tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454060990955759822011-08-01T13:03:15.362-07:00Hardekopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159645273600529069noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545406099095575982.post-78558916696962753512009-02-19T19:29:00.000-08:002009-12-28T16:16:18.695-08:00There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.<br /><br />-Nelson Mandela<br /><br />I've returned and am inspired to tackle greatness in B'ham...<br /><br />BH<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/545406099095575982-7855891669696275351?l=bradhardekopf.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hardekopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159645273600529069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545406099095575982.post-42825498503266561552008-08-31T20:03:00.000-07:002011-06-29T19:02:40.157-07:00You can't get your answer there. In fact, you can't get your answer from any of the things men chase after to find their sense of self. There is only one source for the answer to your question. And so no matter where you've taken your question, you've got to take it back. You have to walk away.<div><br />-John Eldridge, Wild at Heart<div><br /><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/545406099095575982-4282549850326656155?l=bradhardekopf.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hardekopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159645273600529069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545406099095575982.post-9391698784641528022008-06-29T18:23:00.000-07:002010-12-23T19:38:46.794-08:00I don’t want to leave here<br />I don’t want to stay<br />It feels like pinching to me either way<br />The places I long for the most<br />Are the places where I’ve been<br />They are calling after me like a long lost friend<br /><br />It’s not about losing faith<br />It’s not about trust<br />It’s all about comfortable<br />When you move so much<br />The place I was wasn’t perfect<br />But I had found a way to live<br />It wasn’t milk or honey<br />But then neither is this<br /><br />CHORUS:<br />I’ve been painting pictures of Egypt<br />Leaving out what it lacked<br />The future seems so hard<br />And I want to go back<br />But the places that used to fit me<br />Cannot hold the things I've learned<br />And those roads closed off to me<br />While my back was turned<br /><br />The past is so tangible<br />I know it by heart<br />Familiar things are never easy to discard<br />I was dying for some freedom<br />But now I hesitate to go<br />I am caught between the promise<br />And the things I know<br /><br />If it comes too quick<br />I may not appreciate it<br />Is that the reason behind all this time and sand?<br />If it comes too quick<br />I may not recognize it<br />Is that the reason behind all this time and sand?<br /><br /><br />How tempting is the past when the future is so uncertain...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/545406099095575982-939169878464152802?l=bradhardekopf.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hardekopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159645273600529069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545406099095575982.post-16551542063169599982008-05-04T19:13:00.000-07:002010-12-23T19:40:59.198-08:00I've done my fair share of John Eldridge reading this weekend at the neighborhood pool and there are two quotes that stick out in my mind that will hopefully trickle down to my soul eventually...<br /><br />1) Life is a not a problem to be solved; it is an adventure to be lived.<br /><br />2) If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he is here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. He has got to get his heart back.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/545406099095575982-1655154206316959998?l=bradhardekopf.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hardekopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159645273600529069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545406099095575982.post-34971818099461526932008-04-13T20:33:00.000-07:002011-06-29T19:03:39.031-07:00After an overly social weekend out of Brad, he's decided it is past time for him to start putting some of his tales of Houston down on paper.<br /><br />This city evokes much out of my thought life, so the blog could get a little bumpy at times. I'm sure it will have little impact on the overall scheme of literature, but life is too short and entertaining for me not to share it.<br /><br />This is more of an introduction post, so I won't throw out too much depth. The last three months has seen me as a harmless defendant in a case for the ages, a skin cancer survivor, and an innocent bystander on the wild ride in Comet land. Only to say... 2008 is shaping up to be a real winner.<br /><br />My only complex thought comes from a devotional book I am currently reading called Streams in the Desert -- which is quite a fitting name for now. "The secret of knowing God's complete sufficiency is in coming to the end of everything in ourselves and our circumstances. Once we reach this point... we will recognize these things as the necessary conditions for blessings."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/545406099095575982-3497181809946152693?l=bradhardekopf.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hardekopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159645273600529069noreply@blogger.com3