Love Like Crazy

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Some of country music has some great messages.  I’ve really gotten into a song by Lee Brice lately, called “Love Like Crazy.”  For those of you who’ve read the blog before, you should notice the recurring theme here.  I’m a big fan of love, as I believe it’s our main purpose.

The chorus of the song is asking an old man how he’s made it all these years so successfully:

  • “Just ask him how he did it; he’ll say pull up a seat.
    It’ll only take a minute, to tell you everything:
    Be a best friend, tell the truth, and overuse “I Love You,”
    Go to work, do your best, don’t outsmart your common sense,
    Never let your prayin’ knees get lazy,
    And love like crazy.”

I think this is probably the best and most comprehensive list of the things you need to do to be successful that I’ve ever seen.  I love when songs get it exactly right, and that’s why I love this song so much.

Life would utterly stink without a best friend.  For some, that’s a spouse.  For others, that’s just your closest buddy who would be there next to you no matter what.  The important note from the song is not that you have a best friend, but that you be one.  If you act like a best friend does, you will have many close relationships.

When we don’t tell the truth, we create this web of little lies that can lead to even bigger problems.  We start to lose ourselves in the lies, and suddenly we realize that we aren’t sure who we are anymore.  We can’t tell what’s real and what’s something we made up to sound cool or to stay out of trouble.

I love the idea of overusing “I love you,” because most people hold it in way too long.  This doesn’t have to be the romantic “I love you.”  Sure, you save that for someone special, and only until you’re really sure.  But there’s nothing wrong with letting your friends know it.  Tell your parents, sister, brother, kids, grandparents, teachers, students, etc.  Tell EVERYBODY!  Everyone wants to feel loved, what better way to show them than to simply tell them.

We’re going to have to go to work to be successful in life.  But that doesn’t have to be a negative.  Find that thing you’re passionate about and go to work to do that.  Set out each day to work hard and accomplish something.  Remember: it’s the little victories.

Do your best.  My dad always told us, before any sporting event, school thing, concert, whatever — “Do your best and have fun.”  You certainly can’t have fun if you’re not doing your best.  It’s only fun to know you’ve really put in your best effort.  Then you can be proud of the results.

Here’s a big one: don’t outsmart your common sense.  You have it for a reason.  It’s pretty simple what this comes down to, avoid doing dumb things.  While I doubt a lot of us will ever be contenders for the Darwin Awards, simply trying to make good decisions everyday can lead you to live a very successful life.

The last one is the most important one.  Even if you overuse “I love you,” but you don’t love like crazy, you have done nothing.  You’ve got to actually love like crazy.  Love your neighbor, love your family, love your boss, love the idiot that works next to you who can’t seem to get anything right.  And how do we love everyone?  Simple: we help whenever we can.

Starting today, live a successful life.  Be somebody’s best friend, tell the truth, work hard and do your best, use your common sense, and most importantly: love like crazy.

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Permalink | November 3rd, 2009

2 Responses

  1. mborinaga Says:
    November 4th, 2009 3:32 am

    wow…

    good…i like it and well appreciated by my friends..

  2. vero.val Says:
    November 5th, 2009 1:04 am

    I also think that love is our number one purpose, even if some people just don’t get. Loved it!!

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