"Until You Won Me Over" by Trent Dabbs featured on One Tree Hill

Why you gotta look so sad 
Why'd you pick today 
Don't talk yourself out of this 
We're all afraid 

They say it comes when you don't look 
So I'll help you look away 
You always try to make me smile 
Let me do the same 

Oh I was given the sunlight 
A thousand chances to live a sweet life 
Oh I cut all my loses 
I thought I lost you 

Until you won me over 
Until you won me over... darling 

I'll live off the hope I find 
To talk to you all night 
And we'll put all the stars together 
And make them line 

Running circles in the wind 
As we're falling free 
I'm never looking back this time 
Just stay with me 

Oh I was given the sunlight, 
A thousand chances to live a sweet life 
Oh I had cut all my loses 
I thought I lost you 

Until you won me over 
Until you won me over... 
Darling ... darling 

Oh I was given the sunlight, 
A thousand chances to live a sweet life 
Oh I had cut all my loses 
I thought I lost you 

Until you won me over 
Until you won me over... darling

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Laundry Day

Today I went out to do laundry.
As I was waiting for it, I sat outside on a bench.
I had a lot on my mind.
I was thinking of Mom and Bella.
I was thinking of all the hate in the world.
It bothers me that there is so much hate
in the world.

I sat there for about 20 minutes.
I closed my eyes to look up at the sun.
It was nice and sunny outside.
I just wanted to feel the sun on my face.

I guess you could say I was having a
conversation with God. I always like to do that.

When I opened my eyes and looked
down at the bench I saw a little medal
right beside me.
Now, I was sitting there for 20 minutes
with my eyes opened and didn't notice
the medal.  So I don't if it was there and
I just didn't notice it?  Or, if someone put
it there when I had my face turned up to
the sky and my eyes closed.

It was a little crucifix with Mary and Joseph on it.
I picked it up and turned it over.

It said:
"Jesus, Mary, Joseph
Be with us on our way."

I took it to mean
God is with me.
I can't change the world.
I can only do my part.
Just keep doing good.
Everything will be ok.
I am always with you.

Forgiveness

Because of my insecurities, I make a lot of mistakes
and use poor judgment, and make poor choices.

Just know that I am truly sorry.

Because I admire or care too much it
ends up looking like something else.

My need to be liked ends up ruining things.

I want to keep trying to do better.

I know God forgives me,
but do I forgive myself?

I beat myself up so badly.

I hope one day
I will like myself enough
to not seek other's approval.

I know deep down inside
I have a good heart and God knows my heart.

But, I still struggle with insecurities
that end up making things much worse.

I hope you can forgive me.
I hope I can make better choices.
I hope I can forgive myself.

Trent Dabbs - Stay By Me

Nobody Cares

but nobody cares
nobody cares
if they hurt you

they just keep going
as if it didn't matter

round and round
into oblivion

nobody cares
nobody cares

hurt
hurt
ignore
just keep on

hurting
hurting
hurting

because
nobody cares
anymore

people don't care
who they hurt
it's all a game

People's feelings are not a joke
or a game to me.

They are real
They are important

Care

Here's the problem I have with today's society:

It goes something like this:

You can't take my being sarcastic.
You get all hurt and what not.
I'm just being real and honest.
If you can't take it, that's your problem.
I don't care what you think
I don't like fake people.
I like to be real and tell it like it is.
You need to toughen up.
It's a bad world out there.
and what we want to say
we need to say
because we can
and we will
regardless of how it affects someone, right?


But here's what I have to say about all that:

maybe it would be nice if people did care?
about hurting other people's feelings?
how about holding back?
and not blurting out?
how about refraining?
because you care about other people's feelings
for a change.
It takes more strength to care about others.
doesn't it?

It takes more strength to not blurt out the first
thing that comes to mind and to stop and think
how it might affect someone else, doesn't it?

Maybe it's time to start caring about
other people's feelings?

cause we're only human

I wonder when people
will start to care enough
about each other

to "not say".

When you care about others
it sometimes means "pausing".

I believe that
"freedom of speech"
should include
"freedom of thought".

Cause words can tear apart
what took a lifetime to build
and sometimes words can tear apart
someone who does not want to live

Hate never brings about love
Hate never inspires anyone
Hate never encourages anyone

The purpose of life
is to love, inspire and encourage
each of us to be the best we can be.

Caring is priceless.