You are Loved

You are Loved by Josh Groban

Don't give up
It's just the weight of the world
When your heart's heavy
I...I will lift it for you

Don't give up
Because you want to be heard
If silence keeps you
I...I will break it for you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Don't give up
Because you are loved

Don't give up
It's just the hurt that you hide
When you're lost inside
I...I will be there to find you

Don't give up
Because you want to burn bright
If darkness blinds you
I...I will shine to guide you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Don't give up
Because you are loved

You are loved
Don't give up
It's just the weight of the world
Don't give up
Every one needs to be heard
You are loved



I really wish I had the strength to always stick to these principles. I feel like this is the motto I try to live by, but my own insecurities get in the way. I want to just be able to see everyone for how/who they are, and love them for it.
Yet, see....where I get lost is when I want to be loved myself. Loving others does not require anything in return....if it's true love. Thats where I get messed up, because I feel like sometimes I "play" at loving people, because I want/need their love in return. Playing at love is not genuine and only hurts me and those I am trying to love.....in the long run I think.

“People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.”


This song is extremely beautiful to me and, as I said above, I feel like it's the motto or principle that I try to live by. I get caught up in things of the world, often enough to be ashamed of myself, but I really do try to change or improve upon my habits, hang-ups, insecurities or whatever else is holding me back from being able to fully love others. I think if we could all remember that we are brothers and sisters, sons and daughters (of worldly parents as well as our Heavenly Father), friends, boyfriends and girlfriends, husbands and wives, children and parents, and above all human beings, each with feelings, experiences, memories, emotions, and opinions as real and acute as our own, then we could live in a truly beautiful world.


Click on the title of this post for the music video. :)


Lets not hide our love out of fear. No one can ever truly love you and appriciate the amazing talents and spirit that you have if you keep it hidden. Don't be afraid. Most people are just waiting for that one person to speak up and be themselves, so that they can gain the courage to do the same. Lets be that kind of person. Lets inspire!


Hidden Away by Josh Groban

Over mountains and sky blue seas
On great circles, will you watch for me?
The sweetest feeling I've got inside
I just can't wait to get lost in your eyes

And all these words that you meant to say
Held in silence day after day
Words of kindness that our poor hearts crave
Please, don't keep them hidden away

Sing it out so I can finally breathe in
I can take in all the same
Holding out for something I believe in
All I really need today

I want to free your heart, I want to see your heart
Please, don't keep your heart hidden away

You're a wonder, how bright you shine
A flickered candle in a short lifetime
A secret dreamer that never shows
If no one sees you then nobody knows

And all these words you were meant to say
Held in silence day after day
Words of kindness that our poor hearts crave
Please, don't keep them hidden away

Sing it out so I can finally breathe in
I can take in all the same
Reaching out for someone I believe in
All I really need today

I want to feel your love, will you reveal your love?
Please, don't keep your love hidden away
I want to free your heart, I want to see your heart
Please, don't keep your heart hidden away



Here is the link to this song. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnPICiigM5Q&NR=1


“My son(daughter), peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes.” (D&C 121:7–8.)