Even as crazy as the world is
It seems like there is peace to be found
It is the crazy dynamic
That plays over and over
Just as there seems to be
More violence
People almost seem
To be losing their minds
You hear on the news
How more people are
Committing murders
How it seems like more
People are abusing children
How all of these drugs that we have created
To heal people
Are causing more damage
Than the symptom they
Were intended to cure
We hear all the time
More and more people
Are losing their jobs
There is civil unrest
How the homeless
Population is rising
And more families
Are being tossed by the wayside
But even with that said
There is still hope
There is still laughter
Life goes on
We can still find peace
Even in this crazy world
We can still find moments of happiness
That is the great thing about being human
We can live
We can love
We can laugh
Even during these crazy times

People are interesting
We hurt
There are times
When it feels like
We can't breathe
When life can swallow us whole
When the world can come crashing in
Darkness can consume us
To the point where we it can become all we know
Even as much as we hurt
We have faith
There is that little light inside of us
That can lead us through
If we have faith
And start to accept life how it is
And start to accept our place in it
Moving forward with grace and love
Stepping out of the storm
Into the light
Accepting ourselves
Accepting the healing
Accepting the love
That is growing inside

I am love
We are loved
We are loved
In our own way
Even as far away
We run
We are all loved
When you accept it
know it in your heart
The healing can begin
No matter who
All children are loved
We have to feel it in our hearts
To truly let go of the pain
All children are loved

The fog rolls in
Clouding the day
Blocking the sun
The fog rolls in
Until you can't see
Anything at all
The fog rolls in
And blinds your eyes
Keeps you from the sun
Keeps you from seeing
What is right in front of your face
Keeps from seeing
Anything
And everyone
And everything
Around you
Keeps you from seeing
The true beauty
The truth
Keeps you in a haze
Clouded from the truth
That is right
In front of
Your face

Getting caught in the mix
Is easy to do
It can get easy
To get caught
We so easily
Listen to the world
Getting caught in the game
Getting caught in the things
That can get us caught the most
We tend to fall backwards
Falling deeper and deeper
Continuing to fill the void
Getting caught in the game
Without a clue
How to get out
We all have a hole
That needs to be filled
We all need to be whole
And to feel whole
To find our place
Letting go of what holds us
Whatever it is
That holds us in place
That keeps us stuck
Caught in the game
We all have a want
To be loved
Once you fill that hole
Inside of yourself
You can start to
To spread it to others
Filling your heart
A little more as you go along
Letting go of whatever
Holds you down
And setting your soul free
Free to soar
To soar above the trials
To soar above the world
Spreading your wings
And flying along
The winds of change
Spreading love to
All who might need
A little extra too
Freeing those
Who are still caught

Sometimes its the light inside of us
That keeps us sane
And keeps us alive
And keeps us fighting another day

Sometimes we just have to take the moment
To dance in the sun
Enjoying life's gifts
Receiving them wholeheartedly
And reveling in the single moments
That make us the happiest
And giving thanks
For the fact that we exist

I pray for the ones.
That are out on the street
I pray for the ones
Who I love
Who I know
Are going though
Tough times
I pray for our mother
I pray for our father
To rain down his love
Rain it on the world
So that all people
Might see your grace
So that all people might see
Just how wonderful
Beautiful
And magnificent
You truly are
Blessing
And healing
All who will believe
And receive.

If you ever feel down
If you ever need someone by your side
Just know that I have plenty of room
I have extra space in my heart
Just for you
We have been friends for so long
We know each other so well
We have been through a lot together
We have changed a lot together
We have been through a lot of relationships
Some haven't been as good as others
Yet our friendship has remained strong
We can tell what we are both thinking
And we have known each other for so long
That I can honestly say that I love you
And I can't imagine my life without you in it
Standing steady and strong at my side
So don't hesitate to ask
Because I know you would do the same for me

The date is unknown
What is known
Is the effect it had
On the world at large
When the fateful day
When Eve and Adam
Gave their innocence away
If you really think about it
The fall of man
Was inevitable from the start
Part of the bigger plan
For salvation on the Earth
If they had not fallen
We could surely not have been saved
They would have stayed innocent
Not being able to procreate
And to be able to procreate
And to populate the Earth
They also would have stayed immortal
Death would not have touched their lips
There would have been no need for salvation
Evolution would have stopped
Dead in its tracks
Stuck cold in an evolutionary draw
With nothing ever happening at all
But it was because of this fall
That we were able to die
So that way we could truly live
And live and procreate upon the Earth
And for better or for worst
We have moved along
Procreating and evolving
Moving closer to the day of reckoning
When our salvation
Shall be
Complete

I used to seriously wonder
Why it seemed that
There were so many people
Who have relationships
Who are married
Who have just started relationships
Or have been in relationships
For a long time
When it seemed like
Everytime I tried to
Reach out
In a romantic way
It ultimately was in vain
Either they were too far away
Or they would ultimately find someone different
Leaving my hope
Dashed a little bit more
And even when I would try
To connect with someone close
Ultimately they would just end up being friends
Or it would peeter out before
It even got started
But as I started to ask why
God gave me an answer
You are meant to love a different way
Connecting with the people around me
In loving ways
Showing love and grace
To whoever might need it
Healing and loving
Many loves
As I move on
Learning to love
And to give love
To my friends
The ones I truly love the most

Some people
Can take a back seat
When it comes to
Their own lives
Sitting in the back
Not really taking any
Responsibility
Or taking any actions
In their lives
Allowing people to run them
Giving up control of their lives
To everyone else but themselves
Not really knowing
How to take charge
How to take responsibility
For their own lives
And their own actions

Close
Shut
Fall
Drop
Closed
Alone
Heart
Mind
Alone
Shattered
Broken
Fallen
Free
Falling
Sorrow
Grief
Heart
Mind
Soul
Shattered
Picking up
Trying
To heal
After your world
Has shattered
Once you have
Become closed
Once you have
Fallen
Once your
Heart
Mind
Soul
Have shattered
Can be hard
Pulling your life
Back together again
Coherent
Thoughts
Coming together
Entering your mind
And heart

Walking into yourself
Can be an interesting thing
Sometimes we can become so lost
So dysfunctional
So lost from our real selves
We don't truly see
What we really are
And who we really can be
Sometimes it takes
Walking into yourself
To truly see yourself
And to understand
That all you are
Is a mirror reflection away
From being the whole
Loving
Light filled
And gifted person
We all have the ability to be

Sometimes when I am alone with myself
Is when I am at the most peace
When I can separate from the world
Finding myself in myself
Reveling in solitude
Sometimes we need a little alone time
To take care of ourselves
And to reclaim ourselves
From an ever advancing world

Behold
A change is coming
It comes faster every day
Behold
We are in the hour of discontent
We are moving quicker towards something
Behold
There are eyes that are awakening
People that are shaking
Awakening their hearts
Behold
We are moving
Toward what
Only time will tell

When every one else
looked down on me
God saw the best I could be
God saw the wonderful potentail
That lay inside
No matter what anyone says
God sees you
He knows your hurt and pain
He sees you
The real you
You just have to see it
For yourself

The time is approaching
The time is near
The time is now
The time is upon us
The time is hear
Change is coming
The storm is upon us
Trouble is on
The horizon
There is also healing
People are changing
The world is becoming
More chaotic
More insane
Every minute
Its easy to get caught
Caught in the storm
With no way out
But through the trials
And the pain
People are seeing the truth
People are coming to the light
Accepting old truths
Accepting love
And the healing it can bring

We need to be
A little more aware
Of what we do to ourselves
It can be easy
To let ourselves go
Hurting ourselves
In different ways
Dishonoring ourselves
Sometimes
We can feel
Like we aren't
Worth fighting for
That we don't deserve any better
Than where we are
Sometimes
It can just seem easier
Not to care
Not to care about ourselves
Or not to care about others
I think
It can become easy
Easy to get lost
So lost in yourself
That you can't see
The trees
Or the sun
Or the breeze
Or the sky
Or to see
Just how beautiful
We all really are
In our own ways
Coming to
The understanding
That we are all here
We all have our place
We are all connected
In our own ways
We just have to search inside
To find the answers we need
To make it through another day

We are living in a time of crisis
We are living in a time of confusion
We are living on the brink of disaster
Times are changing
The world is being reshaped
As we speak
But there is always hope
There is still a new dawn

You are the mountains
You are the sea
You are the one
Who is there for me always
You are my strength
You give me love
You heal my heart
Whenever I am sad
And I know that you are in my heart
You are in my heart to stay
And because of this
And so much more
I can gladly proclaim
You are real
You are real lord
You are real
You are real lord
And I'll gladly proclaim
You shaped the earth
You shaped the stars
You shaped my soul
And everything within
You shaped the sky
With loving care
So that we live
And may know that you are there
And I know that you are my in my heart
You are in my heart to stay
And because of this
And so much more
I can gladly proclaim
You are real
You are real lord
You are real
You are real lord
You are real
You are real
You are real
You are real
And I will gladly proclaim

I feel your heart beat
I know you are out there
I can feel you
I know you are there
Waiting and watching
Ever close
So near
So near I can almost feel you there
Slowly but surely growing
Each and every day
I feel you nearer to me
Closer in my heart
I know you are there
And I know you are watching
And I know you can feel me too

The present is a present
We all should enjoy
Life is a gift
Learn how to enjoy it
Life is more beautiful
More subtle
Than we give it credit
Once you through away fear
And live in the moment
You start to see
Just how much of a gift
Life really is

I think that we all need to feel special
We all need to feel connected to someone
We all need to know that we are loved
To be touched
To be held
To be told that everything will be o.k.
Sometimes all we need is a hug
A kiss
A smile
From that special someone
To light up our hearts
And to make us feel whole again

In my corner
In my head
There is this voice
This guiding force
This inner knowing
That leads me through the storm
There is this sense that I have
That things are going to get better
I don't know how
I don't know why
I just know that things have to start getting better
Before they start getting much worst
And there is this overall feeling
That life is moving
Where things are headed
I can't quite say
The only thing I can say
Is that as long as life is moving
Continuing to move forward
Then things are how they are supposed to be
Its when things are stagnant
And static
When you have to start worrying

The storm is coming
The river is rising
It is rising quicker
By the minute
Washing away
Everything in it's path
Its easy to get swept away
The river is rising quick
There is no where to run
No where to hide from the storm
That is coming your way

We all need each other
It is very true
We all need each other
To help us see through
Enough with the divisions
Enough with the lies
We all need to come together
Of that I am certain
To make it through
The other side
We can 't afford
To continue
To hurt each other
We should be trying
To help and to heal each other
Loving from the heart
Seeing just how wonderful
And yet how fragile
We all are

Dreams can sometimes lead us astray
If we are not careful
It can be easy sometimes
To get so stuck in our dreams
And in our ideals
That we can get lost in them
And not see what is truly going on around us
Sometimes we can become so stubborn about our dreams
That we can chase away and alienate the people around us
We need to be willing to chase our dreams
But always make sure to do it for the right reasons
And always be willing
To change your dreams and your visions
As time goes by

The sight of the world
Is a beautiful one
Even as turbulent
As things might seem
Our mother is still beautifully shining
Shining her ever present love and grace
On all her children

God wants to heal you
Regardless of what people might say
God loves all of his children
God is love
He wants to heal you
There is always a way
God makes a way
When we can't see
God lights our path
He can be that light
Through our storm
He can be that strong tower
When we are weak
When we are lost
When we can't find our way
God wants to heal us
There is always a way

In the inside of us
There is the true us
The part of us that knows who we are
There is this part of us
That knows what it means to be whole
That knows what it means to be connected
To everyone and everything
There is this part of us that doubts
There is this part of that forgets who we are
Just how beautiful
Just how wonderful
Just how magnificent
Every single one of us is on this planet
We let the world tell us that we are less then who we really are
We have this part of ourselves that tells us we aren't worth it
That we should just give up
That we aren't worth fighting for
That it might be easier if we stopped fighting
If we gave in
If we gave up yourself
If you gave up to fit in
So that you wouldn't have to feel afraid or alone
For feeling different
For feeling like the outcast
But there is always that part of us that knows
Even if the world might not see
And even if you might not see yourself
There is always that part of you
Just waiting to break out and be free
You just have to accept it
And once you can accept it
And see it for what it is
You can start to connect with yourself again
And you can start to help others
To find that truth as well

Everything is everything
Every moment is important
Everything is contained in us
Everything is contained in each second
Contained into each molecule
Contained in every single breathe
We all have everything we need
We all contain that fire
That drives us
Flows in us
Consumes us
We are everything we need
We are everything we will ever need
To survive
To live
To thrive
To exist
To find joy in each second
In each molecule
With each breathe
We just have to be willing
To accept ourselves
And to understand
Everything is Everything
Everything matters
Nothing is in vain
Even us

We all fall
We all rise
We are all subject
To the flowing ebb of time
We all have our moments
When we feel the most content
When we feel like life
Is just where it is supposed to be
There are time in our lives
When we feel lost
And when we feel like all is lost
And when we feel like we don't know
Which way is up or down
When we can feel
Like life doesn't really make any sense
When we are searching
For answers out in the rain
When we are searching for ourselves
And when we need to start again
But we all have these moments
They are just a part of life
We just have to be willing
To seek
To love
To grow
And continuing to to move forward
Through the good times and the bad

The warmth of the sun
Shines on all our hearts

There is a little God in everyone.
There is a little god
Inside of you
God is just waiting
For you to accept that.
We all have a choice
We have accept it
It cant be forced
But once you see
The god in you
And in everyone
Nothing
Will ever
Be the same

Matter and spirit
Are intertwined
Love
Flowing
Connecting
Permeating
Through
Everything
Every molecule
Every atom
Everything
Contains
Spirit
The breathe
Of life
That exists
It exists in everything
There in the creation
From the very beginning
There now
Permeating everything
There until the end
We just need to see it
Be aware of it
See the heart
Of everyone
And everything
To truly see
When you do
You will understand
Everything
We have been fighting about
Everything
We have been doing
To separate ourselves
Are all illusions
We are no more separate
Than our cells are from our body
We are no more separate
Than our souls are
That connect us to everything
Yet identifies us
As our own

I can feel your hurt
I know that you are in pain
Don't worry
I am here
I know you are there
Standing in the dark
Even if you are not aware
I feel your pain
Whoever you are
Out there in the dark
Come back to yourself
It's never too late to step back
And to look at yourself
And where you are going
And accept yourself
And accept who you are
To move past the hurt
To move on
And more importantly
To move past the barriers that tell you
You aren't worth helping
Ignoring the pain
Alienating yourself
And ultimately shielding yourself
From everyone else around you.

The final hour
Of the final day
Is never too far away
Our lives are fragile
We need to be more aware
Of the amazing miracle
That is life itself
If we were more reverent to life
And the beautiful wonderful
World that we lived in
We couldn't even imagine
Harming each other
Or harming another thing
We would understand
And comprehend
That every life is precious
Every life is fragile
And yet life is strong
Even in its fragility
Just when you think
You have got a hold on it
Life has a way of surprising you

Baby
I see in your eyes
The future
The present
Little knowing spheres
Of wonder and knowledge
Gleaming brightly
So fragile
So beautiful
Creation and knowledge
Hidden in your form

We can feel choked
Like we can't speak
Like the air
Has been taken out of us
Life can hit us like a brick
It can be hard
To really stand
To catch your breath
To take in air
When the world comes down
When the world begins to collapse
Right before your eyes
It can be hard to bear
Its get easy
To want to quite
To step away from the game
It can seem so unfair sometimes
Sometimes we can even break down
Wondering what has happened
How did this all happen
How did I let things get this way
Will things ever be right again
Will I ever be able to catch a break
Catch my breathe
In this insane mess
That has become my life
You have to be willing
To step back
Look at life
Understanding
That we go through
Things because
We are always given the chance
To learn and to grow
It can get easy
To get caught in the muck of life
Getting caught in the daily grind
But if you truly understand
You will come to see
That this world isn't so bad
After all
That there is goodness all around
If you know where to look
That finding peace
Even in this crazy existence
Is only a breath away
Just take the time
To breathe a little
Let things go
Finding a little more light
In what you see
When you step outside

Happiness comes from deep inside
Being content with yourself
Being content with where you are
Living in the moment
And choosing to be free

Sometimes
It can be hard
To find our own voice
Among the crowd
It can get easy
Getting lost in the shuffle
Losing your voice
Losing your self
We are all  finding our way
Stumbling along
Trying to find our own voices
Our hearts want to sing
They want to sing out
Being heard
We all want to be heard
Thats all anyone ever really wants
Is just to be heard
To sing out
To feel
Like your voice
Has a place
Among the crowd

There are some people that are hollow
They have taken away so much of themselves
That there is nothing left
Nothing but a hollow shell
Artificial
Not knowing what it truly means to be real
If their lives depended on it

I think we could all use a little extra peace
A little bit of extra hope
A little bit of extra kindness
At times in our lives
When it seems
Like everyone is turning their back
Sometime all we want
Is for someone
To give us that smile
Reach out to us a little more
Going out there way
To make sure we are o.k
Giving a little extra
Of themselves
Sometimes it can seem
Like life can turn its back
Sometimes it can feel like we are lost
Without a paddle
Without a light
But it's usually during those times
That someone does reach out
When you start to realize
That you have been
Reached out for
All along

There is a lot to do
Today in the world
So many things
That need to be fixed
It can seem overwhelming
Just thinking about
All the things that are wrong
You can lose your mind
Worrying about
All the little things
That need to be fixed
Losing your mind
To the chaos
Getting caught
In the stress
In the turmoil
Losing yourself
To the world
Losing it to the chaos
That is everywhere around us

Sometimes you have
To put a little work in
To really get what you want
Sometimes you have to struggle
Before you reach the finish
Sometimes the skies can seem
The darkest just before you have arrived
But if you endure
Usually there is what you are looking for
On the other side

I like to think
That people
Are generally good
Even as crazy
As some people might seem
And even as much hate
And war
And crime
And how many people
Seem as far away from the truth
And seem to be stuck
On their own self destructive tendencies
Even hurting themselves
And ultimately the people around them
People are still generally good
We all want to believe
That we are good inside
We just have to reach down
And find that goodness
Inside of ourselves
And in every one else
Around us

Sometimes we rely too much
On what other people say
To make decisions
Especially when it comes to us
We can allow people to convince us
Of a lot of things that just aren't true
We have to be strong enough in ourselves
To understand what is the truth
And who we should be paying attention to

We all fear the grave
Fearing our mortality
Death is always there

We must accept death
If we want to truly live
Throwing off the fear

That fearing our death
Can ultimately instill
Clouding us with fear

We all have storms
We all have trials
To overcome
We all have days
When we feel
Like we can't lift our heads
There are times
When the storm seems too much
God will always see you through
Even in the storm
God will be your light
Even through the rain
God is waiting to dry your eyes
God is always waiting
He is waiting for us to accept him
He is waiting with love
With peace
With guidance
have faith
God will see you through