ARE YOU ALL IN?

Lifehouse.

One of my favorite groups.

Here's one reason why:




And I'm sure this song means different things to different people. I suppose it's written as a love song, of sorts.

For the record...for me...it's about life, courage, closed windows/open doors and what you make of it all. Either you're all in or you're not. You can't be half on the court or half off. They call that out-of-bounds. If you give 50%, you'll likely get less than that in return. Aim for 2nd place and eventually 3rd, 4th and lower don't seem so bad. Give 100% or more? Aim for nothing less than 1st? You catch my drift...

I know what I want out of life...for the most part. I have no idea how to get it other than to move in the direction that feels right at the time. That may be different tomorrow than it was today. But I move in these directions with my kids as my focal point. If it's not good for them, it just isn't an option. Period.

That means listening to my head more than my heart sometimes. Well. Always. Because if my head says it's okay, chances are my heart will too. My head tends to be a lot better judge of character and circumstance than my heart. But isn't that generally the case for everyone? Unless you're a robot.

If you know me. You already know all this. I don't do anything half-ass. Why would you? And if I see you doing it that way, chances are I'm gonna call you on it. It's just the way I am if I care about you. If I don't care, don't know you well enough or know for a fact my offer will be refused, I'll back away hoping you know what you're doing. I'll try until I'm told not to anymore and then I'll respect that.

So here's to being All In...

All night staring at the ceiling
counting for minutes I've been feeling this way
So far away and so alone

But you know it's alright
I came to my senses
Letting go of my defenses
There's no way I'm giving up this time
Yeah, you know I'm right here
I'm not losing you this time

And I'm all in, nothing left to hide
I'm falling harder than a landslide
I spend a week away from you last night
And now I'm calling, calling out your name
Even if I lose the game, I'm all in
I'm all in tonight, yeah I'm all in, I'm all in for life

There's no taking back what we've got
Too strong, we've had each other's back for too long
There's no breaking up this time
And you know it's okay, I came to my senses
Letting go of my defenses
There's no way I'm giving up this time

And I'm all in, nothing left to hide
I'm falling harder than a landslide
I spend a week away from you last night
And now I'm calling, calling out your name
Even if I lose the game, I'm all in
I'm all in tonight, yeah I'm all in, I'm all in for life

I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, I want it, I want it, yeah
I want it, I want it, I want it, yeah

And I'm all in, calling out your name
Even if I lose the game, I'm all in, I'm all in for life
And I'm all in, nothing left to hide
I'm falling harder than a landslide
I spend a week away from you last night
And now I'm calling, calling out your name
Even if I lose the game, I'm all in
I'm all in tonight, yeah I'm all in, I'm all in for life
Yeah I'm all in, I'm all in for life