Tattoo.

This has been a long time comin'. I've been patiently waiting for designs/ideas for my tattoo. The basis has been long thought out and encompasses my three favorite songs:

Thrice - "Music Box".
Needtobreathe - "Garden".
Life In Your Way - "Salty Grave".

They all express deep values and explain more than the exterior of who I am. They break down much of who I am spiritually and what I hope to be. All together, they are more than an anthem. And this is why I want these songs tattooed on me: as a permanent reminder of the simplicity of my faith, that my life is not about me, and that I have boundless strength, I am never alone, and I always have an endless love that surrounds me.

Love.

How do you explain LOVE to someone who refuses to believe in a love that is never changing and never falters? My heart breaks, I cry a little, and continue to wonder exactly what to do and what to share. It's always a different scenario with each person I encounter. But for me, with each instance, I always come back to the common factor of the same quality where their refusal begins: LOVE.

I am equipped to show love.

When we love others well, we love the Lord wonderfully.
II Corinthians 5:20 - "So we are Christ's ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us.
We speak for Christ when we plead, "Come back to God!"

.love all.

Caring.

CARE. Do we really do it? Have you ever felt truly cared about?
There's a wrongness in feeling vulnerable to others, at least that's what we're taught. Its out of fear that we act in selfishness, not wanting to connect or go out of our way. When you care, you value that whole person. Its not about the return.
If you have ever felt true value, from an unexpected gift to the simple look in eyes in conversation, you realized then that you mattered more than what was around them, more than the technology, and more than themselves. If you've felt that, you know how much that meant to you.

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Golden Rule.