quote for today.....

my quote for the day comes from a song that i love.  it is from an artist whose name is mandisa ~ she is a contemporary christian singer and i used to listen to nothing but contemporary christian music  ~ lately, not so much.  however, i do believe these words to be true.  no matter who we are, how strong we portray ourselves to be, how "perfect" we want the world to think our lives are.... most of the time, they are not.  i can only speak for myself in this regard, but i know that there is something that i feel like i am "looking" for out there ~ everyone has their own interpretation of what that "something" is ~ and what it is for me isn't what it is for anyone else.  it is that secret wish or dream that you carry around with you, since the time you were little most likely, that you have never told anyone before ~ and maybe never will.

anyway..... this song, to me, sort of reminds me that in some respects we are all the same... no matter who we are... we are searching for that "something" that only we know will fill us up ~

here's hoping that we all find it someday....



" ... you and i, we're not that different,

we've got a void and we're just trying to fill it up

with something that will give just a little peace.

all we want is a hand to reach to,  

open arms that say "i love you",

we'd give anything to hear

the voice of a Savior...."

something different than the typical post....

i am going to start posting a "quote of the day"

i love words... i love lyrics... i love quotes ~ in fact ~ i think i love them too much because, since i live with my head in the clouds most of the time, i actually believe them to be true!  i would love them to be true ! they are words that i know that i truly want to believe in ~ but sometimes ~ it isn't reality; i know that i know that it isn't reality, but i don't always want to accept that it isn't !!

sooooo, here is installment #1 of  "cindy's favorite quotes"...... enjoy!!



true true true.... :)

question # 8 ~

so, i know i haven't been around for awhile ~ i started my masters degree online and it has taken some getting used to and i don't have nearly the spare time that i used to have.  i miss writing on my blog so since today was a "snow day" ~ because we supposedly had a blizzard ~  (ha ~ *rolls eyes*) i have some down time between yelling at my children and doing laundry to jump on here and vent ~ or write ~ or a little of both!

question # 8 in the 30 Truths About Me is : 

who is someone who has made your life difficult ~ or a living hell?

this is a very interesting question because, i can honestly say, that i don't know that there is anyone in my life who has made it "hell" ~ i guess i typically don't let most people get to me, and most of the time anyone negative that i find myself involved with i don't hang out with for long because they completely drain my energy.    i am sure that i could list a few people who i have struggled with in life, but i don't think i have let anyone make my life hell because it isn't worth it to me.  they aren't worth it to me, i guess. 

let me preface this by saying, most of the time ~ except for the past couple of years ~ most of the time i am super positive, fun, living life and taking what comes, dealing with it, and moving on.  rarely do things have a super hold on me so tightly that i cannot get past them.  as you may have noticed, i prefaced this by saying "except the past couple of years" ~ something did happen and it has changed the way i look at life and it has certainly had an impact on me that i cannot explain completely.  but, someday i hope that it will make sense to me and i will come to some type of acceptance of the whole thing and i will be able to truly say "it is well with my soul".

honestly ~ people do not make my life hell ~ unless they are coworkers, then maybe that is true!  :) **wink**   i am more of the opinion that circumstances can make your life hell ~ depending upon how you handle them and how you choose to deal with it.  i certainly have had circumstances throughout my life that have been significant enough to make my life hell, and unfortunately, i probably haven't had the last of those.  even though they make my life hell, i am hoping that they make me a stronger person, a better person, and someone who realizes how important life is and how i don't want to waste a single day that i have been given being bitter or resentful.  not saying that i don't have a long way to go to get past some bitterness  ~ hey, what can i say ~ i am only human! :P