Love the Way You Lie Eminem Just gonna stand there and watch me burnBut that’s alright, because I like the way it hurtsJust gonna stand there and hear me cryBut that’s alright, because I love the way you lieI love the way you lieI can’t tell you what it really isI can only tell you…

Photograph Ed Sheeran Loving can hurt, loving can hurt sometimesBut it’s the only thing that I know When it gets hard, you know it can get hard sometimesIt is the only thing that makes us feel aliveWe keep this love in a photograph We made these memories for ourselvesWhere our eyes are never closingHearts are…

Another favorite of mine. This one brings tears to my eyes. It reminds me of the boys singing with us, as we drove down the freeway, and they were in the back seat, singing their hearts out with us. **Sigh** (tears) :(… A Thousand Years Christina Perri Heart beats fastColors and promisesHow to be braveHow…

THIS is one of my favorite songs by Ed Sheeran: Perfect I found a love for meDarling just dive right inAnd follow my leadWell I found a girl beautiful and sweetI never knew you were the someone waiting for me‘Cause we were just kids when we fell in loveNot knowing what it wasI will not…

This might sound harsh, but it’s true: Most people won’t change the world. Most people will go through life in defense mode. Afraid to step outside of their comfortable routines. Afraid of failure. Afraid of the unknown. Longing for a fuller life… a wider impact… a deeper joy… … but too terrified to climb outside…

October The past couple of months have been full of change, and life has been extremely rough. I realize now, that alot of what has happened is directly the result of a choice that was made by me. And, my, now, ex-wife had enough. 😦 I was an idiot, and ran from facing my demons,…

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When I’m going through an emotional period or a personal crisis, I’m often advised by well-meaning people (many of them writers themselves) to “write through it.” It’s a common enough expression; you might have heard it yourself from someone or from your own lips. For me, this advice has been less than helpful. I’m an…