metaphor / met·uh·fawr/ noun - A literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible or intangible thing, quality or idea.
meta / met·uh/ adjective - self-referential; referring to itself or its characteristics.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

A better version of me

I mess up all of the time.

It's just a part of being a human, interacting with other humans, and dealing with the resulting issues. My besetting sins are a tendency toward stubbornness and avoidance of my problems. I have knee-jerk responses to conflict that have been ingrained in me since childhood, and I have bad habits that I've developed over the years. My faults are not hidden to me. The log in my eye is obvious. Sometimes, it's too obvious, and it feels like I will never overcome these flaws.

At times like this, the whole book of Philippians is an encouragement. But sometimes I need words and music combined. So, here's a song that has helped me quite a bit over the years:


Yesterday
Is not quite what it could've been
As were most of all the days before
But I swear today
With every breath I'm breathing in
I'll be trying to make it so much more

Cause it seems I get so hung up on
The history of what's gone wrong
And the hope of a new day
Is sometimes hard to see (what you see)
And though I'm finally catching onto it
And now the past is just a conduit
And the light there at the end is
Where I'll be

Now I have
All that I could ever need
The confidence of knowing there's still time
Time to make amends
And try to build a better me
And take the right steps as this road unwinds

But I'm finally catching onto it
And now the past is just a conduit
Right there at the end
Is where I'll be

Cause I'm on the up and up
I'm on the up and up
And I haven't given up
Given up on what
And I'm on the up and up
I'm on the up and up
Yeah there's nothing left to prove
Cause I'm just trying to be
A better version of me
For you
A better version of me
For you

For a good life
So when I'm down
I'll hold my head up high
Cause you're the reason why

I'm on the up and up

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