i just read an interview that relevantmag.com conducted with Stephen Christian, the lead singer of Anberlin. the interview was asking him about the new album they just put out today! the title is that of this blog post. and while i have yet to listen to it, i can already vouch for it based on the simple, humble and powerful answers that Stephen gave to their questions.
...plus since meeting him and talking to him on his tour bus back in 2006 i have a special fondness for him :)
this title of their album is a line from a poem and when asked about why it spoke to him Stephen answered:
"It was kind of the brutal fact that life isn’t always perfect. We’re going to lose loved ones, we’re going to fail at our greatest attempts sometimes. But at the end of the day, there’s hope."
...we are going to fail at our greatest attempts sometimes. lately i have been feeling the pressure with applying to PT schools again. i keep getting to the brink of breakdown and have a few times, questioning everything and panicing at the thought that i may not get in anywhere...and then what. what will i do with that sense of failure? but to know that at the end of the day, there is still hope...i haven't gotten rejected from anywhere TODAY and that's all i can think about.
another, deeper question Stephen answered was this: What is the main lesson you have learned over the last 8 years?
"That all is never lost. Tomorrow is going to be much better....As long as you are motivated, and as long as you just keep going and keep pursuing whatever it is that makes you dream, whatever inspires you, as long as you keep going after that, all will work out."
it is good to find others in the pursuit of hope when you yourself are trying so hard to find it.
my prayers are with my friends who are also struggling to find the light at the end of each of their days.
it's there! we just have to look hard and know we're in this together!
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