase used during football games "charge on!" That's what I am going to do or at least what I hope to be doing every time i have a cynical thought.

Growing up I always heard "TIME waits for no one!" and I finally get what that means. As the days go by I realize that more than ever before. 

I started that in the beginning of December and today on the last Friday of this month and this year,  I am posting it.  That should show how fast time flew and how busy life can become.  Make sure you are spending your time on things you should be focusing on.

 

Love God and the rest will follow...