live, laugh, love

Life is interesting. I think that is something that I say frequently. No matter how often I try to figure things out, the more confusing it gets. So why do I try? Because it is my nature. There is something deep inside me that yearns to figure the game out. To know all the rules, to get ahead, and to learn all the tricks of the trade. That way I can be prepared for whatever comes in my way. Nothing like being prepared to face it all, to conquer every circumstance, and never feel defeated. Yet when I ponder what life would be like if success was always on my horizon, if everything went my way, or I got whatever was best and most pleasing, I think life would be too boring.
Goodbyes, failures, sadness, suffering, frustrations, and disappointments are all a part of this life. Its not to say that we should allow them to come and not try to life live in a way that brings us or others happiness, but I think it is a mistake to try and to avoid those things at all cost. What is life if we don't take chances? What is life if we do not risk failure in order to do something we never expected? I don't think we can always play it safe, we have to take chances, we have to step outside of our box so that we can experience life far beyond what our confined experiences can show us.
We need to live a little, laugh a lot, and love even more. What if our hearts overflowed with great affection and joy? If we didn't hold back pieces of ourselves but were vulnerable with those we love most? What if we actually lived our lives like we we knew that we we loved by the One who is love? Opening our lives up to these possibilities, to these truths can only be s source of transformation and for hope. Idealistic? maybe I am, but I know that we can hope for life and a world that rises above oppression, disaster, and distress to become a people and a world the flourishes in hope and peace. but only when we can ground ourselves in the love and truth that is bigger than ourselves. And one that prefers to choose the weak to confound the wise, to use to outcasts to deliver messages of truth, and the children to speak words that can rock the very foundations of the earth. It is a power far beyond ourselves. with that hope we can learn to live, to laugh, and to love to a greater capacity than we thought possible. And that is a beautiful thing.