i am blessed

today deniss made me aware of how blessed i am. in separate conversations with him last year i articulated two wishes:

the first was that i wanted to be more compassionate. if you've read the posts below, you know that this one's definitely in the works! God is good, and He's teaching me so much about love and friendship right now.

the other wish is a bit too personal to divulge online, but, basically, i wished for a situation which is now happening, and which is causing me stress. which goes to show you that a) you should be careful what you wish for, and b) mara is never satisfied. although, to be fair, i did say, "i wish X . . . although that would probably be hard to deal with." so, i knew it would be complicated. and it is.

in other news, i'm going to listen to this song at least five times this evening. this is just an excerpt.

run to the water
and find me there
burnt to the core but not broken
we'll cut through the madness
of these streets below the moon
with a nuclear fire of love in our hearts
rest easy baby, rest easy
and recognize it all as light and rainbows
smashed to smithereens and be happy
run to the water (and find me there)
run to the water

~live