put your best foot forward with a grin

there were quite a few things on my mind earlier that i was tossing around as good ideas to post about, but they seem to all be gone now. probably due to major lack of sleep. last night was great, but i didn't go to bed until 7 am, and while i did sleep most of the day, i'm still pretty groggy.

i had some song in mind earlier, thinking that it was just perfect for this coming year...it's on the tip of my tongue, but i can't

oh wait, now i remember:

Nobody's Got It All Together
By Jill Phillips

Working hard to tie up the loose ends
So hard to decide who you let in
Put your best foot forward with a grin

I can see the fear behind your eyes
Wondering if someone will recognize
You’ve grown tired of keeping up the lies

Don’t whitewash the truth about yourself ‘cause
Nobody’s got it all together
If you want to be like everyone else well
Nobody’s got it all together

I have seen the darkness of my heart
And found a love that taught me its too hard
To walk through life and not let down my guard

What good is it to say "please Savior come"
If there is nothing you need rescue from
Life is something no one has a corner on

Don’t whitewash the truth about yourself ‘cause
Nobody’s got it all together
If you want to be like everyone else well
Nobody’s got it all together

When the parts that are self righteous
Start to disappear
Every other life is
Just another mirror
And life is way too short to run and hide

Don’t whitewash the truth about yourself ‘cause
Nobody’s got it all together
If you want to be like everyone else well
Nobody’s got it all together

(to listen to it live, check this link out)

Jill Phillips is probably one of my favorite singers/song writers, and this song is one of the reasons why. I love the honesty and cleverness of her writing, and I think she's a person I'd actually hang out with in real life.

This song is what I want to characterize 2009...This reality that it's ok to not be perfect or good enough because nobody is. I know that's kind of a "duh" statement, but it's one that I'm realizing I know in my head but don't necessarily KNOW in my heart. I could go on and on about this song, but I think it's pretty self explanatory. Trust Him, let go, stop trying to be good enough.

Easier said than done, for sure.

But it's a new year. Full of potential.