nonconformity

at first
we start off innocent and pure
optimistic and good-hearted
expecting the best from all
understanding only good

then
we get mistreated, disappointed
we get cynical, bitter
we expect evil from others
purity becomes hard to find

and finally
if we're not careful
we become one of them

long-lasting

there's something special about consistency, quality, and durability. not just with things, but with men.

new perspective

you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God
through Christ.

it is said that i am free. it is said that i have all. but why don't i feel this way? why am i not connected to this power source? why do i choose to fulfill my needs from other weaker sources?

i know, from my own personal experience, that God has so much to offer, more than i can even imagine. yet for some reason i turn away. i look at my past mistakes and i dwell on them more than is healthy. i blame myself for failures without considering that maybe God has a better plan. and He does, if i let Him.

people so concerned about networking. i know x, i know y. y is the head of z and supervises 100 people. he's my linkedin contact. i have 500+ contacts on that site. i'm connected.

what if i was connected to the maker? what if I had all the connections i needed by having just the right one? what if the answer was in that one connection, and i'm ignoring it for all the other ones?

keep it simple

God loves the simple. as complicated as everything around me is, God wants me to remain as simple and pure as possible. simple, clear, pure, unadulterated water is all i need to be...not the complex formulas that produce sugary and fake liquids.

a simple look back to how it used to be is all i need. simplicity, purity. it's so difficult when the whole world wants to inject its own venomous ideas into every little thing i do.

nothing is pure or simple here. everything is just overly complex by design, made to entrap you. casinos built like dark mazes, shopping malls built to isolate you and entrap you. credit cards and interest rates and loans made to suck you into the system with no chance of freedom. it's the way of the future...there is no way out...but love finds a way...

complexity is our new enemy. simplicity our only hope.