perspective

"I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you got to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore. Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believ'e that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life. No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on." Rick Warren (PDL guy)

and i have so much to work on.
prayer requested:
... a servant-like heart and attitude.
... to be able to balance my emotions with rational thought haha
... a consistent desire to glorify God in all i do... not up down up down... but always...? is that possible?

this one was stolen from jo's blog... taken from Tuesdays With Morrie (which i have yet to read)...it's like... the author is talking TO me... haha...:

"Don't cling onto things, because eveyrthing is impermanent. detachment [from things] doesn't mean you don't let the experience penetrate you. ON the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. that's how you are able to leave it. Take any emotion. If you hold back on the emotions- if you don't allow yourself to goa ll the way through wthem, you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid. Afraid of the pain, the grief, the vulnerability that loving entails. But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully. You KNOW what pain is, what LOVE is, what grief is. And only then, can you say "alright. I have experienced that emotion, i recognize it. Now i need to detach from that emotion for a moment..."

INCREDIBLE.
but ... HOW!??!?