500 mile faith;: fire, faith, and fresh mozzarella

Not too long ago, I mentioned the place Horsetooth Resevior, and how that place helped me become more at peace with being so far away from the place I consider home.

It was so high in the air, I could see over the whole town,
I could lay on the beach and be some where else,
I could drive around with the windows down and let the wind blow my fears away,

Those days,
Those drives,
Those little moments,
They affected my whole world.
That's all it takes---

When we are off taking advantage of the moments life gives us,

Life is off taking advantage of those moments, too.

Life happens,

justlikethat.

Horsetooth Resevior

A lightning bolt is what started the high park fire that has now burned over 41,000 acres in the beautiful town of Fort Collins, Colorado.

Over 100 structures, 1 life...
all started with a strike of lightning.

I'm didn't grow up here,
I don't know tons of people or even a few street names.
But I do know that there are people suffering with confusion and loss right now.
My heart goes out to them.

There is brokenness spreading across the state.
That's what tragedy does...
no one ever knows what else to be.
We don't know how to live in any other moment but the present one.

It never gets easier to see past that...
that's where faith comes in.

Faith is believing in things that you can't see.

I think this fire hit me so close to my heart because it was so sudden.
Tragedy makes people realize how quickly you can lose everything you've worked for, everything your family has worked for...

go live your life.
Don't waste time trying to gain all the possessions you can,
those aren't going to make it through the fire.
It's the memories that are the prize possessions you're going to be left with.

Don't gain the whole world and lose your soul.

I'm going to have the audacity and say it,
There is good in this.
It's hard to think about at first, I know.
We have to keep in mind and trust in not only God, but the cycle of life...

There is reasoning behind the darkest corners.
There's an explanation at the end of the road, you have to hold on.
You have to hold on and have the strength to put one foot in front of the other and move forward.

Don't fight it.
You can never move forward if your looking backwards. You might trip.

You can't take hold of the future unless you learn to let go of the past.

We control our thoughts,
every single one of them.
We control what we want our mind to linger on,
linger on brighter days. They're coming.

If you can't have faith in anything else,
have faith in yourself.
You're a fighter.