Meant to Live
by Switchfoot
"Meant To Live"
Fumbling his confidence
And wondering why the world has passed him by
Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments
And failed attempts to fly, fly
[Chorus]
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Dreaming about Providence
And whether mice or men have second tries
Maybe we've been livin with our eyes half open
Maybe we're bent and broken, broken
[Chorus]
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than the wars of our fathers
And everything inside screams for second life, yeah
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live
We were meant to live
Fumbling his confidence
And wondering why the world has passed him by
Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments
And failed attempts to fly, fly
[Chorus]
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Dreaming about Providence
And whether mice or men have second tries
Maybe we've been livin with our eyes half open
Maybe we're bent and broken, broken
[Chorus]
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than the wars of our fathers
And everything inside screams for second life, yeah
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live
We were meant to live
This is not my "formal" post.
haha!
Ayun, may draft na ako ng ipopost ko dapat kaso naiwan ko kung saan. haha!
Wala na rin akong time ipost un kasi sobrang BUSY!!!
ngayon ko pa lng nararamdaman ang pressure ng pagka3rd year BSA. Pero ayaw ko naman mawalan ng time sa mga bagay na dapat kong gawin. kaya i2, ina update ko itong blog na ito. Kahit nakaw na oras lang ito. Kung may mga maling grammar, typo errors. senxa na. Impromptu lng 2 eh. hhaha! enjoy reading!
My post today is about the song I really liked. I had an LSS on tihs song. It is entitled Meant to Live. Sang by switchfoot. What caught my attention is the essence of the song.
We we're meant to live:
How do we live our life? How do we want to use it? All of us want to enjoy life. Use it to the fullest. But how?
We, youths, find different ways to enjoy it. Some enjoy life by taking drugs, having sex, drinking beers, etcetera etcetera. Most of us just "go where the wind blows." Indeed, by doing something deviant gives us happiness, "respect" , and it satisfies our ego. But after doing it, We still find ourselves empty, alone, frustrated. It is in the human nature to LONG for MORE. And as time passed by, We "level up" in doing "bad." ,from cigars to drugs, from fantasizing to prostitution, from beating someone to killing anyone , and the like. Is it the way we want to enjoy life? It is not enjoying life. It is just enjoying the present.
WHY NOT "LEVEL UP" IN DOING GOOD?
wondering why the world has passed him by :
It is easier to notice bad actions than to see the good ones. And we cannot deny the fact that we are seeking for merit and attention. Sometimes are thinking is like this, "no one noticed me doing good. I want attention. I guess I need to do something awful." But we are never unnoticed. Even the things done in secret is seen by SOMEONE Eternal.
Is the world just "passed us by?"
No. A pastor said that the most introverted person can influence a minimum of 10,000 people. What we do influences others! A simple smile can lighten someone's bad day. Are simple gestures to other proves that they are existing in this world. We are meant to live for others. By that, we are blessed by fulfillment for eternity.
Somewhere we live inside :
we were meant to live for so much more. We are existing not by accident. We have a purpose in this world. And one of those thousand purposes is to be an example. Whatever way we take we are a "living example" of what the world is and what the world should be and should not. We can be either, a bad example or a good example.
In our hearts, there is a world of our own. It is not autism having our own world because all of us have. we have our own dreams, own desires, own passions and that is our own world. But sometimes, we cannot find "home" in our own world rather what is there is just clutters. We want to escape from it but we can't. because we find pleasure in there, our passions is in there. Because it is us who want to control it. We do not want it to revolve on "Something" whom it must be. we are defying the Law of Gravity. Why not let our own world revolves to "Something" who really know how it should be? Let GOD control our world. By that, we will find ourselves living for so MUCH MUCH more.
And everything inside screams for second life:
Change is the only thing that is constant. All of us needs renewal of life. If we are living in a clutter, let Him enter and fix all the clutters. This is a fact: We cannot fix our own life. Only HIM can do that. Sometimes we find solution to our problems on our "OWN WAY." But often it leads to another problem. But every now and then, the problems only got worse! the moon doesn't have its own light 1. it just reflect the light of the sun. Plants cannot live without us, supplying the carbon dioxide to them. And we cannot live without the plants transforming the CO2 into Oxygens. We are made by GOD interdependent. And we must be dependent in HIM.
He may not promise an easy life. But He promises us a safe journey. In Him it is like going against the waves. Because we are defying the norms of this world. But who made this world? It is Him. It is our disobedience that made this world a clutter. So whom shall we trust? The world or our Creator?
All of us deserves a second life. A paradise here on earth. Just allow our life to revolve around Him. by that we find peace, we find harmony.
We want more that this world got to offer. What we must accept is the Kingdom that offered by GOD. It is an open invitation. Will we decline, and let ourselves to live in our own world full of mess? Or will we let our world revolve around Him and be secured?
We were meant to live fro so much more...
We can be more than what people think.
We can be more than we can imagine.
We are more than anything that exist.
***
Enjoying life is not being happy at the present...
But it is knowing that you have a secured future.
***
Going anywhere the wind blows do not give us assurance of where we re going.
And we will be just like a leaf. weak and undecided.
But going against the waves cultivates us.
It is hard and painful.
but the result:
A beautiful and refined rock.
***
to have something, you have to give up something in return. Sometimes we think that we're doing our best. But there comes a point that we will realize that what we give is less than suffiicient. brb soon:) Godbless all!
We can be more than what people think.
We can be more than we can imagine.
We are more than anything that exist.
***
Enjoying life is not being happy at the present...
But it is knowing that you have a secured future.
***
Going anywhere the wind blows do not give us assurance of where we re going.
And we will be just like a leaf. weak and undecided.
But going against the waves cultivates us.
It is hard and painful.
but the result:
A beautiful and refined rock.
***
to have something, you have to give up something in return. Sometimes we think that we're doing our best. But there comes a point that we will realize that what we give is less than suffiicient. brb soon:) Godbless all!
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