i think i'll put this on myspace as well...
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people never crumble in a day....
...daddies never crumble in a day
....families never crumble in a day...

...it's a slow fade...

--casting crowns--

this part of the song got to me the most...i don't think i can say anything better than that...it's true. unbelievably true. it's a slow fade...but, not only that, things can change. people may fall, people may crumble, but people can get right back up and start living again. what once was faded can now shine bright. i know it to be true. often times, it's hard to remember, but still true. and sometimes, you need a little help, or even alot, but it's ok, especially if it's helping to change the person you once were.

and maybe, just maybe families can be restored and healed as well... it may take years to undo the damage that has been done, but if everyone is willing, things can and will change. and if not, we can just continue to fade into the black, cold, nothingness of life. doesn't sound too appealing now does it? i think sometimes our hope in others has faded as well...we get so down and discouraged that this is the way things have been for so long, that they will continue to stay like this forever...i can change, but can they? of course not. they've always been that kind of person, that's just who they are. isn't that how we as humans think? it can't possibly be my fault, it has to be theirs...and on and on. now before i go off on all these random topics, just think...that maybe if we hold more hope in others...things might be different?

if we were more willing to help others, before they completely faded away…if we weren’t always so into ourselves, couldn’t things change then? open up your eyes…listen with your ears, people are hurting all around you, slowly fading away…just needing someone to lend a hand, listen with their heart…encourage them and lift them up…the least you could do is pay attention and listen, truly listen. couldn’t you be that person for someone, the one to pull them out of this cold, black world we live in…before they truly slip away?