Lately, I have a terrible streak of bad luck.
Last Monday, which is simply wonderful considering it was a Monday, I ran my sister's car battery dead by leaving on the lights. It was the first time that I had driven to school since I received my learner's permit. I came out of school and the car was dead as a doorknob. Once the car battery was jumped, the radio wouldn't work because it needed a code. WHEN DOES A RADIO EVER NEED A CODE? The next morning, my hair dryer decided that it wanted to blow cold air instead of hot air and blow only on low speed. I went to use my mom's hair dryer and the next thing I know, it jumped out of my hands and into the toilet, while it was still plugged up! Directly after that, I hit my shoulder on a drawer and almost knocked the television off of the dresser. Once that happened, I came to the conclusion that God was punishing me for some odd reason.
I'm a good girl. I keep my grades up, I'm respectful to adults, I can be sarcastic, but I never mean it, and I pray for forgiveness and my family every night. The idea of God punishing me just didn't make sense. So, I then came to another conclusion that he wasn't punishing me, yet putting obstacles in my path in order for my faith to grow in Him. That conclusion made a lot more sense.
This then lead me to think, why do bad things happen to good people? I know my streak of bad luck and the incidents involved in it weren't necessarily, "bad," because there's much more worse things in the world. However, even the simplest of things lead you to think and question, "Why me?"
We live in a world full of hate, crime, and violence. In the big world though, we each live in our own little worlds as well. We get so caught up in having the perfect life, the perfect clothes, the perfect house, the perfect car, etc., that we forget to think of how some people have it so much worse. When one little incident occurs, such as running the car battery dead, we can't help but think that it's the end of the world. Why do we do this?
We're human, that's why. We're created to be selfish human beings. It's sin. We don't realize how how well we have it until an unfortunate incident occurs. It's like with the Bible; most of us only read it when we have lost our way and we feel as if our life is crumbling, not when we feel like we have it all together.
With my streak of bad luck came a huge realization. It's true that we don't appreciate the life that we have until something awakes you from your perfect little world. It's also true that bad things will happen to good people in order to get them to come back down to Earth. I feel as if my bad luck was my wake up call. I need to start having more faith in God. I need to stop being so selfish and realize that I already have more than enough. I need to care for others a lot more than myself and I need to make more Christian-like decisions. God wasn't punishing me. He was just making me realize how lucky I am.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
"The Last Time" - Taylor Swift
***Although this blog pertains to a song and its lyrics, it does not go along with the 'music response' blog.
I recently purchased the new Taylor Swift, "Red," album. I immediately fell in love with the song, "The Last Time," which features Gary Lightbody.
The song starts off with Lightbody singing about how a boy finds himself at a girl's door, which he has done many times. He then says, "I'm not sure how I got there, all roads they lead me here." I believe this means that no matter which direction that life takes him, it always leads him back to her. I feel like many people can relate to this particular part of the song because almost everyone has that one person in their life that will always be a part of them no matter what.
What I gathered from the song and its lyrics is that this couple has had many ups and downs. No matter where they go, they always find themselves ending back up with each other. It seems as if the boy is causing the problems, although he does love the girl. It also seems that even though the boy has made many mistakes in their relationship, a part of the girl strongly loves him, no matter what mistake he makes. The girl continues to forgive the boy and she finally reaches the point where this is the last chance that she'll give him.
A part of the song that really touched me was the part that Taylor Swift sings- "And all the times I let you in, just for you to go again, disappear when you come back, everything is better." This shows how she keeps forgiving the boy and every single time she is let down. It's his last chance to prove to her that he really loves her.
The song continues to another part that I can relate to. It says, "This is the last time you tell me I've got it wrong. This is the last time I say it has been you all along. This is the last time I let you in my door. This is the last time, I won't hurt you anymore." I believe this is saying that the girl is tired of being told what she does wrong. She knows her flaws better than anyone else, just like every girl does. She realizes at this time that this is where she needs to draw the line and tell him that she can't keep doing this. She's tired of being hurt by the same person over and over again. The boy then promises that he won't hurt her.
There comes a time in everyone's life where you have to say, "Enough is enough." Whether it's from stopping a bad habit, putting yourself and others down constantly, or in this case, being in a relationship that is no good for you. A time will eventually come where you have to do what's best for you. The girl obviously cares so much for the boy even though he continues to break her heart, which is reality for many girls. I feel as if the boy truly loves the girl, but he leaves just so he can come back to her. He continuously finds himself always coming back to this certain girl, maybe because in the end, he'll realize she's the one who he is meant to be with.
Love causes you to do things that you'd never believe you'd do. It causes you to take chances, make mistakes, and have many learning experiences. It causes you to become rebellious. It makes an innocent child, wild. It has the power to affect you in the strongest of ways if you let it. I believe this song accurately shows the affect that love can have on one. Not only this, but it shows that you have to go through certain incidents more than once to see them for what they really are.
I recently purchased the new Taylor Swift, "Red," album. I immediately fell in love with the song, "The Last Time," which features Gary Lightbody.
The song starts off with Lightbody singing about how a boy finds himself at a girl's door, which he has done many times. He then says, "I'm not sure how I got there, all roads they lead me here." I believe this means that no matter which direction that life takes him, it always leads him back to her. I feel like many people can relate to this particular part of the song because almost everyone has that one person in their life that will always be a part of them no matter what.
What I gathered from the song and its lyrics is that this couple has had many ups and downs. No matter where they go, they always find themselves ending back up with each other. It seems as if the boy is causing the problems, although he does love the girl. It also seems that even though the boy has made many mistakes in their relationship, a part of the girl strongly loves him, no matter what mistake he makes. The girl continues to forgive the boy and she finally reaches the point where this is the last chance that she'll give him.
A part of the song that really touched me was the part that Taylor Swift sings- "And all the times I let you in, just for you to go again, disappear when you come back, everything is better." This shows how she keeps forgiving the boy and every single time she is let down. It's his last chance to prove to her that he really loves her.
The song continues to another part that I can relate to. It says, "This is the last time you tell me I've got it wrong. This is the last time I say it has been you all along. This is the last time I let you in my door. This is the last time, I won't hurt you anymore." I believe this is saying that the girl is tired of being told what she does wrong. She knows her flaws better than anyone else, just like every girl does. She realizes at this time that this is where she needs to draw the line and tell him that she can't keep doing this. She's tired of being hurt by the same person over and over again. The boy then promises that he won't hurt her.
There comes a time in everyone's life where you have to say, "Enough is enough." Whether it's from stopping a bad habit, putting yourself and others down constantly, or in this case, being in a relationship that is no good for you. A time will eventually come where you have to do what's best for you. The girl obviously cares so much for the boy even though he continues to break her heart, which is reality for many girls. I feel as if the boy truly loves the girl, but he leaves just so he can come back to her. He continuously finds himself always coming back to this certain girl, maybe because in the end, he'll realize she's the one who he is meant to be with.
Love causes you to do things that you'd never believe you'd do. It causes you to take chances, make mistakes, and have many learning experiences. It causes you to become rebellious. It makes an innocent child, wild. It has the power to affect you in the strongest of ways if you let it. I believe this song accurately shows the affect that love can have on one. Not only this, but it shows that you have to go through certain incidents more than once to see them for what they really are.
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