Be Calm.

I absolutely love this song. I'm not exactly sure why, but i'm hooked. It's by fun. (the new band created by the old singer of The Format Matt Reuss). Maybe it's because it's something that I need to learn how to do. Anywho, I love love love it, and you should too. Amen.

P.S. Be calm. I know you feel like you are breaking down, but be calm.

As I walk through the streets of my new city

my back feeling much better, I suppose

I've reclaimed the use of my imagination

for better or for worse, I've yet to know

but I always knew you'd be the one to understand me,

I guess that's why it took so long to get things right.

Suddenly I'm lost

On my street

On my block

Oh why, Oh why

Oh why haven't you been there for me?

Can't you see, I'm losing my mind this time?

This time I think it's for real, I can see

All the tree tops turning red

The beggars near bodegas grin at me

I think they want something

I close my eyes, I tell myself to breathe

and be calm.

Be calm.

I know you feel like you are breaking down.

Oh I know that it gets so hard sometimes.

Be calm.

I'm scared that everyone is out to get me.

"These days before you speak to me you pause."

"I always see you looking out your window."

"After all, you lost your band, you left your mom."

Now every single crack, every penny that I pass,

says I should either leave or pick it up

But with every single buck I've made

I'm saddled with bad luck that came

the moment I was baptized

or when I found out one day I'm gonna die

if only I could find my people or my place in life

a when they come a'carolin'

so loud, so bright, the theremin

will lead us to a chorus

where we'll all rejoice and sing a song that goes:

Oh be calm.

Be calm.

I know you feel like you are breaking down.

I know that it gets so hard sometimes,

Be calm.

Take it from me, I've been there a thousand times.

You hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive

and everything's wrong

It just gets so hard sometimes

Be calm.

I don't remember much that night,

Just walking, thinking fondly of you

Thinking how the worst is yet to come

When from that street corner came a song

And I can't remember the man,

The panhandler or his melody.

The words exchanged had far exceeded any change I'd given thee.

Oh be calm.

Be calm.

I know you feel like you are breaking down.

Oh I know that it gets so hard sometimes,

Be calm.

Take it from me, I've been there a thousand times.

You hate your pulse because it still thinks you're alive

and everything's wrong

It just gets so hard sometimes

Be calm.

Be calm.

The Future

I'm scared for the future. "Tomorrow's Leaders" aren't learning any morals today. How are we supposed to lead, when we don't even know how to deal fairly with others? Today in geography, I looked around at my classmates. It struck how completely... Simple everyone is. So shallow. So petty. These are tomorrow's leaders? I sure hope not.

After criticizing everyone else, I looked at myself. I used to think of myself as a pretty good person. I used to think I was smart and good enough to actually do something with my life. Recently, I feel like something in me is gone. I have no desire to excel, no urge to try. And why should I? This world is already screwed up enough. What could I possibly do to help?

At the same time, as I see those starving African children, I realize that maybe I actually could do something. Maybe, if I try hard enough, I'll have some sort of influence on the world. But trying... It's hard.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

        Herm Albright

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
         Aristotle

It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not.

      James Gordon

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
       Socrates

Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God;
       Doctrine and Covenants 18:10

And now, if your joy will be great with one soul that you have brought unto me into the kingdom of my Father, how great will be your joy if you should bring many souls unto me!

       Doctrine and Covenants 18:16