in order to gain, they lost

"as the line blurs
as vision fades
i scream
nooooo
don't go
don't leave
i can't see you anymore

i watch them flounder
i watch them sink
i gasp, i weep
i weep for what could have been

why must it be so?

is there truly nothing left?
what went wrong? where did faith go?

did You move away? or did we forget?

yes....
I think we forgot
so, never let us forget

remind, refresh, remember the times
the times we saw Your face
the times we felt Your hand

Holding us
Nurturing us
You lifted us
You carried us through

never let us forget
never let us forget"

a friend was telling me of someone we once knew. a man of great faith. a man of great influence. deceived and deceiving, he shocked the world. he shocked us all. and my friend just said, 'another one fell'.

one simple phrase. one heart-piercing phrase.
another one??? what do you mean another one??
have we grown so accustomed to seeing and hearing of such things that we take it all in stride and go, 'oh, just another one'. *screams*

this is why we're not where we should be! this is why the world may look as if it's going forward but instead is totally degenerating. i think we've completely lost it. where is humanity? what is community? do you still know what connection means? does the word 'touch' mean anything to you?

no, don't tell me what the world tells you. tell me what your heart tells you.

it breaks my heart to see how lightly we take life nowadays; both our own and others. some may think that they're loving themselves; going for the ultimate career, the highest achievement, the best the world can offer. but at what cost? is that it? tell me what comes next.

and some....life is just life. just another day. oh how i detest that phrase. there is no such thing as 'just another day'. there shouldn't be. everyday is different. every minute is different. it can never be relived, repeated or even rediscovered.

why do we allow ourselves to be so blinded and sidetracked that nothing really matters. where is the balance?

to hold everything so closely that you lose sight of everything else? or to keep everything out so that nothing ever touches you? show me the real you.

i love my life and i'm not at all perfect but i hope i never lose sight of what life is about and why it matters. i enjoy everyday, i delight in every moment of my life. i wake up happy; ready, very very ready to welcome in another brand new day.
yet, when i look around .... my.heart.breaks.

for what the world has lost

in order to gain, they lost.