the rockies make me think

why? why can't i be an honest intellectual, an accomplished musician, an eloquent rhetorician, a talented athlete and a person generally worth knowing all at the same time? sometimes, in blissful (and forced) ignorance, i actually think i am.

and then God wisely allows reality to hit me with full force in the forms of individuals who actually manifest such brilliance.

i realize how tiny and significant i am. i do, i do, i do.

however, i am "perplexed, but not driven to despair."

There is a reason for my existence and the places and situations in which I exist. And this I know.

As unprepared for what faces me and will face me as I am, I am confident. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." No matter how many picture frames and cheesy quote books contain those words, they are still Truth.