OR:
OR, my absolute favorite
Isn't that the best song?
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Our Name Is Fun.
Do you know them? Fun? The band? Well, if not...get on it already!
I was introduced to them while in Mexico and it was a match from day one. Fun and I. Now when I listen to them, the BEST most idyllic summer memories of walking the streets of Tehuacan, Mexico flood my senses. I love it! The lead singer of Fun used to be the lead singer for another of my favorite bands: The Format. Right out of AZ and they, of course, bring back hundreds of the best high school memories (okay, maybe "hundreds" is an exaggeration for the high school days.) But the music is just so original and...(cliche)...fun. The stuff that picks you up and makes you dance. Listen to it. Now!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
When The Medicine Goes Down, But Still Tastes Like Crap.
This is something I've heard a lot. Like, A LOT. And I truly do love it and believe it. But it still isn't easy to swallow. Thanks for sharing this, Mom. (From: Music and the Spoken Word, 1-16-11)
"We don’t always get
what we hope for—and that can be a
good thing. Our desires, even our prayers,
sometimes reveal a limited vision of what
we can become. Often, if we’re patient,
there’s a greater blessing in store for us.
Even our trials and setbacks can be stepping-stones to greater growth.
The key, as this anonymous prayer teaches us, is to learn to be grateful for the blessings we didn’t ask for.
I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.
I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked for health, that I might do greater things.
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.
I asked for riches, that I might be
happy. I was given poverty, that I might be wise.
I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men.
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life.
I was given life that I might enjoy all things.
I got nothing that I asked for—but everything I had hoped for.
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.
I am, among all men, most richly
blessed.1
1. in Suzy platt, ed., Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1993), 277.
"We don’t always get
what we hope for—and that can be a
good thing. Our desires, even our prayers,
sometimes reveal a limited vision of what
we can become. Often, if we’re patient,
there’s a greater blessing in store for us.
Even our trials and setbacks can be stepping-stones to greater growth.
The key, as this anonymous prayer teaches us, is to learn to be grateful for the blessings we didn’t ask for.
I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.
I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked for health, that I might do greater things.
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.
I asked for riches, that I might be
happy. I was given poverty, that I might be wise.
I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men.
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life.
I was given life that I might enjoy all things.
I got nothing that I asked for—but everything I had hoped for.
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.
I am, among all men, most richly
blessed.1
1. in Suzy platt, ed., Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1993), 277.
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