I want the excitement out of living.

I want to know that what I am doing is for the hands of God.

I want to step outside of the box of this society,

the box of this society where life is mundane and mapped.

I want to walk the way of passion.

But how will I get there?

Is it true that this life can be better?

I believe there must be a different way of living.

To feel the excitement out of living,

to know that what I am doing is for the hands of God,

to the place outside of society’s box,

its shallow, materialistic boundaries.

To be the passion of peace.

A walk and a way that can only be inspired

by looking at the rise and fall of the mountains

or the smell of the oceans salty air—

a dream born from His creations

and solidified with hope.

It must be true that this life can be better.

Why else would there be finish lines, allies and forgiveness?

Why else would we have a winner that lives in each of us every day?

Why else would we feel the call to help one another?

Because it is the excitement out of living,

It is being the hands of God to give and reach out to the needy,

It is to know that we are not alone in this world

whether cold, boxed in, locked up

or in between a rock and a hard place.

There is another way of thinking,

there is a different way of living,

there is a better life for all of us to be in.

In His hands.

August 12, 2009.