Heart Burn

I have a good excuse. Really, I do!

Being in graduate school, I've been using up my daily allotment of words by around 3pm. I just don't have any left to put in this blog. Well, I found an old stash of words buried behind some old books in the attic and thought that they could be used here.

In four weeks I will have completed all the requirements for my Master's degree. With a long road still to go, being able to look back and see how far I've come empowers me to keep moving forward. The more I learn about School Psychology and the students that populate our schools, the more I am convinced that I was made for this. That's a good feeling.

Allie and I were recently talking about all that has happened the last two years and how we got here. We agreed that we are driven by a persistent, gnawing, and haunting desire to live with brutal commitment to never settle for "good enough" as we stumble down the path God is leading us. I believe that there is a fire that burns within the heart of every man/woman. Most think the answer to heart-burn is to anesthetize themselves into thinking their life is "ok." We can either zantac our hearts into submission, or we can let the fire burn with a blaze that motivates us to move, change, act, laugh, cry, and ultimately raise our hands in surrender.

What makes your heart burn?

You Are a Tourist
"When there's a burning in your heart
An endless fury in your heart
Build it bigger than the Sun
Let it grow
Let it grow
And there's a burning in your heart
Don't be alarmed

When there's a doubt in your mind
'Cos you think it all the time
Framin' rights into wrongs
Move along
Move along
When there's a doubt in your mind

When there's a burning in your heart
And you think it'll burst apart
Oh, there's nothing to fear
Save the tears
Save the tears

When there's a burning in your heart

And if you feel just like a tourist in the city you were born
Then, it's time to go
And you find your destination with so many different places to call home
Cos' when you find yourself a villain,
In the story you have written
It's plain to see
That sometimes the best intentions
Are in need of redemptions
Would you agree
If so, please show me
(This... Fire... Grows... High...)"
-- Death Cab for Cutie