Irony, More Pulitzers, and An Epiphany

The Benchwarmers are wallowing in irony today. Denelle, there are certain songs that take me right back to my college days and that is one of them. Someday Brad and I will have to share our plankton lab college memories with everyone.

In my Pulitzer blog yesterday, I failed to mention that The Times Picayune and The Sun Herald won Pulitzers for their reporting of the Katrina disaster. Definite props are in order to both of these, and we're especially excited for the New Orleans, LA based Picayune.

And talking about going back to my music from the college days, I came across this interview with Leigh Nash (formerly of Sixpence None the Richer) over at Relevant Magazine. I bring it to your attention because she makes this one statement that was a total epiphany for me. You know how you have those moments where something blows the lid off of your thinking? This was one of them.

I prefer to be an instrument. Like, if you hold your hands open, God can use them, but if you're holding on to some dream or something you want to do so tight and your hands are closed, He can't. I try to keep them open so they can be used.

Why do I have such a hard time learning that lesson?

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