Dare to Love

So I am in love with the new Chris Brown and Justin Bieber song, "Next 2 You..." thank you Zo. Anyways, it got me to thinking, why are we all so afraid to let our hearts pour out? I know everyone has been hurt a time or two... but certain things lately have made me realize that every second we wait to spread the love we're just wasting time. Yesterday before practice the team went to one of the churches here in Waco where the "Volley for Molly" tournament (read more here) was being held and I tell you, that beautiful little girl is the bravest person I have ever met.  I think that a lot of us really had our eyes opened a little more knowing how much she's gone through in the past year and realizing that she's way more brave than any of us could be. But why do we take life for granted day in and day out? Why is it so hard for us to love others? And why are we so afraid of one of God's greatest gifts? The ability to love. Surely it is better to love too much than to love too little. And surely there is no such thing as loving too much in this world after what He did for us.

Maybe some of us only think of love as something you can share with a partner... but it is so much more than that. Love the people you see everyday, love the little things in life, love the beauty we so constantly don't notice that's all around us. Love where you are in this moment, with what you have now, and most importantly LOVE YOURSELF.

On a different note...

Today a bunch of the volleyball and soccer teams went to "Church Under The Bridge" and it was a great experience. I definitely reccommend everyone to go at least once while they're here in Waco! Afterwards I got to see the family which was awesome! They were on their way back home from  Dallas where my dad got to drive a racecar at Texas Motor Speedways. Anyways we went to lunch and then they came and hung out at the apartment for a bit, it was so good seeing them! Got another week of two-a-days this week and am looking forward to seeing the team progress some more. It's gonna' be a great season, I can feel it!

Romans 13:8  Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

"The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost." 


LOVE,
Me.