As always it has been way too long since my last post. I did however find out that there are a few more people that read my blog than I thought. I'm very excited about this so, thank you to the unacknowledged readers who still stuck with me.
I'm very happy to be home, all cozy up in my blanket and not doing much of anything. I've been working on some projects, I can't tell you about them now, but I assure you when I can, you will be just as excited as I am.
Home is very good. Not much goes on and that's just the way I like it. I drove my car and actually left the house for the first time other than to eat today. The last time I was in my car was Thursday morning. WHEW!
I don't really have much else to tell you other than I am enjoying the world without the internet everyday and without constantly being connected to wifi.
I hope your spring break is finding you well and I also hope to see you soon. All of you.
Goodnight.
27 March 2011
21 March 2011
I've been waiting for you.
"The best things in life are free but you can give them to the birds and the bees I want money."
This is a lyric from a song from the 80's that I think is very applicable to the average college student dilemma. The best things in life are free. They will always be there to comfort you, to feed you and to hold you. The challenge I see myself facing is whether or not those free things are worth it. Of course the answer is yes. They will always be there because they love you, they care about you, and they want you to be happy. These things, or people, are there to comfort you and tell you everything is going to be okay. These are the good things.
The dilemma I'm referring to is the friends vs. school/now vs. later options we, as college students, face every day. The things you love to do are usually free and include your friends. These are the things that dreams are made of and that you want to spend most of your time on. The bad part is that you can't always do that because in the end, you want the money. That's what college is about. You may have heard it's about finding yourself or your soul mate or your path in life but it isn't. The really purpose of college is to send you away for four years and process you, teach you things you really don't need to learn for your career, and hope that after $110,000+ you'll have a piece of paper deeming you qualified to do some sort of task. Good and well knowing the whole time that they will retrain you and probably tell you to throw out everything you learned in college on the first day.
The challenges we face are in maintaining these free things or keeping them on the back burner while we work on making money. What is more important?
I'm sad to say that i've raised all of these questions without an answer. I have no idea which is more important. I like to say that the time I spend with my friends everyday is more important but I can't. I can't say that if I had a test tomorrow I would throw my books aside and hang out with my friends. So that proves that life is more important.
I know I go back and forth a lot on the subject of life being hard. I know I have to put my big girl panties on and deal with it and I know sometimes that that is hard. Sometimes I just don't feel like wearing pants at all and climbing into my bed all day and watching Greek. Those are the days that I, and I think you probably do too, that it is worth it. I know I've written several blogs on it being worth it and I keep promising myself it is. I know it is. I've felt it. I guess this is just me acknowledging that yes, sometimes, it is hard.
Sometimes you just want to be chased after when you stomp away and caught when you fall. Unfortunately, some of those times when you rely on that to happen you'll just keep running or fall flat on your face. There is no telling.
Frequently I tell my friends that I keep jumping off of this cliff waiting to fly because one of these days all of the trying and falling and all of the heartache and bellyaching over it will be worth it and I'll fly. I'll lift my feet off of the ground and soar into the air. That's what makes it worth it. You are what makes it worth it. The few that take the time to read my blog and even act like they understand are what makes it worth it.
Thank you.
This is a lyric from a song from the 80's that I think is very applicable to the average college student dilemma. The best things in life are free. They will always be there to comfort you, to feed you and to hold you. The challenge I see myself facing is whether or not those free things are worth it. Of course the answer is yes. They will always be there because they love you, they care about you, and they want you to be happy. These things, or people, are there to comfort you and tell you everything is going to be okay. These are the good things.
The dilemma I'm referring to is the friends vs. school/now vs. later options we, as college students, face every day. The things you love to do are usually free and include your friends. These are the things that dreams are made of and that you want to spend most of your time on. The bad part is that you can't always do that because in the end, you want the money. That's what college is about. You may have heard it's about finding yourself or your soul mate or your path in life but it isn't. The really purpose of college is to send you away for four years and process you, teach you things you really don't need to learn for your career, and hope that after $110,000+ you'll have a piece of paper deeming you qualified to do some sort of task. Good and well knowing the whole time that they will retrain you and probably tell you to throw out everything you learned in college on the first day.
The challenges we face are in maintaining these free things or keeping them on the back burner while we work on making money. What is more important?
I'm sad to say that i've raised all of these questions without an answer. I have no idea which is more important. I like to say that the time I spend with my friends everyday is more important but I can't. I can't say that if I had a test tomorrow I would throw my books aside and hang out with my friends. So that proves that life is more important.
I know I go back and forth a lot on the subject of life being hard. I know I have to put my big girl panties on and deal with it and I know sometimes that that is hard. Sometimes I just don't feel like wearing pants at all and climbing into my bed all day and watching Greek. Those are the days that I, and I think you probably do too, that it is worth it. I know I've written several blogs on it being worth it and I keep promising myself it is. I know it is. I've felt it. I guess this is just me acknowledging that yes, sometimes, it is hard.
Sometimes you just want to be chased after when you stomp away and caught when you fall. Unfortunately, some of those times when you rely on that to happen you'll just keep running or fall flat on your face. There is no telling.
Frequently I tell my friends that I keep jumping off of this cliff waiting to fly because one of these days all of the trying and falling and all of the heartache and bellyaching over it will be worth it and I'll fly. I'll lift my feet off of the ground and soar into the air. That's what makes it worth it. You are what makes it worth it. The few that take the time to read my blog and even act like they understand are what makes it worth it.
Thank you.
13 March 2011
A glass of champagne at the end of an old mans life.
I tried to blog but I couldn't so I took to youtube for some inspiration. Here are some of the clips I found helpful. Maybe you will be too.
Enjoy these clips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPnudujlBZI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7UDOIvatgw
I hope you all get to enjoy a glass of champagne at the end of a full life and remember to wear sunscreen. That you can flap your arms and believe that there really are angels out there helping us sometimes. Believe in the power of people and that at the end of the day it really is all worth it. No matter what you look like, no matter how you feel. Truffle shuffle or blue paint on your face, you will make it and people will follow you. You will achieve whatever you want because this is your time. You will win no matter what the odds.
I hope you're sufficiently inspired.
Enjoy these clips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPnudujlBZI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7UDOIvatgw
I hope you all get to enjoy a glass of champagne at the end of a full life and remember to wear sunscreen. That you can flap your arms and believe that there really are angels out there helping us sometimes. Believe in the power of people and that at the end of the day it really is all worth it. No matter what you look like, no matter how you feel. Truffle shuffle or blue paint on your face, you will make it and people will follow you. You will achieve whatever you want because this is your time. You will win no matter what the odds.
I hope you're sufficiently inspired.
02 March 2011
Chicago Bulls
Today I'd really like to talk to you about trying, about keepin' on with the keep on, but I just can't bring myself to do it. No matter how many times I tell you life is worth living, love is all you need, and that the sun really will come out tomorrow, you won't believe me until you want to.
Now I promised to myself when I started this blog that I wouldn't hold back and that I would keep telling the truth so that is what I'm going to do.
Life isn't always as hard as it seems. Sometimes the hardest part is waking up in the morning and realizing that it's a whole new day. It's hard to realize that the sun has made a whole trip around the world and is back again to break through the night and light up our world for a while. It's hard to break the barrier between your feet and the floor and come to see that getting out of bed is the only way you're going to be able to get back in it for the night. That getting up and doing what you do everyday is the only way you'll begin to thrive again.
This is a quote I found by Michael Jordan:
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”~ Michael Jordan
People say that failure isn't an option but we all know good and well that it is. When I do something that people say wasn't good enough, or that I didn't make the cut, or that I've disappointed them I see that not as a failure, but as an opportunity. I see that as a chance to improve myself for the next go round. Sometimes life gives you lemons and sometimes it doesn't. You have to make the best of those lemons, or absence of lemons however you see it. Let your mistakes guide you and show you how you can keep from repeating them. Everyone has heard their mom say that history repeats itself, right? It's your job not to let it.
Now it's been said that it's not the destination, but how you get there. There are many detours most of the time when you are trying to reach a destination, but that doesn't mean you can't stop while you're on those detours and see the worlds biggest cup of yogurt or go swimming for a whole day. Life is about the journey, not the destination. It's about the experiences we gain while we are here and the mistakes we make that lead us to where we are right now. Right this moment. Every mistake you've made has led you here, to this place where you are living your life. Embrace it. Look around you and enjoy the blessings God has given you and use them.
John Lennon once said "Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans." and I strongly agree with it. Sometimes planning to make plans is just to much and you have to stop. You have to grab life by the horns and do something with it. What's the destination if the journey wasn't worth it. There are no such things as mistakes or rights or wrongs, there are just incidents and learning experiences. Nothing you do is going to change that.
Find your purpose and do everything it takes to make it yours. Embrace the path that you have been thrown down on and find a way to thrive or quite frankly you are going to die here. No roots and no desire to grow. Stuck in a rut of a dead end decision that could have taken you further. You're stronger than that readers. I know you won't let that happen. You will get up and keep moving. You will plant roots in the right path, and you will thrive.
Remember, I believe in you.
Now I promised to myself when I started this blog that I wouldn't hold back and that I would keep telling the truth so that is what I'm going to do.
Life isn't always as hard as it seems. Sometimes the hardest part is waking up in the morning and realizing that it's a whole new day. It's hard to realize that the sun has made a whole trip around the world and is back again to break through the night and light up our world for a while. It's hard to break the barrier between your feet and the floor and come to see that getting out of bed is the only way you're going to be able to get back in it for the night. That getting up and doing what you do everyday is the only way you'll begin to thrive again.
This is a quote I found by Michael Jordan:
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”~ Michael Jordan
People say that failure isn't an option but we all know good and well that it is. When I do something that people say wasn't good enough, or that I didn't make the cut, or that I've disappointed them I see that not as a failure, but as an opportunity. I see that as a chance to improve myself for the next go round. Sometimes life gives you lemons and sometimes it doesn't. You have to make the best of those lemons, or absence of lemons however you see it. Let your mistakes guide you and show you how you can keep from repeating them. Everyone has heard their mom say that history repeats itself, right? It's your job not to let it.
Now it's been said that it's not the destination, but how you get there. There are many detours most of the time when you are trying to reach a destination, but that doesn't mean you can't stop while you're on those detours and see the worlds biggest cup of yogurt or go swimming for a whole day. Life is about the journey, not the destination. It's about the experiences we gain while we are here and the mistakes we make that lead us to where we are right now. Right this moment. Every mistake you've made has led you here, to this place where you are living your life. Embrace it. Look around you and enjoy the blessings God has given you and use them.
John Lennon once said "Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans." and I strongly agree with it. Sometimes planning to make plans is just to much and you have to stop. You have to grab life by the horns and do something with it. What's the destination if the journey wasn't worth it. There are no such things as mistakes or rights or wrongs, there are just incidents and learning experiences. Nothing you do is going to change that.
Find your purpose and do everything it takes to make it yours. Embrace the path that you have been thrown down on and find a way to thrive or quite frankly you are going to die here. No roots and no desire to grow. Stuck in a rut of a dead end decision that could have taken you further. You're stronger than that readers. I know you won't let that happen. You will get up and keep moving. You will plant roots in the right path, and you will thrive.
Remember, I believe in you.
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