typography and horns that toot

a couple weekends ago i was in a conversation with my friends and i said, "changing for someone is different than changing because of someone." i thought it was pretty darn profound and worth writing down, if i'm gonna toot my own horn. ok, i just did.

it's simple though. there are some people in your life that you change for. those people exhaust me. maybe not while i'm in relationship with them, but certainly when i'm done. i've stopped a few times and thought, "God, i'm actually thankful that was seasonal, because i am real tired." you're on a hamster wheel with no one refilling your weird side-of-the-cage water bottle for any refreshers. spinning, spinning, spinning until you're dizzy and tired and wondering why the heck you look like this, talk like that, or dress like ya do.

and then there's those that you change because of. they are like tiny little one year old hands that you find have made their way to the place where your heart is, accompanied by an adorably impedimented speech saying, "joy, i wub you."

these people have staying power and are inspirational in every sense of the word. they listen to you when you call them at 2am crying about something stupid and stay on the phone with you until you're laughing about something stupid. they double ring your bell on the way home from another day of changing the world. they hold your hand a little tighter when they feel like the sidewalk has some sort of danger. and they pay for your braces when your teeth look like a sloth procreated with a jungle.

they're always gently and not-so-gently nudging you closer to the person of God which is encompassed by love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self-control. coincidentally all of the areas i could use some help in. and it has nothing to do with how you're altering your physical appearance, what you're wearing, or how you're speaking... but everything to do with living forever.

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