TWLOHA

"You were created to love and be loved. You were meant to live life in relationship with other people, to know and be known. You need to know that your story is important and that you're part of a bigger story. You need to know that your life matters.We live in a difficult world, a broken world. My friend Byron is very smart - he says that life is hard for most people most of the time. We believe that everyone can relate to pain, that all of us live with questions, and all of us get stuck in moments. You need to know that you're not alone in the places you feel stuck. We all wake to the human condition. We wake to mystery and beauty but also to tragedy and loss. Millions of people live with problems of pain. Millions of homes are filled with questions – moments and seasons and cycles that come as thieves and aim to stay. We know that pain is very real. It is our privilege to suggest that hope is real, and that help is real. You need to know that rescue is possible, that freedom is possible, that God is still in the business of redemption. We're seeing it happen. We're seeing lives change as people get the help they need. People sitting across from a counselor for the first time. People stepping into treatment. In desperate moments, people calling a suicide hotline. We know that the first step to recovery is the hardest to take. We want to say here that it's worth it, that your life is worth fighting for, that it's possible to change. Beyond treatment, we believe that community is essential, that people need other people, that we were never meant to do life alone."

today was twloha day. it kinda made me think how its not worth it to do things like that. everyone has someone around them that loves them and cares about them. nobody is alone and nobody ever should be. we all should have someone in our lives to tell us everything will be okay. i know i have someone like that & i am so grateful. i dont think she knows im talking about her, but if she does, good. all i want is to see her happy again. and i know one day ill see her smile. but thats not till 2011. when he comes back. but as i was saying, everyone needs someone to tell them, they care and how much they mean to them.

anyways, today was a good day, after school, me, lauren, kristina, dan, and ralph stayed after. fun timess! haha hesa tell me what he has to tell me tomorrow. im kinda scared its something bad tho. oh well! tomorrow, i think im either going to laurens wiff them or the movieesss. but some people kinda bother me. like i guess you can say your a good friend, but some things you do just really bother me..idfk. maybe im just crazy. okay, got to go back to tee-tees partyy. bye.

Secret #14: i love dave barnes..

"For about four years I’ve hated this town, Yeah, so much I just wanna get out, Since graduation was long ago, Please somebody get me out of this hole, Cause I don’t want to get stuck in here, When I am thirty-four just talkin' 'bout high school years, No I don’t wanna be there, and feel so stuck right here, Back and forth, side to side, oh my dear"

-The Rocket Summer