Trip Around The Sun

Here 'em singing happy birthday
Better think about the wish I made
This year gone by aint been a piece of cake.
Every day's a revolution
Put it together and it comes undone
Just one more candle and a trip around the sun

As 2009 comes to and end, so does another year of my life. I turned 35 today, and I think I have finally realized what it is all about. It doesn't matter what we accumulate, but rather what we give. Success is great, but it's not what defines us. What defines us is how well we use our gifts and talents to help others. God has always given me everything I needed, now it is my turn to give.

Matthew 10:8
⁸Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

So much goes on in this world that we have no control over. What we can control, is how we react to it. Don't just take from life, contribute to it. The joy of giving outweighs the joy of receiving. In the end, our possessions are not important, but how we lived our lives is.

I'm just hanging on while this old world keeps spinning.
And it's good to know it's out of my control.
If there's one thing that I've learned from all this living.
Is that it wouldn't change a thing if I let go.

We only have so much time here on earth, leaving a legacy of paying it forward is... on this cowboys mind.


(Trip Around The Sun: Jimmy Buffett, Martina McBride)