Caught in the in-between

I gave in. I decided to start a blog. Maybe it's because I wanted something to keep me from being completely lame all summer, maybe I just wanted a place to not have to pretend that I've got it all figured out...

The title for this blog-and post, I guess-comes from a song I recently started listening to by Tenth Avenue North. It's called 'All the Pretty Things' and part of it really resonated with where I'm at emotionally and spiritually. The first verse and chorus are as follows:

'We are, we are, we're caught in the in between

of who we already are and who we're yet to be

And we're looking for love but finding we're still in need

It's only what we have lost will we be allowed to keep

And we're waiting but our eyes are wandering

To all this earth holds dear

Look at all the pretty things

That steal my heart away

I can feel I'm fading

Cause Lord, I love so many things

That keep me from your face

Come and save me"

Anyway. One of my new favorite songs. And definitely my new favorite band. Their newest album, The Light Meets the Dark, is well worth the 9.99 on iTunes.

On a slightly different note, the title also comes from the fact that as I grow and learn about life, I'm discovering more and more that I am caught in between so many different tensions and absurdities that are just part of being human...and for me it's a process to be okay with the realization that I may never figure out or resolve said tensions and absurdities.

I honestly don't know how this is going to turn out or what I'll even end up putting here...maybe musings about life as it happens, maybe reflections on various absurdities as I discover and deal with them, maybe random selections from the books I hope to read this summer, maybe glimpses into my heart and life that is still-thankfully-a work in progress.

So here goes nothing.