Oh, what good is it to live with nothing left to give Forget but not forgive, not loving all you see

Artist- Coldplay
Song of the day- Swallowed in the Sea

I knew this guy a few years ago, the kind of guy you don't believe really exists till you meet him. And not just in the "good man is hard to find" kind of way but I remember being actually surprised by him. It was his passion for life and for God and for people that was so shocking. Unless you know him or his story it's hard to describe. To him each day, each moment was this amazing adventure that God was leading him on. Every person to cross his path he saw as a gift and would immediately cherish them, dive into their lives, genuinely curious about who they were. He lead a group of us through India and I would often see him on a crowded Kolkata bus laughing and talking with random strangers. He would come back with new friends all the time and so nonchalantly bring up God to anyone. I've toured mosques in Bangladesh with him as he sat with the most devout Muslim's joking and taking pictures, I've been detained at border crosses waiting for him for hours where I was certain we were about to be kicked out of a country or arrested only to see him leaving shaking hands and smiling with officials. He tours the world meeting people on his way just going on adventures with God and it's a kind of faith that inspires and scares me and leaves me with a desire to do the same. I remember trips on day long train rides he would borrow my ipod and tell me how he constantly listened to this one song and how beautiful it was in the way it painted love. And I have to say to this day I still don't fully understand this song, but can't stop thinking about it. I think it was the smile in his face I remember, it was the same smile he would get when talking about his future wife. He hadn't met her yet, but knew God had something amazing in store for Him like He always does. And I haven't really talked to my friend Benji in ages but I saw his wedding picture today after he married his wife just yesterday. And it was that same smile. That same excitement for life and love and God. So here's to my inspiring friend and everyone on making life an adventure I so often take for granted. Make it an exciting one today.



You cut me down a tree and brought it back to me
And that's what made me see where I was going wrong
You put me on a shelf and kept me for yourself
I can only blame myself, you can only blame me

And I could write a song a hundred miles long
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me
And I could write it down or spread it all around
Get lost and then get found or swallowed in the sea

You put me on a line and hung me out to dry
Darling, that's when I decide to go see you
You cut me down to size and opened up my eyes
Made me realize what I could not see

And I could write a book, the one they'll say that shook the world
And then it took, it took it back from me
And I could write it down or spread it all around
Get lost and then get found and you'll come back to me
Not swallowed in the sea

And I could write a song a hundred miles long
Well, that's where I belong and you belong with me
The streets you're walking on, a thousand houses long
Well, that's where I belong and you belong with me
Oh, what good is it to live with nothing left to give
Forget but not forgive, not loving all you see
Oh, the streets you're walking on a thousand houses long
Well, that's where I belong and you belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea

You belong with me, not swallowed in the sea
Yeah, you belong with me