Confessions of Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

Alright, so helping out with my grandparents lead me to some late nights which meant lots of bad TV to keep me awake. I feel like I got caught up on all kinds of American pop culture that I missed from 2008-2010 by watching E! after 9:00 (Keeping Up With The Kardashains, Dance Moms). Confession- I've never watched anything on E! before last week. Close to midnight a special interview with Selena Gomez came on and I watched it. Yup. The WHOLE hour of it. She's a remarkable kid with a great grasp of reality (according to the E! interview, anyway). I started to do that "Input" thing and researched her (no pink horses here!), eventually landing on the page of her friend, Alyson Stoner.
I didn't have to scroll very far to see something that I really liked about this girl.
"As I recorded my version of this song, I prayed for God to help me understand and convey a level of hurt similar to John’s. What was revealed to me was powerful. I hadn’t experienced the demise of a romantic relationship, but I’d fallen in love with other things in this world that would fail to satisfy eternally; namely, my career.
For 11 years, I’d romanced my career by developing my craft, building my resume, and working consistently (without moral compromise, of course). But as I made my career my ULTIMATE thing, I sacrificed other important areas of my life, including relationships with family/friends/God, my health, and my education. Making any good thing an ULTIMATE thing will ALWAYS lead to destruction… it’s misguided worship. Worship intended to be directed toward the Source/Giver of the good thing. And, I can’t take any of my success to the grave anyway. Not my career. Not fame. Not money. Nothing. It’s like slow dancing in a burning room."
Check out the cover and her full blog statement here.

Go on and check them out... I won't judge you for following through on your input impulses. And, my confession of a guilty pleasure, I do like Selena Gomez' music... it makes me wanna dance! :-)