It's very difficult for people, because when you purify yourself with love you have to merge. Anything in the world is easier to merge than two egos.
God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.
When one's thoughts are neither frivolous nor flippant, when one's thoughts are neither stiff-necked nor stupid, but rather, are harmonious -- they habitually render physical calm and deep insight.
Just as a mirror, which reflects all things, is set in its own container, so too the rational soul is placed in the fragile container of the body. In this way, the body is governed in its earthly life by the soul, and the soul contemplates heavenly things through faith.
The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!
O, You who are ever giving life to all life, moving all creatures, root of all things, washing them clean, wiping out their mistakes, healing their wounds, You are our true life, luminous, wonderful, awakening the heart from its ancient sleep.
You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.
The only problem with Shearwater as a name for a band is that people sort of think that it's this amalgamated word like Pushmonkey or something. Doesn't have an actual. . . you know, like Clearwater or Stillwater, they don't realize that it actually is a thing. It seemed like such a beautiful word, I was so suprised that no body had named their band that.
Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow. Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
Ladies and gentlemen, after what I've been through, I am happy just to be wearing clothes that open in the front.
We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger numbers of people.