Bonds

When you pray with a person

When you love on them

 When you share your story

You give them a piece of yourself

You give them a small piece of your heart to hold

They become a friend

They become a brother or  sister

You are bonded together

That is a special bond

A gift from God

You grow close

Even though you may never meet

Face to face

You may never share a meal

Or spend more than a few minutes talking

You are bonded together

It is irreplaceable

It is not something time or distance

Can build or tear down

You are just what you are

It is what it is

And you love each other

For who you are

They are not many bonds like this

Not many

They are one of a kind

And when they are severed

It cuts very

Very

Very

Deeply

Just a Word

It's what you say 

When someone holds a door

When someone offers you a meal

When someone buys your coffee

When someone hands you something you drop

Its what you say in response to a "Bless you" 

When someone does you a favor

You say it for thousands of reasons

You say it to show appreciation 

To show gratitude

But

It doesn't cover every thing

There are things that 

There are times when

There are moments in which

It just doesn't seem to be enough

When it seems like just any other word

In comparison to what was just done for you

What just happened

What was just given

The blessing that was received

There are times

When saying

Thank You

Is Just not enough

When it's just another word

A Bright New Path

Hit me like a ton of bricks 

I was sitting on the hill 

Across from Snell hall

 Playing guitar

Having a photo shoot

 This needs to be the normal

 It's amazing

I love it

  I want more of this

 Feeling like the whole world

Is not resting on my shoulders

like I can actually do 

What I want to do 

And not pay feel awful later for it

 I can eat food and not be sick after

I can sleep and work

  I can be productive 

 learn new things

 and like there's something 

Something good here after all

I can be amazing with God

I'm with God so I am amazing

Seems obvious to some

But for me this is

Stepping into

A 

Bright

New 

Path