A 19 year old UVU student and close personal friend passed away on September 21st of this year, Adam Christiansen. Adam taught me that even though the toughest of times happiness and love can still be found. To quote Adam from his life, "Something I've learned as I've experienced such a wide variety in life through the things I've done, places I've been, and people I've known is that so very little is actually about me. What is really important is not how much or what we are able to accomplish for ourselves in life, although that is a very common taught theme. True success, true power, true happiness is all determined by what we can contribute to the world and how well we can help others."
This has not been an easy thing for me to remember. I am thankful that I could know someone as wonderful as Adam.
Below are some lyrics I wrote in regards to what Adam taught me. May all your days be filled with Peace, Happiness, and Love. -Grant Ellsworth
Days are dreams and my dreams nightmares
I live my life in a lie like healthcare.
Because no one cares for the beggar anymore
the love of man has waxed cold
The earth has become decrepit, used up & old. The end of days is near, & war is coming, white walkers approach, & ya'll will be running.
They'll carry guns in place of ice & kill more than a thousand crows twice.
Because they live in misery full of hate & despise,
They tell they're happy, but if you know better you see they're lies
& I'll show you proof that every word I say is true
I'll pull it from the people you know, you've invited them in
& heard them in homes.
They said you can't buy love & we all know this true
A universal truth like I love you.
So when the hater looks in your eyes & tells you he's happy, remember he's tied up in lies like a chain of misery noose wrapped around his neck.
& you can bet I get respect.
everywhere I go, the people know who I am & what I be, because everyday I go hard I go me,
& my love of mankind is strong, don't get me wrong I never said I was perfect,
there is but one who is
Christ His Son & he loves us
So don't let the hate get you down, rise up like a wave in the title storm, rise up like the person you were born to be
Change this world, lets make history, because life will always be what you make it to mean.
& me...I make it a life worth living.
