Silver Lining

So this post is just some stuff I have been thinking about over the past couple weeks.

It's always interesting to me when we can know and understand something so clearly, but so blatantly ignore it. We can say all we want, we can pretend that we are going to change, but it seems to be a rare thing when we actually change our ways. I've found myself in this constant cycle of realizing something, then ignoring it. It's like I know what I need to do in order for things to be in a better place, yet I let myself fall back into the same patterns/thought processes that make me someone I don't want to be. Why do i do this? I have no idea. When I realize what I need to do, it seems so obvious to me, but how come it is so hard to just do it? I guess I just get frustrated with the fact that I can't stay consistent, and when I feel like God is speaking to me about something, I just end up doing my own thing anyways. Right now I guess I'm in the process of trying to seek what God wants for me in my life, but that's kind of hard when I don't act on what I need to do.

There is this new Relient K song that has been out for a while called "The Lining Is Silver". It's a pretty simple song, not much too it, but I love the chorus. It says, "Isn't it nice to know, that the lining is silver?" I honestly didn't know what the phrase "silver lining" meant, so after doing some research, I found that it is referring to an old proverb that says "every cloud has a silver lining". It basically means that every bad situation has a good side to it, or being optimistic about what can happen. This is kind of an elementary idea, because I think that most people tend to want to make the best out of bad times, but I just love the simplicity of the idea. Yeah, crap happens, but it is nice to know that the lining is silver. That's the beauty of life, you can decide that you are going to focus on the negative side of stuff, or you can try and look at ways to make every situation positive. It reminds me of the fact that God has a reason for everything and every situation. There have been so many times in my life where I think everything is going wrong, questioning why God is letting things happen, but it always turns out to have happened for some reason, or to show me something. And that's the only thing you can do, because no matter how much you think you know what is best, God always knows(he even knows you better than you know yourself), and everything that happens to us happens for a reason.

"You know it's nothing new
Bad news never had good timing
But then the circle of your friends
Will defend the silver lining"

The Heart of Life- John Mayer