Without Reason

"Goodbye without reasons is the most painful one. Love without reasons is the most beautiful one."

I'd be hard pressed to find a statement more honest than that one. There's something heart breaking about people leaving you without giving you a reason. It might be death, it may be a severed relationship. But those unexplained goodbyes sometimes feel unbearable. 

And yet, when someone loves you without a list of reasons why, it breathes life into your lungs again. It can pull you out of the depths of despair and place you on the peak of a mountain top. That's what it has done for me. 

I know both of these feelings well. The pain, and the joy. Maybe it's the pain that makes us appreciate the happiness. Would we even know how to be happy if there wasn't hurt in the world?

24 Cents

I was at the gas station a few days ago, waiting in line to pay. I was behind a man who had a check filled out before he made his purchase, and had gone a few cents over. The clerk informed him he was 24 cents short. His shoulders dropped, slightly disheartened, and said he'd run out to his car and see what he could find. I pulled out a quarter, and handed it to the clerk. "I got it." He looked at me, astonished. "Oh, no, that's okay. You really don't have to do that." I simply smiled and replied, "I know." He picked up his bag and said, with utter sincerity, "Thank you so much."

I couldn't believe how something so small and simple had made such a seemingly large impact on him. It made me think... what if we all did those little things for each other? It seems so cliche, but would the world really be a better place to live in? I'm not sure; but I do know that I smiled the whole way back to Grand Rapids. It made my world a little brighter. That's enough for me.

Mistakes Have Consequences

Come home to me
Come home to me
Back into my arms
Home where you belong
Come home to me
Come home to me
If home is where you are
Then home is way too far away

The TV light of blue and white 
I just can't fall asleep
And I move over to a space 
Where you should be
Even halfway seems so far
Over mountains and diamond stars
So

Come home to me
Come home to me
Home where you belong
Back into my arms
Come home to me
Come home to me
If home is where you are
Then home is way too far away

All my life I've dreamed of love
Never thought it would hurt this much
To kiss goodbye and wait for your return
So I'll be strong and hold on
To the picture and the thought of you
Getting all of the love that you deserve

Come home to me
Come home to me
Back into my arms
Home where you belong
Come home to me
Come home to me
If home is where you are
Then home is way too far away
If home is where you are
Then home is way too far away