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The Sorrows of Gin.

Alex in real life

How many times do we find ourselves trying to convince people we are something were not. We spend so much time and energy trying to make our life into what we want people to see. For me over the past few years and especially since May, I’ve been trying to convince people I have my life together spiritually, emotionally, and mentally. Here’s the kicker, i don’t. I never have actually, i’ve spent almost all of my life covering up the fact that I have no idea what i’m doing instead of actually figuring out what i’m doing. It’s a blessing and a curse, really. The curse is that I feel behind for my age, I’m almost 24 and i dont know when i’m going to graduate, I had a really amazing girlfriend and I lost her, I’ve made a lot of money over the years and i’ve spent it on dumb things, i’ve walked on a path with the Lord for a while now and i’ve seen a lot more than the path. The only real blessings are that i’ve learned a lot of stuff about life along the way that I want to share with you and i’ve had a lot of good times with a lot of amazing people (which i’ll also share with you). The most important thing I can tell you first is this, life goes on even when you think it wont and it does actually get better.

#life #it does get better #Alex in real life

I want to write more

So I don’t want to do my homework, the best possible choice has to be write something. Ive decided I want to start writing again. I know its been a long time and i’ve had a lot go on but i feel like I need to write it somewhere. SO, make sure you tune in for my life in words!

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tblaberge

It’s hard sometimes, but it’s important to remember.

tblaberge

This is the hot post lately, I’m glad people are learning this.

iamcode-deactivated20161109

And that’s the most frustrating thing about depression. It isn’t always something you can fight back against with hope. It isn’t even something — it’s nothing. And you can’t combat nothing. You can’t fill it up. You can’t cover it. It’s just there, pulling the meaning out of everything. That being the case, all the hopeful, proactive solutions start to sound completely insane in contrast to the scope of the problem. It would be like having a bunch of dead fish, but no one around you will acknowledge that the fish are dead. Instead, they offer to help you look for the fish or try to help you figure out why they disappeared. (x)

millennium-lily

This is actually a really good way to explain it, I think.

markula

I WILL NEVER NOT REBLOG THIS

frogsbean

I’ve seen this reblogged without the original caption before and boy was i confused

clockworkrobotic

Wait, this version of the post misses out what I think is the most important bit of the paragraph “The problem might not even have a solution. But you aren’t necessarily looking for solutions. You’re maybe just looking for someone to say “sorry about how dead your fish are” or “wow, those are super dead. I still like you, though.”“

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watermellyn

comedic gold

srsfunny

Harry Potter Meets Spongebob http://srsfunny.tumblr.com/

adbranham

ha

visualechoess

True.

adbranham

Amen

Love God, do stuff.

A wise man once told me, "Alex, love God and do stuff". I heard him and i didnt really put any thought into it and forgot about it for a while. Until one day I was writing a club talk and i thought about one of my favorite verses. Matthew 28:19 says "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit". I love that verse so much. The reason i like it so much is the second word. GO, Jesus literally tells us to get up and go! I remembered as i was writing that club talk what i was told about loving God and doing stuff. The other week I decided to keep reading a book i read half of and stopped. The man that said that to me happened to be Bob Goff. Him and i met at Hope college last year and it was one of the best experiences of my life. I want to be on Young Life staff when i graduate. I want to use that as my motto (as long as he doesnt mind). Why is it that we can talk about doing stuff but never do it? I want to start doing things. Jesus never thought about it, He just did it. I want to do things.

#love does #bob goff