YOLO

You only live once
I guess you better live it up
Wouldn’t want to miss out
Only one shot at life
Better make it a good one
Party
Drink, dance, hook up
Isn’t that how to live?
Only one shot at life
Why remember it?

Being a Visitor

Unfamiliar faces fill

A maze made of hallways

I just want to find the sanctuary

Can you point me in the right direction?

You find a place and sit down

People fill in all around you

Excuse me is this seat taken?

Are you waiting for someone… oh…ok?

The greeting time comes

Hands outstretched to say a friendly hello

Yet no one cares to know your name

Feeling alone yet being surrounded by people

No one would if you weren’t there

The pastor uses stories and scripture

To make his point across

Typical American church

A closing song to leave you feeling in the mood

Then people mingle throughout the crowd

You make your way back through the maze

Wondering if you will ever find your car

Thinking… will it be better next week? 

Who would have thought going to church could be so scary

Thy Will Be Done

As my life is changing

This is my prayer

Thy will be done



Thy will be done

As I hear of the deaths

Of people who have impacted my life



Thy will be done

As I hear of cancer

And my grandpa’s ongoing treatments



Thy will be done

As I walk across the stage

And receive my bachelor’s degree



Thy will be done

As I say goodbyes

And leave this place that has been my home



Thy will be done

As I watch my friends get married

And my ring finger remains empty



Thy will be done

As I enter the real world

Outside my safe little bubble



As my life is changing

This is my prayer

Thy will be done

Disconnect

Disconnect

Between thought and action

Preaching and doing

We live double lives

Having no problem

With saying one thing

Than doing the opposite

But really, is that acceptable

One with the world

No different from the heathens

Blended in with

What we should be separate from

Holy, set apart

Hated by the world

Lover of the good and true

That is what we are called to be

Don’t get comfortable

Living here on earth

For this is not our home

We are all just passing through

Letting You Go

Sometimes

I think it would be easier

To delete you out of my life

And save myself future hurt

Than to have you be there

Unaware of my existence

Reminding me of the past

And how you left me hanging

Promises not kept

You were afraid

That I was the one who would leave

Now you are the one not responding

The American Dream

A life filled with comfort

Safe

Everything you could ever need

And then some

High school diploma

A college degree

Working a nine to five job

Above minimum wage pay

Benefits

A nice big house

Complete with a white fence

A picture perfect family

With 1.86 kids and a dog

Average

Pew warmers, religious on paper

But actions and words show differently

The American dream

This is my future

To pursue, or not to pursue

Reflection from 2011

Top 3 favorite classes
Science and Christianity
Major Issues of Philosophy
Instrumental Analysis

Top 3 favorites
Being in Lori and Mike Masons wedding
Working at Rydell/Glacial Ridge NWR
Spending time with family and friends

Accomplishments for the year
Finishing my junior year at Greenville College (after being sick)
Getting accepted into the US Fish and Wildlife Service SCEP program
Taking the GRE and applying to grad school

Looking forward to in 2012
Working at Mingo NWR
Catherine and Jeremy’s wedding
Hopefully getting accepted into grad school
Graduating from Greenville College