We’re running with the notion that being right is better than being kind. 

Driven home by grief, Cole returns to his family after being away for five years. He soon discovers that his brother, Joe, is locked in a bitter feud with a family who wants everything he’s built for himself.

When he prays for a fan who was going through a tough time.

Too many good songs, not enough time.

James Barker Band, “Chills.”

“I never get tired of waking up next to you. And it’s alright with me if that’s all I ever do.” — “All I Ever Do,” Bowen

Absolutes beget absolutes. We are taught that only our ideology and culture is the best, with the implication that any other way of thinking is less desirable.

You have no choice but to confront many of these fear-inducing situations on a daily basis – at which point you quickly learn that your fears are almost always unjustified, self-imposed limitations.

Miranda Lambert does it once again.

I used to fall for the boys with lifted trucks because it made me feel something, it made me feel alive in a town that was so dead.