what's in a name, really?

The fall of every great nation has begun with the disregard for human life. History proves it. People are meant to come before anything else in this material life. Becuase people are more than material. Much, much more.

I was daydreaming the other day. I was looking out the front window, at the leaves and grass and trees and road and houses and lake across the street. I was watching the leaves and grass especially. When the wind blew, only the leaves that trapped themselves between the blades of grass didn't move. The rest easily floated on the ground, above the grass, continually moving, without rest, freely lending themselves to the unknown and the uncontrolled. Those leaves could easily be moved from one side of the yard to the other, in no time at all.

I have this symbolic visual of the world/my world in my head. The Earth is normal - universe, clouds, sky, atmosphere, forests/cities/mountains, ground, core of earth. This is as the world should be, everything about it works with the rest to support life. It makes the most sense, with gravity being the foundation of the entire order. Humanity, in our fallen state, desires more, or what we perceive to be more. We decide that we are not content with the ground beneath our feet, we want the clouds beneath us. We attempt to defy gravity like the clouds, but our weight keeps us safe un the ground where we can't fall any lower. We jump till we're upside down, the world turns inside out, it goes flat, and most of us are lost. People can be seen drifting off into nothing, because they succeeded in defying gravity. Not everyone is lost in nothingness, though. Some people clung to the poles penetrating every layer of the world just before it flipped, the poles that hold everything together, the poles working for gravity, because they are part of gravity. When gravity releases the world and leaves humanity to deal with what we do, these poles, these constants remain. Only the people ready in the moment of world transformation are safe. The constants are the absolute truth, what is essential to Life in every sense, what will never change. There will always be suffering. There will always be sacrifice and pain of every kind. The power struggles will continue, and the common, plain, everyday people will always exist. Within these people lie the force of the world. Unfortunately, these individuals are silenced by the powers that be, because they are individuals. Unity is powerful. Fear is paralyzing. Life always finds a way to continue. Death continues to find a way to leech.

"Is there any honest song to sing besides these blues?"

Suffering, pain, smallness, individuals, plainness, commonness, death are the constants of life. These instill fear, but they are the sources of our strength. They are our constants. They are true. When the world forgets itself, these become the new desire and the new hope. They preserve life.


Spirit
By Switchfoot

Spirit, fall fresh on me (2x)

Hear my cry, fill my life
I won't need anything but You

I found all that I want, all that I longed for in You (2x)
Wasted time, is when I'm far from Your truth
I've found all that I want, all that I long for in You

Spirit, come be my joy (2x)
Be my song, fill my lungs

I wont need anything but You

I found all that I want, all that I longed for in You (2x)
Wasted time, is when I'm far from Your truth
I've found all that I want, all that I long for in You

I've found all that I want, all that I long for in You (2x)
Wasted time is when I'm far from Your truth

I've found all that I want, all that I long for in You
All that I want, all that I long for in You
I've found all that I want, all that I long for in You (2x)
I've found all that I want, all that I long for is You
Yes, You're all that I want, all that I long for is You