i'm one of those

people who loooove nature and get awestruck by its beauty and mystery. And yes, I'm one of those who people probably snicker about when I express my wonder for the incomprehensible intricacies that describe our planet Earth and universe. (snicker haha) It all just reminds you of God in the end, though . . . .

One body of nature that just...palpitates my heart (LOL) when I even just think about it is the ocean. Growing up in Cali, I've always enjoyed the ocean, but I realized my love for it maybe 2 or 3 years ago when my mom and I drove to Santa Monica on July 4th...at night. (We were driving around to gaze at passing fireworks and somehow ended up at the ocean haha.) 'But...you can't even see anything at night.' Riiight???? Strangely, though, that's exactly what entranced me. Looking out beyond the large rocks into the vast darkness was a bit eery, but it was still so breathtaking... Not being able to see where the sky meets the waters...somehow made it all one. And it was almost like looking at Genesis 1 in real life. At a distance, the short-lived fireworks at the pier were not enough to compete against the darkness that enveloped the sky and reflected off the ocean.

The vastness of the ocean just reminds me of God.
Yet, though that makes me think they're similar, they're two very different entities. ('duh')

The lyrics to the song 'Amazed' always comes to mind:
"How wide, how deep / How great is Your love for me" . . . . . . . .

I think of how wide and deep the ocean is whenever I sing this song,
and yet, His love is greater still.

That just.....shatters my mind! It's wider, it's deeper! Than even the whole earth, the whole universe. More than I can comprehend with my teeny brain, more than I can imagine with my puny mind!
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Anyhow,
that is why I love the ocean. And how it acts somehow like a mirror. But I think that's for another post entirely (if I get around to it . . . )
^-^;

an observation

or maybe even, I daresay, a theory.

About: the liberal-erizing tendencies of a newer generation.
Bahaha. Does that even make sense?! I was just trying to sound smart. Smart-ish, at least. Ahaha anywayyyy.

(Note: this is an observation, meaning "generally speaking".) Teenagers tend to rebel. They have a stage in which they go against the desires of their authorities in order to be cool and fit in the mold, amongst a slew of other reasons. Therefore, they go against, or at least try to go against, traditional ways and customs and beliefs. In doing so, they become more accepting of the things which go against tradition. In this way, as more generations come, the world and its standards become more liberal.

I don't know if 'liberal' is the right word here, but I guess as of now, this will do.

Short.