I Come From The Water
(Toadies)

I come from the water
I crawled upon the shore
I left my brothers there
I got what I came for

I sucked that hot air in
And rolled upon the sand
Emerged beneath the sun
To be a man.

I come from the water
I come from the water
That weren't no easy thing
It's more than nature
It's like my destiny

I stood upon these legs
And held my head up high
Emerged beneath the sun
To start a new life

I Come From the water

Life in the desert
Just to be together
The sand forever
The same forever
It moves beneath me
It pulls my body
My pulse beats hotter
So far from the water

I love to see the sun
In spite of all it's done
I pray for shade and rain
I pray to live again
I come from the water

Having washed up on the shore I awake to the beating sun. Sand under my nails and even in my nostrils. For the first time I notice the heavy taste of salt as a I lick my lips, dried blood meeting my tongue. Rolling onto my back I stare up at the sky. Am I still moving? I move my hand over my eyes to shield the sun but realize nothing happened. My hand is glued to the ground. Unable to muster enough strength to block the laser like beam from the sun I lay on the ground. Wondering what happens next. I've been in the rocking sea for so long I feel strangely out of place on land.

After laying for what seemed like an eternity I roll on my side to see where I landed. A split second of hope that perhaps I ended at home. After seeing the palm trees the hope faltered and fizzled till only a faint trail of smoke remained in my mind like that of a blown out match. Still unable to stand up I prop myself up on my elbow. Looking down the West, at least I think it is West, I am not quite sure, I see countless miles of shore line.

I test my legs, I can at least bend them with their own strength. I assume I should get out of the tide as I have no idea what time it is at my new home, but something inside of me wants to stay in the water. As I rise and prepare for the challenges that will meet me I remember a verse from my childhood.

"I stood upon these legs
And held my head up high
Emerged beneath the sun
To start a new life"

This is a book that I will purchase. The synopsis sounds like a reasonable explanation!

It has been almost a year since my last post. I'm quite sure by now only a select few even have this site in their favorites at this point. I have felt the urge to blog recently about a particular subject. Then my wife created her blog http://www.tracyandreassen.blogspot.com/ and that sealed the deal!

I have noticed recently that a resurgence of spirituality is occuring....on Facebook. I find this interesting because most of the people that post spiritual comments are not what I would consider openly "spiritual". Not that they are amoral or aspiritual even but that they don't talk about it in their daily lives.

I suppose Facebook, like blogging, gives you an avenue to speak through a separate voice. One that represents you but isn't necessarily "you". A quick Bible text or a quick comment about God can achieve you a couple things. One, those that are not religious will ignore it. Two, you can get a couple "John Doe likes this" thumbs ups! How cool is that? It promotes a spiritual agenda and others can agree with you via a thumbs up. Thus perpetuating the cycle. Others that are neither vocally religious or outwardly preachy can take part in this phenomena.

The question as to why the spiritual resurgence though? Is it because there is a Democrat in office and I know a lot of republicans? Is it because my friends are frequently in their mid 20's and that is a common age for spiritual resurgence? Perhaps it is just the common acceptance of having your "voice" in the form of a Facebook comment. Probably it is a combination of the above.

While in a closet in the upstairs of my house I notice a door I haven't seen before. I've lived in my house for almost three years now so I was surprised to find the door. It wasn't a 'secret' door but it was in the back of a closet and wasn't obvious unless you went searching. When I go up the stairs through the door there is another door. As I open it I see clutter everywhere but the room is finely furnished and it is apparent that this was the attic that has been turned into a living space.

The interesting thing about the room is that it is completely full of kids' toys. There is a little table with four chairs for children to sit on and play on. There is a tricycle and lots of duplos or other smaller toys on the ground. I make my way to the room to my right and it is another room that was obviously a child's room. I walk through it quickly and see the third and final room. This was an amazing room.

The room was long and was obviously a rectangle. In the middle of the room was a plush leather couch with a very large ottoman in front of the couch. Directly in front of the couch is what I notice. It is a large flat screen TV with speakers all around it. As I get closer to the TV I realize that the TV is not as large as I first thought, but it is VERY high quality. The TV was actually only about 27" but there were speakers built into the TV that added an extra foot or two on each side. I was amazed because I had never seen this room before. To the right of that TV was a laptop. On the ground to the left of the first TV was another, wide screen plasma TV. Amazed, I turn around and look behind the couch and there I see a 24" computer monitor with a full desktop. There is one more large flat screen TV behind the couch and I am in awe. Wonderful surround sound, two computers and three hi-def TVs in a part of the house that I have never seen.

About this time I hear Tracy come in and I ask her excitedly if she knew about this portion of the house? She says she did and the previous owners had left some things. On the floor I see a guitar hero box but it is for the Playstation. I was disappointed because I own an Xbox and not a playstation. Then I notice the box has never been opened so I realize I could sell it get an Xbox version. Then I stop and think that I bet the previous owner had a Playstation and probably left it if the TVs and computers that he left were any indication of what he brought with him. Sure enough, on the floor to the left of the main TV sits a Playstation 3! How exciting. I just inherited $5,000 worth of electronics and a dedicated TV room for free!

When I turn around to go back downstairs the second room that used to be filled with childrens stuff is now a kitchen. It is not a kitchen that I recognize so I start going through the cabinets. In one cabinet I find some dishes. To the left of the sink and above the dish washer I find some left over food. I decide I should probably throw it away because I don't know how long the food has been there. Tracy is unloading the dish washer as I'm looking through the cabinets. She has been up here recently enough to have done the dishes. I look down at the floor and notice for the first time that there are beautiful hard wood floors through the 1st room and the kitchen. Amazing.

I feel a sense of ownership in this area. This is the type of room that I've always wanted. A room that I can reside in and enjoy full sound and all the electronics I want. Tracy seems unaffected by the whole scenario but I'm in a state of uphoria. I feel as if this is a dream, too good to be true.