Music as I hear it: Rascal Flatts - The Day Before You, Bless The Broken Road

(The following are some random thoughts of mine) You might already know that Rascal Flatts is my favourite bands. The thing I like about there music is that it always means something (At to me it does). The thing I'd like to mention here is Appreciating the Journey.

"Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like Northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you"

Bless The Broken Road

"Oh, but Heaven knows those years without you
Were shaping my heart for the that day I found you
If you're the reason for all that I've been through
Then I'm thankful for the day before you"

The Day Before You

The thing I find in those word is appreciation of what one's been through to reach the unexpected result God laid before him/her after an underestimated journey.

Also I get that one shouldn't settle for less. I believe in fairness in this world, you get what you've earned and you lose what you've given up. So if you're plan is not to settle for less then you should be out there giving your best for what you think you deserve.

One last thing, don't forget to appreciate the journey cuz that's what you'll have when you're old, memories, and it's up to you to decide whether you want them good or bad.

Faith, and renewing one's faith

Merriam Webster defines faith to be: "a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2): belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust" amongst other definitions.
I am sure that there is no need to tell you the importance of having faith in something. People have faith in God, in themselves, in the good in others, in freedom its different forms, and much more things. You use that faith to drive you to doing your best, overcoming difficulties and always moving forward. You always relay on it as the foundation of your life and how you see the world around you. It becomes your ideology, who you are.
As you go through your version of the adventure of living, your faith gets tested by all sort of things. Some events might shake your faith and may even falsify that faith. But, as long as it doesn't break you, you move on.
We use our faith to face what ever the days throw our way. And like any physical tool we use, faith wears out. It wears out by us forgetting the reasons why we believed, why we had faith. And one time you try using that faith, you don't find it there. So, you're trying to help someone, trying to overcome a downturn in your life or even trying to pray, you ask "why am I doing that?" and the answer doesn't seem that important or not even worth it.
The thing is, you took your faith for granted. You didn't let your faith be a part of your recent experiences and the reasons behind your faith became just some worn out words. That what's faith renewal is all about.
Every now and then we all need to remember why we're doing what we're doing, why we believe what we believe. Shout the words out loud, let the world hear them, let the world even criticize them. They can only get stronger after all, if they can stand the blows shot against them.
The reason I am writing this is to remember and tell the world what I am all about, I have faith in God, I have faith in myself, I have faith in the good in my Country, I have faith in everyone's right to have faith in whatever they want to have faith in, I have faith in freedom, I have faith in change, I have faith ...
Please comment and let the world hear what you have faith in, what you're all about.