Walk the Talk

This is an email I just recently wrote to a friend:

"Know that I'm thinking about you a lot and am always here for you. I wanted to send you this song. It's called "One Day You Will" by Lady Antebellum. This song has gotten me through a lot, a lot of hard times. It inspires me to move one foot in front of the other and fight for another day, because it is worth it. There is a silver lining, it will make us stronger and we just have to whole heartedly believe in that. I'm pretty sure I ran to this song for 2 weeks straight. It hits me in running AND life, which really are two very different things, to me. Running is it's own separate entity. Anyway, I hope it can help you like it has and continues to help me. I find a lot of comfort in music and lyrics, because sometimes that's the only place we can fall, the only place to get the perfect advice with out having to speak one word, and the only place we don't get judged."

These are song lyrics that I have fallen to the past 48 hours:

"But down the road the sun is shining, In every cloud there's a silver lining, Just keep holding on (just keep holding on), And every heartache makes you stronger, But it won't be much longer, You'll find love, you'll find peace, And the you you're meant to be, I know right now that's not the way you feel, But one day you will"

"Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable, And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table. No one can find the rewind button, boys, So cradle your head in your hands, And breathe... just breathe, Oh breathe, just breathe
There's a light at each end of this tunnel, You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again If you only try turning around."

"Just gonna stand there and watch me burn, But that's all right, because I like the way it hurts. Just gonna stand there and hear me cry, But that's all right, because I love the way you lie, I love the way you lie."

"You and I walk a fragile line, I have known it all this time, Never ever thought I'd see it break, Never thought I'd see it"

"Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, His love endures forever, He is my strength and He's my song, His love endures forever, i will proclaim what He has done, His love endures forever, i will enter and give thanks to Him, this holy gate the righteous may enter, i will give You thanks, You answered me, You are my salvation, this is the day the Lord has made, i will rejoice and be glad in it, this is the day the Lord has made"

It's a random collection, I know. But that's what is so great about music and lyrics, that's what is so therapeutic, it's always there for you any way you need it. Whether praise, anger, hopeful... it's there for just you and just the right time.

Now I get the opportunity to live out what I say to others. I can't be someone who gives advice but will never follow it herself. "It starts with the man in the mirror" :)