City of Blinding Lights

The more you see, the less you know. The less you find out as you go. I knew much more then than I do now.

Two years ago, I was a kid. I didn't realize what a big world we live in, but most importantly, I didn't realize how small a part I actually play in the grand scheme of things. It's taken many hard knocks to the head to realize the difference between thinking you know something and actually knowing it and thinking you are something great and actually being something great.

Since then, I've come to realize the brevity of human life, and why that brevity exists. God made life short so that we wouldn't get a big head. So that we would be forced to cherish and capitalize on the time we're allotted here. Without the threat of a ticking clock, we lose the ability to keep our lives in perspective.

Oh, you look so beautiful tonight.

In the city of blinding lights.

So with that in mind, use what precious time you have here to do something for someone else. Because in the end, what you do for yourself and all of the treasures you accumulate for yourself in your lifetime will follow you straight to the grave. But what about things like sharing your testimony with a non-believer, displaying kindness by helping your next door neighbor carry in the groceries, or asking a friend how his day is going? Well, those things have a chance to live, believe it or not, even beyond yourself.

Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel. Luckily.