Hang On

So Summer is passing us by quickly and kids are about to go back to school but I would say don't be in to much of a hurry for fall. Everyone should swim at least one more time or at least wade. Just because you haven't been in the water for four years doesn't mean you shouldn't do it again. I mean what's stopping you. If your shy you can always get a kiddie pool and put your feet in it as you set out back and sip a cool refreshing beverage. If you really haven't been in the water in four years or so add alcohol (to your beverage, not the pool)  and repeat until your having fun.

Don't get me wrong. I love Fall just as much as the next person but if your always waiting for the next season how are you going to enjoy the last of this one. It's kind of like playing on your cell phone while at the beach and we all know no one would ever do that. You should never be too grown up to enjoy life. After all, that's what living all about!

Well I'm going to keep this short and sweet because summer is still going on and I hear the pool calling me. I hope your summer stays with you a little longer and you appreciate what you have now. Don't always wait on tomorrow to make things better because you'll miss today.

Say It

Tonight is a question that I would like you to answer through comments. Of course this is a lot easier on your computer then your phone. of course if you would like to use your phone please leave and answer regardless. What is your main concern about the future? This is yours personally and there are no parameters. You are open to tell me any concern you have. It can be one word or ten pages. take your time. I want to thank you ahead of time for your cooperation.

Offended?

Wiping Christianity from government. Everybody has an opinion but I think that people . . . as usual only represent what's best for them. If your a Christian you think everything should stay the way it was 20 years ago and if your not you think that every Bible related aspect should be wiped from the public  view. Well like I've said in the past. If your opinion is all one side or the other your probable wrong.

 

You can believe all the hoopla that people say about the founding fathers being this or that but let me warn you that when your listening to this argument weather they were Christians or not both sides are full of  . . . . . well, Themselves. There are only two dogs in this race. Christians and non Christians. The reason being is Christianity has dominated this country since its inception. During tough times Christians that were in government have added a lot of Religion in the Government. Such as In God We Trust and One Nation Under God.

 

Who does this hurt? Well in reality no one. The big thing now a days is to run around and say I'm offended but in truth it is impossible to be offended in something you don't believe in. That's like saying the gargoyles on government buildings offend you. You might not like the way they look but common sense  would tell you just not to look at them. So why are all these people running around acting like this is a subject of life and death. which it isn't. Is because this is more about hurting people and less about being offended.

 

Some people hate Christians and what they stand for. Just like a lot of Christians ask for this by looking down their noses at non Christians. You might think that this is a struggle of religion, it's not, This whole thing is a struggle of Ego. Who will beat who and therefore if your side wins then that just goes to prove that your right and their wrong. It's the equivalent to Arguing over wearing white after labor day. It doesn't change anything. The Christians will still be Christians and the Non Christians will still be  . . . . you guessed it Non Christians. What we really need to protect is are freedom of speech and art and religion.  Because as long as those three stay intact you will be able to display your Christmas tree and nativity scene in your front yard along with candles, Buddha and a cow.

 

And all Non Believers can ignore them. If anyone threatens your right to display what you want it's your HOA. Oh and by the way if this article offends you . . .  I don't care. As always post your comments and I will get back to you. Have a nice Day. ;{) 

Minivay.

Well tomorrow I hit the road and go back home. So I'm going to miss a couple of days. thanks for your support and I'll be back soon. Until then think about if you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Then convince yourself that it's never too late to change. Have a great Friday and a better weekend.

Blink

She walked up the sidewalk wondering if they were going to notice her today. When she walked into the kitchen her mother didn't even hesitate or pause, she just kept making her brother a sandwich "Do you want Mayonnaise or mustard?"

"I want mayo!" her brother said louder then necessary. He always wanted mayo and her mother asked every time to give him a hard time. This brought a smile to her mothers lips and she couldn't help but to smile also. She would miss this well she wasn't sure about that but she thought she would. About twenty minutes latter her father walked in.

 

He kissed her mother and slapped her brother playfully in the head and then grabbed him and gave him half chock hold and half hug from behind. "How was school?"

"Karen punched Jimmy at lunch today."

"Well I'm sure he deserved it." Dad flatly stated.

"He did." her brother said still giddy about his father coming home.

 

Just like her Mother, her father didn't say anything to her or acknowledge her.  She wish she could take it all back. It was her fault that she was in this predicament. When she had come back it had been too late but she couldn't leave once she saw her brother crying and she longed to make it up to her parents but she knew she would never be able to do it until one day she saw them again a long time from now. She turned around without saying goodbye and left. No one even noticed. before she knew it she was in the light and this time not one told her to turn back.

 

She was wrong about missing the things she thought she would miss. She never missed anything again. The second thing was she didn't seem to take anytime at all to see her family. First her Mother then her Father and then her Brother. It all seemed like a blink of the eye but she was still happy to see them.

Paid For!

 Young Americans for Liberty's photo I really don't know what their group does but it sounds like they are on the right track. Except they forgot that as Americans we have the right to complain about anything! They are on to something when it comes to board people trying to get their self worth by telling other Americans how to live.

HEY now I don't fall into that category. I'm not telling you how to live, I'm telling you how to feel alive. lol. So any way try to remember that if your all one side or the other your probable only half right. Besides I shouldn't have to go back to those famous words "He that is without sin, cast the first stone." We need to start worrying about our rights and less about trying to control each other. If your a single man or women and you think being gay is wrong that's fine. But when you try to tell them to be like you aren't you kind of being counter productive. I mean the more gays of your sex the less competition for you. Just saying.

Remember what I've been saying all along. The politicians want us to fight so while we are worried about who's marrying who they can take away more rights and do less. In reality about 90% of us vote our pocketbooks anyway. So if there is no chance of voting the other side, meaning democrat or republican shouldn't we at least start making the crappy people in office do their jobs. We are their bosses. What do you think your boss would do if you turned in crappy work then told him he needed to cut back on his coffee breaks. Our government needs a major revamping. Less about being in my business and more about doing theirs.

This isn't land of the SUSPECTS and home of the SAFE. It's land of the FREE and home of the BRAVE. We already have the best country, why are we trying to become more like those other countries. Politicians pull your heads out. Your just like everyone else. If you think England, Australia, Canada, are better don't let the door hit you in the ass. America is one of a kind. We are the best because we don't follow others. So why are we trying to do things that Hitler and Mussolini and other jackasses did. Like spy on our own people, take away freedom of speech, take away guns, and make us totally reliant on the government that cant find it's ass with both hands.

If you don't think that they are trying to take away your rights take this into consideration. If you speak out about the government like I just did. They have the legal right to come into my home without a warrant and take me forever without a trial and if they do release me they can put me on the terrorist watch list and that will take away every single right I have as an American. I won't be able to travel, have guns of any kind, They can drain all my bank accounts, take my house, my car, forbid me to see my family and friends, and snatch me in the middle of the night anytime they want and keep me in a dark damp hole while they torture me.

You say they can't do that. Oh Ya? If I'm not a criminal, I don't have any criminal rights. I won't be considered a traitor, just a possible terrorist and I'm not a POW. So yes they can. I wonder what a red white and blue swastika would look like. Now I'm not pretending to be important enough to get this kind of treatment but how are you suppose to get both sides of a story when they can wipe an American citizen off the map like swatting a bug. If the United States Government told you I was a terrorist would you believe it. Nobody that knew me would but that's the point. When your trying to sway a nation you need a lot more then your friends and family to believe you.

You see since 911 we have given them permission to do what ever they want and guess what. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" I guess you all think it's going to go different this time, for us, than it did for every other civilization since forever. History doesn't repeat it's self because it's inevitable, It repeats it's self because we keep on doing the same stupid shit. You should never support any law as an American no matter what the circumstances are that takes away another's rights especially under the falsehood of safety. That's what makes us different. Are we really going to let them decide for all of us. I mean why not. there doing such a bang up job already. We need to start being real Americans that stand up for America and stop being a Democrat, republican, independents or what ever other category you can fit yourself into.

We as a people have stood up to the government several times and we have always eventually got our way. When people have lost there lives standing up to wrong doing by our government. . . . well you can't get more American then that. Can you Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. King. There are thousands of others, don't you think we should have more respect for their sacrifices. Every single right that is wrote into our constitution has been bought by blood. Think about that the next time you tell someone else how to live and don't worry if the minority keeps running the majority you won't have to worry about that. Pretty soon the government will tell them how to live. Lets stop applauding when our leaders break and stretch the law to mandate minority regulations on us just because you belong to that party. Winning is not that important when we all lose.

If the government was doing their jobs in the first place we wouldn't have whole cities and states in bankruptcy. We wouldn't have corporations killing kids for profit. and a thousand other things that our government could have stopped long before they happened. Oh I don't know like the great depression. Starvation of our children in our own country. Instead of spending billions on Something super important like people smoking weed. Lets stop pissing on the lawn while the house is on fire. You don't have to agree with me, that's the beauty of being an American. But we need to start standing for something and we need to do it together. I think a good thing to stand for would be something we already bought. Freedom. I didn't go fight for my country there so I could lose it here.

Your Job

Ok lets get ready for the future. First of all lets stop thinking that someone else is going to fix our problems. Number one is your kids. Your kids are being told by society the wrong things all the time. On TV, on the internet, by the kids at school and by adults all the time. It's your job to make sure that they understand this attack and why it is being waged on them. The truth of the matter is the only person that benefits from your child being informed is your child and you. IF you don't stand up for them then who will? Calvin Klein, Victoria's Secret, the Internet, Apple Inc., Teacher, A Sports Coach, who is teaching your kids why they need to be smarter when it comes to life. I'll tell you, If your not then there is probable a 99.9% chance that they have no idea that they are being scammed on a colossal scale.

 

One of the biggest weaknesses we have as American's is believing the hype and if your feeding it to your child your more to blame then the multimillion dollar companies trying to pry every cent out of your child's hands. If you have the money and you want to spend a 1000 dollars on a purse that's your business but don't buy your daughter the same purse or even a 100 dollar purse because you are setting them up for failure in life and all their friends too. Your right, your kid will be the envy of everyone at school but at what cost. When you don't give a realistic view of the world then you are failing as a parent.

 

You should be talking to your child about saving money and the evils of credit cards and banks and outrageous prices on what things cost. You should at least a couple of times in the 18 years that you have them spend some time helping out the less fortunate, the earlier the better. I don't think it's going to have much of an impact on your 18 year old. As a matter of fact I don't think you would be able to get them off the phone long enough to even know what was going on. A 11 year old though can be told to leave their phone at home. If you cant get your 11 year old to put down their phone you have bigger problems and need to get control of your household. If you can't put down your phone you can't correct them.

 

Back to our problem, this shows them reality. Some of the people you encounter in need have college degrees and had good paying jobs. Don't fool yourself. If you don't think this is reality I can tell you it's a lot more realistic then buying your child the best of everything. You can buy your child gifts, I know I did, but I never bought her the most expensive of anything and I let her know that when she was out on her own that things were going to be tuff. She's still learning but she actually knows what I was telling her rather then ruining up a bunch of credit cards trying to buy the things she is use too.

 

So unless you plan on supporting your kids habbits for the rest of their lives your need to stop. If you are going to support your kids for the rest of your life and then your going to leave them a couple of million when you die then buy all means do what you think is best. Just know that kids that have everything get bored and boredom leads to things that I don't have enough time left in this year to cover. Your child's financial education  is your responsibility, even if you don't have a clue your self it's your job to make your child's life is not like yours but better.

 

Don't let society brainwash your child. Adults tell kids what makes life covenant for them. A coach can be a good example but his main purpose is to teach your kid to play a game not teach your child how to survive. A teachers main job is to teach your kid whatever subject is on the curriculum. Besides did you know that Teachers and Coaches lie to kids all the time. Ya, if you don't know this your not paying attention. Why wouldn't they. Do you think that other people put your kids best interest above their agenda. Heck half of my daughters coaches and teacher didn't even have kids. That doesn't make them crappy teachers or coaches it just makes them too inexperienced to be giving your child advice, besides that's not their job.

 

Now I know that none of us know everything that is going on in our child's life but if you teach your kids the real ways of the world you don't have to. Make sure that your kid knows that they don't have to believe adults. They just have to be respectful to those above them.

Well

Well it's Saturday and if you work the kind of jobs I did all my life that doesn't mean anything to you but if your like most people your enjoying your weekend. I'm not going to take up too much of your time I just want to remind you to remember that a lot of people work so you can enjoy yourself so be kind and courteous to all those people that work 24/7 so you can relax. Be nice even if their not, just don't tip as well.

Jump

Take it from me life can be complicated and if you have the wide perspective on life there is more than one way to skin a cat. What works for someone else will not work for you. You have to do things your own way. Now that doesn't mean that you do things the wrong way it just means if you can achieve the same goals as someone else by taking a different route then by all means do it. Don't let people stop you when they are only looking at things from their point of view. It's OK to make things easy on yourself as long as your not leaning on everyone else to pick up your slack. Your choices do impact your life and those around you but if your a planner and your entering new territory find out as much as you can and then jump.

Once you jump you can do a back flip a front flip or spin or even dive strait down but when you get close to the ground don't forget to pull your chute. Meaning there are some steps that everyone has to do the same way but when it comes to advice. weight it accordingly and then do what's easiest for you as long as it will accomplish your goal which is to land safely on the ground. Use common sense but you can't fly unless you jump. Good Luck.

Light

Don't let them ruin your generosity. I've heard it from lots of different people. I use to give to this charity but the main guy was living in a mansion stealing from the charity or they were only giving ten percent of the proceeds. Or some other crappy thing that crappy people do. Then what happens? We stop giving. We spend all our extra money on five dollar coffee and fifteen dollar fast food or forty dollar restaurants not that your not allowed to spend your money on anything that you want. It's just sad that somebody has to suffer because of some low life scum that would take money from people that disparately need it. If they didn't disparately need it you wouldn't have given it in the first place. Just because someone else steals doesn't make you an idiot for being generous. When someone does this it just makes the people in need . . . . . need more.

 

If you gave before, give again because it does make a difference. Also don't think that you have to put all your eggs in one basket. If you want to give smaller amounts to five different charities then do it. Also when you give your money to somebody it doesn't belong to you anymore so if someone stole from a charity they didn't steal from you they stole the help from the people that needed it. If it wasn't for the giving people in the US the world would be a darker place. We need more light.

Polywhatanates?

OK back to business. Today I want to talk about plastics. Plastics are a vital part of our lives. The plastics industry is the gas and oil industry and are 5 out of 6 biggest companies in the world. So that means they are the most powerful in the world. So what we need to do is band together to fight against single use products that until today I used everyday. Plastic shopping bags, soda bottle, plastic cups and lids. We can make a difference. All it takes is a change in our attitude. Oh and by the way I have discovered that there is a ton of chemicals on heat sensitive paper they use in receipts that enter your body almost immediately through your skin so something else to worry about. I just brought that up because BPA is one harmful chemical you do not want in your body all though it can be found in approximately 93% of us in substantial amounts. BPA is in all your drinking bottles, All your baby bottles, and all your sippy cups. The worse part is Canada has outlawed BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups, and guess what, the companies made BPA free ones for them. So what the hell is are government doing. Nothing as usual. Did you know there are at least 13 chemicals in foods in the US that are banned in almost every county in the world but the US. Why because we bow down to big business. Our government doesn't give a crap about you or your kids unless they can make money from it like all the zero fat and low calorie food that had a whole slew of other chemicals that kill you and was found out to make you fatter. Imagine that. Why are we so scared of cholesterol but not BPA or brominated vegetable oil, sodium benzoate or dozens of other unnecessary chemicals in our food.

BPA is a chemical that was original produced as a birth control drug but it wasn't strong enough but they latter found a use in  . . . . you guessed it. Plastic or Polycarbonates to be specific. So you may say so what's the big deal. Well first of all it's an inhibitor and it causes all kinds of problems including diabetes. the inability to get pregnant and it is a large reason that females are developing at such a young age. Just look up BPA online and you'll find plenty of info that I can't relay as well as they can. So maybe it isn't the growth hormones in cattle or it might be but why add more problems to your child's life.

So all you have to do is stop handling receipt paper and stop drinking out of so many plastic bottles. Just a heads up and I know your not going to like this. Soda and water bottles are not safe at all as a matter of fact research has shown that if your water or soda bottle gets hot it releases enough crap that they are saying throw them away instead of drinking what's in them.. Oh did you know that they line aluminum cans with  . . . . .no don't say it . . . . . BPA and according to one lab test the highest BPA came from energy drinks. I don't know why, maybe the companies don't store their product in controlled environments.  So how hot was the warehouse  that they sat in or the back storage room or the delivery truck. Just something to think about. Even if we stop plastic bottles and handling receipts and stop using all one time use plastic we have another problem on a much larger scale

Millions of tons of plastic is in our oceans and plastic never goes away every plastic molecule every invented is still with us to this day. So big plastic becomes little plastic and then plastic sand and so on. When this plastic floats around it collects lots of other bad chemical such as DDT. IF you know anything about this crap you want to stay away from it. So you might say good plastic collects it. Isn't that at least one good thing. Well it might be if fish and birds wasn't eating this crap by the tons. A good example of this is at Midway. If your a history buff you know this was the turning point in the war against japan. It's a tiny island chain latterly in the middle of the ocean between the US and Japan. It is the place where all the currents collide and create this big bunch of plastics from all over the world. And they are finding dead animals at an alarming rate and these animals all have plastic inside of them. Well I don't know about you but I'm a apex predator so that means I eat stuff out of the ocean and your guessed it. all those chemical that came form plastic are adsorbed into the animals that eat it and the animals that eat them. The United states owns midway atoll and your not allowed to go there without permission and I saw that it took one person three years to get the paperwork just to go visit and see the devastation for herself. There is a full time staff of scantiest and volunteers that collect the plastic and send it to who knows. they had 40 thousand pounds of it or twenty tons of just plastic debris in one year and that's a drop in the bucket to how much is actually in our oceans.

So How are we going to start to fix this problem. Well there is no way to get all the plastic out of the ocean but I'm confident in time most of it will wash up some where and then it can be collected. what we have to do is cut it off at the source and this is where you come in. First of all stop handling those damn receipts and have them put them in the trash unless you need one to possible return something then handle it like it's toxic and wash your hands afterwards. Second this is stop buying and using one time use plastics. If we stop buying it, they will stop producing it. Get you some permanent shopping bags and put them in your car. Buy your family a soda maker that has bpa free plastic containers that can be reused for three years or drink tea in BPA free drinking cups. Oh and one thing I forgot. the hard plastic Sippy cups, get rin order them from a web sight that has BPA free. If you would really like to find out more there are several articles on the internet but here's one to get your started to show you what your up against.  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090521141208.htm

You might find reports that say that BPA in food and drink is lower then what was determined by the government that the big corporations are paying. Some none government scientist have found that BPA had adverse affect on the baby making machines of the mice in levels a thousand times lower then recommended for you or you kids. The plastic companies didn't want you to know that so they tried to get the scientist to sign a piece of paper that wouldn't allow the research to come out until they decided it was time. The same law offices, spin doctors, advertising companies,  research company's and lobbyist  are working for plastic that used to work for the cigarette companies and they are using the same methods of covering up the truth. If it wasn't for whistle blowers we would all still be puffing away thinking wow Winston is toasted. Well the secret is out what are you going to do with it.

Watcher

Take it from me, when I was in prison it was no picnic, People always take you for granted in prison. All everybody wants to do is take take take. I don't know exactly when I decided it but that's not surprising because in prison days run together. I didn't care what day it was just how much time I had left but it was sometime in my last six months. I just decided I wasn't going to give them anymore. You see I had just came to the conclusion that they were going to charge me with the other five murders. I didn't know what kind of evidence they had but I wasn't to happy. I had already done three years and now all of a sudden I'm the prime suspect in five more cold cases. Even if the cops were just trying to close out files they only needed one first degree murder conviction to send me up for life.

I might have to take it in court but I thought if I'm going up for life I sure in the hell not taken it on the inside. So I decided it was time to start showing these boys what I was made of. See they thought I was going easy because I was scared but the truth is I was going easy because I wanted out.

Besides you cant do your job if in your in the pen but when I think about those guys talking behind my back and smirking it is almost as satisfactory  think about what I will do to them as it is on the outside but here they can stop me they can throw me in super max and I can never let that happen so what to do but one day I was laying on my bottom bunk when it came to me. It was so simple I started to laugh out loud. I never had thought about it but it was the perfect solution and all these guys in here and I had never even heard of something like this being attempted.

The more I thought about it the more sense it made. Lucky for me I hadn't started my plan to make them pay. Now I would have to rethink everything. I thought to myself as I laid their catty as a school girl. I got up just as my cellmate came in. he looked at my hard and before he could get the first word out I hit him in the throat and grabbed him by his long greasy hair and smashed his face into the cell wall. Ya it was time. My blood started pumping and for the first time in three years I felt alive and this got me thinking about how enjoyable it would be to end his life but I had to contain myself until it was time.

I stopped short of ending his miserable life and I leaned down while my hands were still around his throat. I grunted low into his ear "If you ever talk to me again I will kill you. Then I kept the arteries on the side of his neck pinched off until he went out. I knew when he woke up he would have a hell of a headache and he would be lucky until he came at me. Then I would finish it. I picked him up and threw him on the top bunk with all his shit. Then I left to take a walk around the cat walk. I had to make a call so I went to the common area and signed the list and sit down on the end of a table by myself. I did what I always did, I watched. I was a watcher, it was part of my job. How could you do your job unless you knew everything about everything and the only way to figure that out was to watch. Other guys would try this and that. They made it easy for me because I just watched and saw. I saw everything from everybody so I knew everything the prisoners knew and everything the guards knew and the best part was no body knew I knew. calls were ten minutes a piece so I would be here for awhile. two hours later the guard called me over.

I gave the guard the number  he called it for me and I picked up the metal hand set on the super short cord and put it to my ear. "I need to see you was all I said into the handset before hanging up just in time for supper. I sat in the corner with my spork in my hand and prayed nobody would mess with me today. I was so close I cold taste it. I could also see me sticking my spork into someone's eye socket and blowing the whole thing. If I had got into trouble at that particular moment it would have been to late but that didn't happen and that's why I'm here today on my job. I thought about wearing a guards face and trying to walk out but it wasn't feasible but it was entertaining to think about it. So enough beating around the bush because I have to do my job and typing this is holding me up.

So anyway it came time for my court date and I had my plan already in action I showed up to court and I was delayed so they brought me back. And I was doing my job. I watched every move of everyone that handled me. Three days later they had me again and it was different guys but their moves were almost identical. I was delayed again. Good thing I made that call. They say third time is a charm and it is unless your a guard. This was my move I went to the bath room and my two guard's watched my like a hawk the whole time I was on the crapper. You see though they cleared the bathroom before I would go in for safety reasons. They searched the whole bathroom before even letting me in. One guard would watch me while the other watched the door and him. It was a pretty good plan. The one by the door to far away. For this reason I chose the last toilet in the huge bathroom. The first guard was out before he hit the floor. The second guard ran down the bathroom to protect his partner like any good guard would do. To bad for him. I took him down and choked him out. I really wanted to kill them but there wasn't time to enjoy it and I didn't have the time. I walked strait out and into the woman's bathroom next door. I pulled the trash bag out of the can and put on the long wig and stuffed the jumper into the trash pulling on the huge hat and black pants suit then I went to the mirror checked myself then I walk right out of the building. No one will ever know who helped me. Especially you. You see I'm a watcher and I've killed dozens and I see you now reading this in front of the TV. I'm doing my job.

F@#$%@# Them

We have the ability to remember lots of different things, good times bad times,  but unfortunately our experiences that shock the soul haunts us above all others. We often think about when somebody did something to us or we did something to someone else. Just in writing this my pulse increased a little and anxiety starts to creep into my throat. These are memories that will never leave us once we file them away. Some of us have memories from the time we are little and others not until latter but the result is always the same.

 

That's why forgive and forget is not a real thing. Forgiving is a choice and not a feeling. Sometimes when I think about what someone has done to me or someone else I start to feel the same things I originally thought like anger and emotion if I don't push it from my mind I can actually taste the disdain in my mouth. I really don't know a way of not feeling this way. I guess the answer might be psychotherapy or maybe medication. I only tell you about these feeling because I think I can't be the only one.

 

So how do you cope with this. The answer is forgiveness. How do you think WWII veterans felt toward the Germans or Japanese. They Hated them more then anyone could ever hate. It was more personnel then it could ever be but in the end they forgave and became friends with each other. Of course some never did forgive but most did eventually. That doesn't mean that those old feelings die with your forgiveness but if you forgive you can push them down easier. As matter of fact the more sympathetic you are toward your enemy the less they control your mind and therefor your life.

 

It's not because you are a bad person it's because anger and hate are all consuming and the longer you let those feelings go, the more they control you until your just a petty bitter                            . Well you know. So your forgiveness releases you not them. Think about it this way. Forgiveness doesn't mean you have to be friends, it doesn't mean you have to let someone walk all over you. it just means your not going to waste your time and emotions hating someone that may not even care or know that you are mad at them.

 

You may say they deserve my hate. You may be right but does it even make sense to spend time on someone you don't like while ruining and missing the times with your real family and friends. If your relationship requires communication such as work. Be professional and nice. Let them waste their time on you and not the other way around. Who would have thought that the best way to get even with somebody was to Forgive them. Oh and don't forget to forgive yourself.

 

If you have specific issues that you would like to discuss you can leave a comment and I will answer you. If what you want to discuss something personal leave a comment that says HEY and I will give you information so you can contact me by email.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Beyond Now

Take it from me we never know what is in our future. We make plans and say we will do this or that but in reality we are not in charge of tomorrow. We are only in charge of the right now but even though we are not in charge of the future what we do right now changes the future forever. Keep in mind that when you are conducting yourself in the everyday world you never know who is watching and filing away your actions. It could be a co worker, your spouse, or your child or a complete stranger.

 

So you may say "so what I don't care" but what you fail to realize is that all of this could have tremendous consequences in the future that we have no control over. So what you say and what you do need to be thought through. For me I have let my mouth override my common sense several times so how has this affected my life. Well I'm really not for sure and neither are you. What you say and do now far exceed your lifetime. In a sense you will effect the world forever. You don't have to be remembered to affect the world. It's not a requirement.

 

What your great great great grandparents did still effects your life to this day, you are a product of your past. The simple fact that you are here is one way that there decisions have forever changed the world. Where you live, what your parents are like, you're moral and religious traditions all steam from decisions that they made. You might say, my parents didn't go to church and I do so they had nothing to do with that. I bet if you think about it they have some kind of negative or positive influence that helped you make your decision.

 

Not only that but who influenced you to go to church in the first place. Who's actions affected you and therefore the world forever. It's really a beautiful thing if you think about it. Nobody will ever be forgotten not in name but in action. We do count and we do make a difference. Maybe you didn't invent the computer but maybe your great great granddaughter will invent a world saving cure and therefor your greatness will be cemented by your actions today. Be a positive force and great things will happen in your life time and beyond. Or as Buzz would say to infinity and beyond.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Be Selfish

I guess all answers point to the same solution. Only you can change you and if you choose not to then you will continue along in the world the same as today. If you are happy with today and all the days to follow then there is no need to change but if you are not satisfied with your current situation then common sense would of course dictate a reason for change. I think history has proven that people can not make real change unless they themselves are convinced it's for the better.

 

Everyone has convinced themselves to change temporarily to get what they want but most change back to the original life after they have achieved their short term goal. I have heard it said that the longest the average person can put on a rouge is about four to six months meaning that your true colors start to come out the longer you go. This doesn't make you a monster, it just makes you human. You want something so you go after it anyway you can but once you achieve your goal you go back to your real ways.

 

I only bring this up because it's proof to yourself that you can change if you want. You can help yourself. It only takes about thirty days to form a habit so when you go back to your old ways after this it's because you want too. Well this works both ways. If you want something bad enough then nothing can stop you from changing. You have to do this for you and only you. As I have always said any change can only come from the inside out and not the outside in. This is one time that you must convince yourself to do it for you. The will to change is your first step. Without this you might as well save your energy until you're serious.

 

Everybody is different in the way that life time habits are changed, it is essential but not easy. Maybe considering what benefits you will receive in the over all picture will push you in the right direction. It sounds selfish but any improvement you make will benefit anyone that comes into contact with you and make you a happier person.

Steam

Well as usual I'm having a hard time coming up with more subject matter. I did waste a perfectly good rant on Facebook but it was too much fun not to share with everyone. So I think we need to stick with the subject of University of Michigan, Flint music professor Brian DiBlassio. We as the normal people in life need to start standing up to bullies in all forms no matter who they are. When someone belittles another for no other reason than they do not agree with them we need to stand up and stop the madness. Most people who stand up to belittle someone else do not expect normal people to say anything because we usually don't. We just keep our head down but wouldn't it be great if we could shut up just one of these wackoes that have taken advantage of the fact that we don't like confutation to basically walk all over our way of life and treat us as substandard when we don't agree with them. So next time you see somebody being a bully stand together against stupidity.

 

On the other hand if you really think they are crazy . . . . . .

 

This is basically just me blowing off steam, I would never ask you to put yourself in harms way. Me on the other hand . . . . you might not want to try something like this when I'm in the room. Ok I feel better now, thanks.

Loyal

It would seem a shame to let a day slip by that I didn't give you a hard time about something and then tell you how easy it is to fix but today you've lucked out. I want to thank you for helping me push past my two month mark with only one day being missed so far. You have proven to me that there are some people that still let their word be their bond. I'm not only lucky to have such people as my readers, I'm happy to have a lot of you as my friends. You guys have done me a great service and given me the opportunity to be part of day.

 

Well I guess because of your support we keep going until something gives. don't worry I will keep you all updated. I do still need you to keep supporting my in this endeavor so please share on Facebook, Tweeter, Text, Instagram or any other way that you can think of. So here's the link WWW.heystopcrying.blogspot.com.

 

I just don't know how to show my gratitude more unless you make a special request for a story so if you want me to write about something as always leave a comment. Thanks again for all you help.

The Bridgless Gap

I can tell you from traveling the world that when you say that somebody from a different country isn't any different then we are in America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Well your couldn't be more wrong. The only thing that tie us together is our human emotions and the ease which we choose evil over good. That doesn't mean that we can't live in peace with some countries that just means we will never be able to achieve peace with all. People from another country don't under stand you just like you can never understand why your Parents act like they do because behind every country just like every generation there are things you can never explain to someone. Just like you can never walk in the shoes of a war vet no matter how much halo you've played or how many times you have watched Saving Private Ryan or Platoon. IT JUST DOSN'T TRANSLATE!!!!!

 

Well being from a different country doesn't translate either. You can never walk in their shoes or them, yours. Their point of view will always be different then yours. If your parents where born in another country they will never look at the United States the way you do. Some will love it more and appreciate it more then you ever will. If you marry someone outside the US that difference in upbringing will always be there just like if a super wealthy person marries a poor person. That wedge is always there, it's the bridgeless gap. Just ask Dianna. Now the reason I'm writing this is not to discourage you from marrying  a foreigner or visiting other countries it's just to give you a real perspective on the world as a whole.

 

When you watch the news and you say I don't understand what's wrong with that country or why would they let that happen?  You couldn't tell a purer truth. Your right, you don't understand nor will you ever. Just like they don't understand why we do the things we do. Do you know what the Kuwaitis said about Bush after we rescued them from Iraq. First of all they were very grateful which is normal but then they said That President Bush is Crazy. meaning that is was inconceivable that someone would take on Iraq. Now I know that might sound like a normal reaction but if the Brits were in trouble and we came and rescued them they would probable say what in the bloody hell took you so long, even after we explained the ocean between us thing.

 

There are just some things we are never meant to understand and that's good for a lot of reasons. It would be a lot easier for a one world order to take over if everybody had the same perspective on life. Me personally I'm American and I think for the foreseeable future I will stay that way besides it's not working out for Europe right now. I guess what this all boils down too in the end is the world is a very different and diverse place so the next time you say you don't under stand why Putin is taking over another country stop being a puppet to the orchestrated government controlled news and realize weather you agree with him or not, he's doing the exact same thing we would do if the United States split up. Oh wait it already did  . . . . it was called the civil war. Is the United States still split up? How did that happen? can we really judge someone that we really don't understand for doing the same exact thing we would do. Well according to the news and the President . . . I guess we can.

Can't Wait.

Well I was single I noticed that most of the time when men or women complained about the prospects that they had to choose from it was their own fault. It didn't matter if we were in a hole in the wall bar or at a wedding or at a country club. They always went for the same type of person time after time. The famous comedian Ron White says you can't fix stupid and in this case it applies to all of us unless you married one of the first five or six people that you dated. I'm not saying don't do what you want, this is America, who am I to question your choices. After all I did fight for your right to be self destructive in all your endeavors including relationships.

 

So if you want to be in perpetual change of relationship partners by all means continue. Never let it be said that I stood in the way of freedom or the choices there of. That's the greatest thing about our country you don't have to agree with me at all unless your unhappy with your current state of affairs then it may behoove you to consider the possibility that I may have a point with which if taken could better your outlook on love. So if you have grown tired of your position from which you have not triumphed over, maybe you will lend me your ear so I can help you take control of ones choices for the betterment of your situation.

 

Think about what you desire! Do you desire a mate that will be able to live with you then you should consider that you are hard to live with and there for require a mate of extreme patients. Do you desire drive in a mate then you must be prepared to put up with a mate that may want to control the reigns of your relationship so you might have to be submissive. Do you desire faithfulness then you must honestly believe in your heart that if you left for six months strait that your mate would wait tirelessly for your return and seek no other. If you can not trust them out of your sight you might have a problem, just saying.

 

 If your jealous make sure your mate will put up with your antics without faltering. These are just a small portion of things that I came up with and some will not apply to you but once you compile your thoughts into a list of what you really want in a life partner make sure it's realistic because the easiest was to be let down is to put a human on a pedestal. Then when you meet someone new don't waste your time in a relationship unless that person meets the most important of what you want on at least three accounts then on minor ones you may have to compromise besides it's good practice because when you get married you'll be doing a lot of this. compromising I mean. lol. I bet you can't wait. Oh and remember you won't be able to live up to their expectations if you don't love them.

Got CLEF

Maybe you don't believe in God but it doesn't matter for this article because it still applies to you. Soul and Humanity are pretty much interchangeable in this world. The more "bad things" you do in this world the less you care about everyone else's feelings. You lose your empathy. It's true for everything you've ever been told or just known that it is bad behavior. To steal from someone you have to justify it in your mind by saying well it's a big store they'll just write it off but several large chains have gone out of business in my lifetime. The more you steal the easier it becomes until you don't care who you steal from. You have totally justified taking someone else's possessions in your mind and eventually you don't even think about it. You lose a piece of your Soul.

 

Compassion, Love, Empathy, Forgiveness, are what make us human. Violence, Hate, greed, Unforgiveness those are the things that make us animals. IF we all had  C,L,E,F we wouldn't need laws and governments and we would actually live in utopia. As it is, never going to happen. But killing off your Humanity isn't going to help you either. Every large government in the world that has achieved riches has self destructed by getting rid of humanity. Mayans, Romans, Vikings, are we next? Just remember that when we lose are humanity then everyone is just about themselves and once that happens there's no society left. Just a bunch of cutthroats waiting for you to turn your back. No wonder they collapsed, who wants to live like that. If your human then hold your ground against the animals because the world is depending on you. Don't become like them, see them as they really are and feel sorry for them. IF you have CLEF it shouldn't be hard. IF you've already done a lot of bad things in your life, don't stop trying somewhere deep down inside of you is still a human that wants to get out of the cell of coldness you've built.

Go Get Your Own

Fishing . . . . . . . . What did you think about when you read the word. Did you get excited or maybe you thought what a bore. Some of you thought of relaxation and others thought of frustration. Some of you thought about hard work and some of you thought about taking a nap. Some of you thought about drinking and some thought about eating fish. Some of you thought gross and others thought about all the gear they had to get ready. The thing is, you thought about what was true for you and all of you are right. In reality it' all that and more. That's why we have so many different hobbies and every hobby has the same magic. It's a way to make new friends and make memories for all involved

 

No matter what you like to do, someone is thinking to themselves that you are crazy for wanting to do it. I know why I like to fish It's because of the scenery and relaxation and the never knowing what is going to happen. (If you don't believe me ask my friend Rob how a one day fishing trip can turn into the adventure of a lifetime.) I have had lots of great adventures on the water that I will carry for a lifetime. I also have spent hours in the heat, humidity, rain, wind, and waves, with little to show for it except when you spend time on a boat with someone, good or  bad, it's something you never forget. (Just ask my friend Mac about how our last fishing trip consisted of some hot nurses.) I bet you have times that you will never forget with your friends also. If not maybe it's time to go and do something you like to do. Oh and if your always busy don't forget to relax. Have a great Sunday.

 

I know that most of you wont know the people I'm referring to and will never be able to find out what happened but they're not my stories to tell. They are our stories that are only told when we are together. Hey I can't do everything for you. So go get your own.

Sale

We pay with our hearts. This is fine when your talking about humanity or relationships or about anything else except money but we seem to lead with our heart when it comes to money almost always. Your survival instinct is killing you at the cash register. It's ok to reward yourself every once In a while but when it comes to spending you need to think about all the crap you had to put up with to get the money your about to throw down on a particular item. If your using a credit card . . . . double it. what does that mean. well if you make ten dollars a hour you pay about a third of that in tax, medical, social security and sales tax. So that leaves you with about six dollars and thirty cents. So if you get a good bargain at a store and spend seventy dollars on whatever you just spent about eleven hours of work or about 30 percent of your weeks pay. if your using a credit card you will probable pay about one hundred and forty dollars for a seventy dollar item by the time you pay it off.

 

So what did you get for your money? Only you can decide that but I can tell you that whatever you got that something better is just around the corner and most of us are going to buy it too. Today I saw a ring at a store that was a hundred and twenty dollars. Now if your a master negotiator and get it on sale you could probable get it for around 80 dollars and that would be thirty percent off. We would all be proud of that. We would have practically stolen it. What a deal, especially if we were looking for a ring of that quality and type. The bad news is I have been looking for a ring for a long time and have searched the internet extensively. I can get that exact same ring for twenty to twenty-five dollars. Most of the time when we are at the mall or a car dealership or discount store we find something we like and unless it's an outrageous price we buy it. We fall in love with it. We have to have it. We didn't even know we wanted it until we saw it but it's love at first sight and what's this, it's twenty percent off on the last day of the sale. It's our last chance, the stars will never be aligned this perfect again. If we don't buy it, it will be gone forever or worse. Someone else might get it.

 

I'm not saying don't spend your money I'm just saying even if you just want something just because don't get caught up in the moment. If your a shopper this will be super hard for you. Walk away and do some research. IF you still want it a week later and you have the cash, buy it. Do not put something on a credit card unless you pay it off every time in full. If your a shopper you are really limiting your buying power by using a credit card. Not only that but a credit card will eventually make you into an indentured servant. Meaning eventually you will enter a vicious cycle you cant get out of. If you are already in debt . . . . . . STOP, do everything you can do to pay off your card.

 

It once took me eight years to pay off a card and if I hadn't become serious about paying it off I would still be paying on it. Because I did pay it off, I basically do what I want now but I still make sure that when I buy something, I do it in cash. I pay the least amount that I can. Sometimes I do buy spur of the moment things if it's around twenty dollars. I just don't do it too often. I know that some of you are probable in deep and you probable have heard most of this before. Money problems have ruined many of lives. Do what you can to save yourself and if you start thinking about purchases in term of work hours it will help you put them into perspective. Take it from me once you get on the upside you'll never want to go back to the life you had before. I can only hope that something of have said will help you in some way.

2.0

I put common sense day on Friday but lately I've been thinking that I should put it on Monday and put men and women on Friday. Not that you don't need them on a certain day. We all need help all the time. I can tell you from personnel experience that we (the human race) are self centered, self indulgent, ungrateful, hateful and for most of us that comes natural. It's funny how the most destructive behavior comes easy for us. We love may ham and the more of it the better. You all know that Jerry Springer, Housewives of everywhere, Real World, Cops, and a hundred other shows are gobbled up by society everyday. The more we have the crappier we get and the more we want. Do you know that even on unscripted reality shows the producers still orchestrate huge fights. Why do you think they do that? It's because we love it. It's the reason we watch.

 

The problem is these reality shows aren't really real. They don't show the reality. They only show the entertaining. I'm not going to lie I like a little may ham myself. Probable one of my worse traits. I have a mean sense of humor and I love to take the other side of any subject just to get a rise out of people. What's wrong with me? If I had the answer to that I could solve all the worlds problems. We are a collective of personality, upbringing and environment. I did take a few college classes. ssshhhh, don't tell anyone. So those three things shape everything we ever do but we haven't factored in the ability to change. People (experts) say all the time that we are creatures of habit and they are correct we have the habit of doing the same things over and over.

 

I think computers are already just like most of us. A situation comes up we go to our files and find the file closest to that one and then we spit out our reaction. It's how we get through the day. That's why you see old people still acting exactly like they did when they were six. They never upgraded their files. They want something that you have . . . . .throw a temper tantrum. Scared someone will judge you . . . . . . attack them first. Someone pissed you off in traffic . . . . . flip them off. The person in line takes longer then you would have . . . . . . make a bunch of huffing puffing noises to relay your tired of waiting. How freaking childish can we be? Oh we can get into the gutter with the best of them. So what are your options? Well your human, you can do anything you want but there is only really two choices. Refuse to upgrade or start implementing some new code. There is nothing wrong with being a grown up. I wouldn't trade it for anything and if you want to keep some childish parts, that's fine, I know I did. Are you ready for 2.0

Doesn't Come Easy

Tomorrow when your walking around try to be nice to others. Hold doors, let people out in traffic. If you see someone having a bad day, show your understanding and concern. Don't loose your temper no matter how bad they test you. Talk with  a sweet kind voice. Let someone know that they are not alone. Maybe carry something for someone. Try to stay upbeat and lend a hand when you can. Be extra understanding and patient and you will accomplish something I rarely do for the whole day when I have to run around town. Somebody always want's to test the waters and with me they can go from cold to hot in a split second.

 

So just keep in mind that your not alone because I will be there with you in spirit holding my breath and breathing out slow so I can be a kinder gentler me. Just remember if you are loving and giving then people will be loving and giving to you. Make someone's day without expecting anything in return. Of course when you try harder then people seem to sense that and push your buttons harder. Try to laugh it off and remember that the only person that can steal your joy is you. Good Luck, if your like me your going to need it. Remember you can apply this all the time and who knows you might be surprised at the great person you can become. Good will doesn't come easy.

Half Breed

 My supervisor in the military was a dark African American but what most people didn't know was he was half white. He grew up in Memphis in an all African American community. He was one of the best supervisors I ever had. He was quiet and restrained and didn't talk much to anyone. I rode many of nights with just me and him and after a while he started talking about his childhood. The other kids in his neighborhood called him names such as redbone and others I cant repeat. They made fun of him relentlessly and made him feel like he was a lesser person because of his white mother. He said it was non stop and he never had friends that would stick up for him. He spent his whole life with his head down but they never broke his spirit. He would join the Air Force and become one of the most amazing men I would ever had the honor of serving with.

 

Prejudice is a serious problem all the way around. Everybody points the finger at someone else and talks about how bad white people are or Chinese or Arabian or Mexican American or African American or Port Rican or a thousands of other ways we define ourselves. Then we make it worse by dividing ourselves even further. This is a problem that's never going to get solved. It will dog us to our dying days and probable the end of mankind. I'm not saying it is right because nothing could be further from the truth, I'm just being realistic. Someone will always hate you for no reason and that's a fact. Right now we have an opportunity in the United States to change this forever but it has to come from the younger generation. It's too later for ours. We need to start at home. Don't pass your stupidity to your children and if you already have it's not to late to recant.

 

Sometimes you just have to tell your adult kids Hey I missed up and didn't know what I was talking about and explain to them why you were wrong. Your grandkids futures are in your hands. It isn't the same world you grew up in and it's changing rapidly. Do you really want your grandkids to be the outcast that gets fired for spewing some dumb crap that you told your kids. If you don't care about this or your family you won't be reading this anyway so I'm not worried about pissing anyone off. Have a great day and remember the best time to start to change is right now.

The Chase

She sat in the rocking chair trembling as she listened to the scraping noises coming down the hall. She wanted to get out but her body wouldn't let her. tears streamed down her face and her long blonde hair stuck to her cheek. Her eyes were glued to the hallway as the darkness consumed the light. She knew the front door was just around the corner but she would have to enter the front of the hallway to make it.

 

The scraping got louder and she sobbed in and held her breath. She could hear her heart pounding in her ears and a slight wine came from her throat. This couldn't really be happening but she knew it was. Her bare foot were wet and muddy mixed with fresh cut grass. she started to rub her feet on the carpet to get better traction. If she was going to escape, it would have to be soon. Just the thought of running for the door brought out another sob and she put her hands over her mouth to try to stifle the noise.

 

Every thing had started out fine and now she was the only one left. New tears sprang to her eyes and her vision blurred as she wiped them with the back of her hand. Black mascara smudged across her hand and she rubbed it off on her shorts. She took three deep breaths and tried to stop sobbing. When she got done with that she grabbed the rocking chair with both hands and her body tensed up like a runner on the starting line. She dug her feet into the floor under the chair and leaned forward. The scraping sounded like it was coming from the room closest the front door but she couldn't be for sure.

 

She sprung out of the chair and screamed as she ran toward the door. She stumbled a little and it was everything she could do to stay on her feet. She slammed into the wall hard with her left shoulder and the whole house shook. She dipped her right shoulder like a football player fighting for that extra yard and pushed herself around the corner toward the front entrance way. Just as she entered the hall the bedroom door closest to her splintered outward into the hall and she fell toward the door and grabbed the doorknob with both hands. She heard the roar fill the house as she clawed at the doorknob trying to will it to open. She opened the door just as her right shoulder fell into it and it slammed shut. She heard a low rumble and she thought she could feel warm air on the back of her leg.

 

She yanked the door with all her might and it slammed into the wall and it stuck as the door knob embedded itself into the wall. She hit the screen door with her body and her hand at the same time and it opened under her weight. The screen tore in the door and part of her body went through the door. The door frame came apart and she stumbled into the yard still holding the handle and the frame attached to it. She let go as she tumbled across the yard and came up running. She heard a loud grunt and knew it was close.

 

The Bright red pickup was all she could see as the rain splattered across her face. in six steps she was there and dove over the side of the truck landing in the bed hard but she didn't have time to lick her wounds. The whole truck rocked up on two tires and she heard the metal crumple. She rolled over the rail as the truck came down and bounced on it suspension. The Bear was standing on its hind legs and it roared into the night air. she grabbed the passenger door flinging it open and grabbed the barrel of the lever action rifle dragging to off the rack.

 

she turned it around and fired a shot into the chest of the bear as she backed away from the truck. The bear came down on all fours and suddenly the truck rolled over almost hitting her. She jumped behind a tree and the bear came up over the truck after her. She fired another shot and the bear just kept coming. another shot and the bear came around the tree. She ran around the front of the upside down truck and the bear slipped as it tried to make the hard left turn to catch her. She turned around and shot the bear in the head as it regained it's legs she worked the lever action again as the bear screamed out in pain. Now she was on auto pilot and she shot again and again then click the rifle was empty. The bear stood there on all fours not 15 feet from her panting as blood ran down it's face. It started toward her and she backed away holding the rifle between her and the bear. The bear rumbled a low guttural sound and then just laid down and she could hear the its breathing become labored.

 

She slid down into the mud with the weapon laying across her lap. She screamed out into the woods as the rain came down in sheets. She sobbed a few more times then got back to her feet and looked  at the grizzle. It lay there a dark lump of wet fur and it stunk something awful. She didn't know what she was going to do now but she thought she would live in the city with her new lever action rifle.

Jibberish

Well to tell you the truth I rarely know what I'm going to write until I start and that's exactly what I'm trying to do right now with no such luck. Nobody has helped me with any subject matter lately so this is your own fault. I know it seems like I just never shut up but that's pretty much how you have to be to pull something like this off. Maybe one day my words will bless one of you and then my boldness would have all been worth it.

 

Boldness sometimes is the proper tool to help someone. Sometimes people need to hear the truth to motivate them to help themselves. But everyone is different and something that means nothing to you may change their life. So like every molecule of water has a different journey they are all the key to life. And the same can be said about you. If you want to help someone you have a unique way about you and this will help different people to accomplish different things. The great thing about helping people is there is literally a million ways.

 

Well I knew it would work. It always does. So until next time. Up with the Love and down with the hate.

I'm Back

Well if you were wondering if I fell of the face of the earth you would be partially right. I just went on a 36 hour plus road trip with a two hour layover in Austin TX. So that would be the reason I haven't published since I left and I literally just got back about an hour ago. So for the first time since the first of January I didn't publish a article everyday. I'm not going to go into detail as the where and the why but I try to live in the spirit of the advice I give in this blog and I can say that It was worth every second that I spent to go and accomplish the task at hand so when I write these words to you I can honestly say that even though I fall short of perfection by the small margin of a million miles I do believe in my heart that You and I can always make our lives just a little better and that happiness will soon follow even though the cost may be great.

 

Of course when it comes to actions I have a huge advantage over most people. My actions has always been a lot easier to deal with then my words. Like most men my actions are where I show my true feelings and my words are well not so much. So just like every one I have to work on my weakness and stand on my strengths. The only way you can figure any of this out is to be honest with yourself and more important then that is the desire to change for the better. Without that your destined to live the exact same life that your living now. One thing I know for sure is that you can never improve without effort but bad habits always get worse with little to no effort. Getting older doesn't give you the right to be a jackass. And unless you have lived your life as a recluse you have obligations to the other people that you have caused to have to put up with you. That's right if you have people that have to be around you that's your fault not theirs.

 

And after that last few sentences I've just discovered that a lack of sleep and 36 hours in a car makes me a little bit of a jackass. I hope you take some of this to heart so that you and your hostages can have a better life. May you better yourself everyday and never give up until everyone is telling you, I wish my                            was more like yours.

Through the Trees

Take into consideration how blessed we really are. We have a better life then any generation before us. We have more time, better technology, and more opportunity. Better houses, faster cars, better looking people, better clothes, and the best food ever to pass a humans lips. We still have all the same problems and even some new ones but I wouldn't trade Solomon for a million cows. He was the richest man in the world in his day and what I have is better then anything he ever had with the exception of maybe his harem. I don't know, I never had a harem but since I haven't, I really can't say if it's an advantage or not. I still wouldn't trade him. Without proper medical attention I probable wouldn't have made it past child hood so a harem would be a mute point.

 

What have you complained about today. There's nothing wrong with complaining but sometimes you have to step back and have the ability to laugh at yourself. Taking yourself to serious is one of our greatest downfalls. It's one of the gateways to unhappiness and depression. When you can't see the house for the trees sometimes you convince yourself the house isn't there then that causes you to go the wrong way and then you start to worry about a thousand other things and pretty soon your laying on the forest floor sobbing with your head buried in your arms and that's where you stay until a bear finds you or the rescue squad comes and saves you. See can even recover from one of the worse run on sentences ever.

 

That's the reason you should be thankful of your blessings everyday. This reminds you that even if you loose your house that there's still is a dollar hamburger right down the street. So if you find yourself walking into the darkness just remember the light is still there you just have to open your eyes and look around. The darkness cant be absolute so look for the light. Even when you know your going to be sad about something maybe for a extended amount of time still remind yourself that the light exists everyday so when your ready you can come home.

Yes Be Yes

The Bible says let your yes be yes and your no be no meaning that you should be above approach. When you say yes your friend shouldn't have to say "Ya right." and when you say no they shouldn't have to double check to make sure you mean no. If they do this, it's not their fault. It's yours for making them second guess you're every move. This can be corrected by you over time.

 

First Step start doing what you say you will do every time.

 

Second Step if you don't want to do something say no.

 

That's it. I hope you didn't plan on this being long, after all it is common sense day.

 

To all my readers thanks for sticking with me and remember if you like something share it will your friends.

Ya I Can Do That

Well I'm late. Really late but you know better late then never but sometimes you need what you need when you need it. So try not to let people down. When you have a chance to help someone do the best you can to not forget or be late. You have to remember that the person your helping may need you more then you think.

 

In the true story of Nicky Cruz. When him and his best friend, the president and vice president of the most violent street gang in New York at the time decided to go strait a mix up in times changed their lives forever. Nicky left and saves thousand of lives and his friend went back to the street and later died.

 

So you might say that was a extreme case. Well his friend could have still have left but I think he felt hurt and betrayed so he never turned back. Nothing feels like being left out or left high and dry. So do what you can but if you are going to be later or not going to show up don't wait until it's time then ignore their text and calls. Tell them ahead of time if you don't intend to show up and do whatever.

If you volunteer your time live up to your obligations. Don't show off in front of others. If you can't do something stand up and say "Hey I can't make that."

 

Even If you are the greatest person on earth and never need help you still need to help others because who know one day someone may save your life and you'll feel like crap if you can't even give your friends the time of day. Well I'm done, I hope you find some time in your busy schedule to say Ya I can do that.

Flat Spin

His lingering on the control stick didn't matter anyway. All was lost. All he could do now was to sit in his craft and watch as he circled slowly ever deeper into the spiral grip of the black whole. He was already traveling close to the speed of light so he knew this was going to the longest ride of his life. All he could do was stare at the center as it inched closer at what seemed a snails pace but the interments told him in only 11 months earth time he would be know more. Of course it would only seen like a month to him. He had plenty of food and water so he would not suffer until the black hole stretched him a couple miles long before finally ripping him apart. He wondered how far he would make it before the lights went out permanently.

Ten days later he realized his interments were off a lot. No one had ever been this close to this kind of gravity before so they had no proven math on how much it would affect time. Of course it was still going to be about the same for him but now earth time would take 7 years. He could tell that the integrity of his craft was already in question and longer by about two feet. One thing he had was time to think and now he wasn't sure he liked that. He eyed the weapon on the council but he knew he would never use it. He had never opted out of any experience no matter how unpleasant it was. Lucky for him he wouldn't have to feel the pain for long, he had 5 slashers in his hip bag giving him enough pain killer to last 5 times longer than what he would need.

His lights where starting to blink on and off. He had set up life support for his chair but now he couldn't move around hardly at all because the centripetal force was pulling him one way while gravity was pulling the other and his craft along with his body was longer and thinner. he saw something close in on him from the left and then all hell broke loose he heard the giant crash as he struck some kind of debris suddenly he was slammed into his chair and his craft was put into a flat spin. He could hear the craft creaking as it spun around three more times slowing quickly and then the nose passed the black hole and wobbled back in forth until it was dead center again. The ship was heavier in the front and it was like a magnet for the black hole. then he noticed that the font of the craft was getting longer again and he checked his interments. He was closing distance fast instead of circling the black hole He looked down for a split second and when he looked up the light that circled the collapsed star with him was now streaking by on all sides. Luckily he had already took the slasher but that wouldn't keep him from passing out and that's exactly what he did when the blood was pulled down into his body.

when he woke up he thought he was dreaming. No black hole no flying debris but standing in front of him was a ship he had never seen holding him in a tractor beam. He stood up slowly and opened the panel. The block was still elongated with spider cracks all over it. The main bridge had came out and with drought he slid it into it's slot. Power came back. to his basic operations one of which didn't include flight. He didn't know who was in the ship but after facing a black hole he didn't really care if they were bad or good which he was sure he would find out soon.

The beam pulled him in and before he knew it he was amongst other humans. Well he didn't know for sure but they were pretty damn close. Too close for a new life form. they were thinner taller and more muscular then the average human. He would have thought somebody had just ran a model search for the perfect crew except their faces were slightly different also. No one seamed too alarmed but more curious then anything. someone pulled the escape cable and the canopy blew strait into the air then crumbled into a shiny glitter snow. Since none of the systems seemed to be working correctly they raised a hover disc to the side and he stepped off the craft and stumbled. The disk flew up at a angle and he actually touched it with his outreached hand and that stopped his forward motion before the disc corrected it's self until he was perfectly balanced in the middle. No wonder they didn't need rails on this thing. it lowered to the ground and he walked up to the front of his aircraft

They all saluted and one said "Welcome to the ship general."

"General? General, I'm not a General, hell I'm barley a captain."

"Not any more sir. that was eleven thousand years ago, now your a General Max."

"What is a General . . did you say eleven thousand. How in the hell do you even know who I am."

"Sir We have been monitoring you the whole time. I'm actually related to you sir but even today we only live about two hundred and seven years so if I put all those greats In front of grandfather we would be still talking about it when you died. speaking of lets get something to eat then we will start on your paper work."

"Oh god you all still call it that. Yes sir from what I understand it had something to do with tree pulp and a lack of assistance uh . . . . I mean computers. You have a lot to catch up on."

when he had been feed, cleaned and bandaged which the normal person used assistance to do all this of course he needed assistance with the assistance because he had never done any of it before. Also they used a type of telepathy which he didn't possess so doing everything manually took longer.

He soon found out that he was the second highest ranked officer in the military. He also figured out soon after that he could retire right now because they owed him eleven thousand years of back pay and all he had to do for it was almost die in a black hole. He looked younger then most of the officers his junior and in reality he was, even with their longer life span. The commander had already laid his worse fears to rest. He wouldn't be asked to make any decisions until he understood their systems a lot better and even if that didn't work out he would be protected from any embarrassment

He went into the slider formally known to him as the chow hall. Sat down at the table and immediately a tube popped up and opened in front of him and there it was as beautiful as ever. A Bacon Cheese Burger and fries. How in the hell did that happen and simmingly on cue one of the officers winked and held up one of his own. "I heard this was pretty popluar in your day so I ordered for you. I hope you don't mind sir."

"No, not at all Colonel Sparks." and at that he picked it up and took a bite and be damned it tasted exactly like he remembered but better. "Thanks." he said as he wiped his mouth with supper thin tissue that sucked up moister like a sponge. he flipped up the key board and within a few key strokes two small containers full of mayo popped up and he slid it to sparks. "Try this on your fries and you'll have the full picture of why we didn't live but a buck twenty in the old days."

"Sir? A buck?"

"Oh short for a hundred."

"Oh."

"Can you all read each other minds?" he said to sparks turning slightly red with embarrassment for not knowing what was what.

"No, most can't but there are a few."

"What about the computer uh I mean assistance?"

"Oh that's more of a relationship between technology and evolution. Kind of like your craft but accelerated a thousand times more. Almost like it's flying you instead of the other way around."

"Wow that sounds great."

"It is, I never get tired of it."

"I know what you mean, I always like flying even though it was more manual."

"Yes sir we stopped using eye controlled weapons systems, well before your life would have played out, excuse the reference."

"No problem, this is weird for both of us."

"Yes sir but I'm glad you survived."

"We would have saved you sooner but you were moving so fast it took us this long for the technology to catch up to figure how to do it safely."

"Save me. You guys saved me?"

"Yes sir we affiliated your collision. It was still risky but we figured we had about a 70% chance so we took it."

"Wow, I don't know what to say. I guess thanks."

"No sir thank you. You are a living legend. everybody has studied your case since it happened and all died before saving you except us. It's truly a honor to be talking to you right now."

David chocked up a little at this and didn't say much more until his burger was eaten and all that was left was three cold fries. He didn't like the warming shield. He preferred that his food to cool off just like the old days.

He stood up and everyone at the table stood at attention and held a salute. He mumbled at ease and saluted back and they all dropped their saluted and sat down. I could get use to this he thought as he started walking across the chow hall, ah slider. he corrected himself mentally

It happened so fast he didn't even have a chance to react. He sneezed and a cone slammed down around him and a pink mist fogged the air. everybody ran up with terror in their eyes. When the mist settled he banged on the field around him "Let me out of here Master Chief!" was the first rank he saw.

"Sorry sir I can't do that."

"What are you talking about?"

"Sir we haven't had a cold in seven thousand years. That's how we extended our lives."

"You knew this was going to happen didn't you."

"Yes Sir but we were hoping later rather then sooner."

"What now?"

"Sorry sir you will be well taken care of but never without a barrier between you and us. Since I don't see you wearing a full suit we will make accommodations for you." He was escorted to a large room with a field and that's were he spent the rest of his life It wasn't bad and had all the best assistance you could want but he never got to fly again.