Welcome back to the world of is it really? What shall we talk about today? Well you are in luck I already know what I am going to talk about so you will not need to rack your brain to help me on this matter. Now I feel the need to warn any of you that I am going to be talking about religion. So if this is going to bother you then don’t read it. But I think that most of the people that are reading this are going to be just fine with it.
I received an e-mail today that sparked this whole thing. I will copy and paste bits and pieces from it. The following is an exerpt from the e-mail that I shall give some commentary to.
“A few thoughts about faith. To me faith is the principle of all our actions or ininactions that we take day to day. It is when we lose faith that life is such a struggle. Despite what challenges we have before us, if we have faith, we will know that all will be OK, in time.
There is a saying in the scriptures that is something like, faith without works is dead. To me faith without a goal is waste. If we do not have strong goals then we do not to exercise faith and we do not do our part which is to think through and determine what we want and then have faith that we will have our goals manifested in our lives.”
Ok so I find this to be a great two paragraphs about faith and what not. The first one really sums up why we have problems when we try to take care of our future. We lose faith that it will all work out in the end. We forget that there is someone out there looking out for us and has our best interests at heart.
We all have problems and we all have things that get in the way of our goals. No one is immune to this fact. Does this thought make us feel any better when life is . . . well not going how we would like it to? Of course not, but at least for me it is nice to know that others know what I am going through, just the names and faces have changed.
So now on to the second paragraph with really compliments the first one quite nicely. The goal. We often are bummed about how life is going, but we really don’t know where it is we want to go. We know that we want to be happy, but we don’t know where we really want to be. If you have no goal or heading your odds of getting happiness is reduced. Sure people just happen upon something that makes them happy, but that is not the norm. A ship with no heading or destination does nothing but roam the sea.
You gotta of course have a goal. That is that hard part that we all have to deal with. Choosing what it is that we want. Sure it is ok if it changes from time to time. But it helps to have something to work for. But I am not going to talk about that aspect right now.
In this e-mail there is a fantastic quote, and it is as follows “Faith isn’t faith until it’s all you’re holding on to.” The person who said that is unknown. But it is a true concept. That is really when we find out what we are made of. When we have nothing else to hold on to. When you have no one to turn to on this earth that is when you grow the most, and when you grow your relationship with God. It is amazing how people can forget him when things are going good, but when things are going wrong most people are quick to call him again. The entire thing about how there is never an atheist in a foxhole is true. You have no one else to turn to for help when your there. And I am sure that when a lot of us are in our figurative foxholes in life we remember God and how he can help us.
So now that I am off of that soap box I can talk about the last thing in the e-mail. It is about blocking our dreams from us. “You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith." - Mary Manin Morrissey
That is so true. When we allow the task of getting there become to daunting then we will never get it. Don’t let it scare you, go for it, and move forward one day at a time. School for example. It is a really long thing. If you think about that all the time then it is going to be hard to keep the focus. But when you know where you are going to be, and you don’t get caught up in the nitty gritty it helps a lot. Keep the big picture in mind.
Well I think that I am growing tired of typing now so I am going to stop now. Should you want the rest of the e-mail let me know and I can send it to ya.
So is it really about Faith? Is it really what makes a difference in getting your goal or becoming happy?
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
The jobs that we do.
There is something things that we all must do. We all must breathe for example. We all must beat our heart. Of course those are very fundamental things that we all must do. However even though we do them, we do them in different ways. Some are more diligent is making it happen or not. I am not going to talk about how we all breathe differently but I was just trying to paint a pic that even with the most basic of things we still perform them differently.
The aspect that I am going to talk about at this time is working. Some of us have a Job. Others perhaps have a Career. Within each of those we all have a different mentality about how we view it. Some of us are just there to make a paycheck, and others are there to get the job done because it is not about the money, and everything in between.
So what are you doing where you work? Are you just there to get your paycheck? Are you just like every other person in your place of work? Or do you come to work and try to learn more, and become the best at what you do?
I have had the wonderful opportunity of being a “boss”. With that came firing and hiring people. I had to choose when to give people a promotion, or when they needed a raise. With doing this I have seen lots and lots of different kinds of people come to work for me. I work in the cleaning industry and the bulk of those people that I had under me were cleaners. At various level of course with in the cleaning field. Some were just hourly cleaners and other were supervisors of an account. There were others that did not clean at all, but performed some other task that I would need done. No matter what the job there was certain qualities that I saw made a great employee.
Some were there and took great pride in what they do. They came to work and worked hard, and got their job done, and went above and beyond the scope of what they had to do. There were others that had a more prestigious job position, and they just “did their job”. Are they a bad person or worker for this? Well no of course not they just have a different mentality about their job than the other person does. So who would get more opportunities to grow and become more successful? Well the first one of course. A person that works like that is going to learn, grow, and become better at what they do no matter what I do. I can give the other person more opportunities to grow that they are still going to do “just a job”.
So what is the point that I am trying to get across to you blog people? Well I don’t know if there is much of one other than what I asked. Do you just do your job, or do you do more? Do you take pride in whatever it is that you may do? It is not the job that you do that matters in the great scheme of things, but rather it is how you do the job that really matters. I guess this could be a pep talk that you might get from an employer that wants to get a little more out of you. Tell them that they can thank me and send me money if they would like. I know that when I work hard, and get better at anything, no matter how unimportant people may think that it is. I feel good about myself. I feel like I got something done.
Is it really how you do the job that matters? It is really that big of a deal if I want to just make a paycheck? I guess in your life you will see and find out for yourself.
The aspect that I am going to talk about at this time is working. Some of us have a Job. Others perhaps have a Career. Within each of those we all have a different mentality about how we view it. Some of us are just there to make a paycheck, and others are there to get the job done because it is not about the money, and everything in between.
So what are you doing where you work? Are you just there to get your paycheck? Are you just like every other person in your place of work? Or do you come to work and try to learn more, and become the best at what you do?
I have had the wonderful opportunity of being a “boss”. With that came firing and hiring people. I had to choose when to give people a promotion, or when they needed a raise. With doing this I have seen lots and lots of different kinds of people come to work for me. I work in the cleaning industry and the bulk of those people that I had under me were cleaners. At various level of course with in the cleaning field. Some were just hourly cleaners and other were supervisors of an account. There were others that did not clean at all, but performed some other task that I would need done. No matter what the job there was certain qualities that I saw made a great employee.
Some were there and took great pride in what they do. They came to work and worked hard, and got their job done, and went above and beyond the scope of what they had to do. There were others that had a more prestigious job position, and they just “did their job”. Are they a bad person or worker for this? Well no of course not they just have a different mentality about their job than the other person does. So who would get more opportunities to grow and become more successful? Well the first one of course. A person that works like that is going to learn, grow, and become better at what they do no matter what I do. I can give the other person more opportunities to grow that they are still going to do “just a job”.
So what is the point that I am trying to get across to you blog people? Well I don’t know if there is much of one other than what I asked. Do you just do your job, or do you do more? Do you take pride in whatever it is that you may do? It is not the job that you do that matters in the great scheme of things, but rather it is how you do the job that really matters. I guess this could be a pep talk that you might get from an employer that wants to get a little more out of you. Tell them that they can thank me and send me money if they would like. I know that when I work hard, and get better at anything, no matter how unimportant people may think that it is. I feel good about myself. I feel like I got something done.
Is it really how you do the job that matters? It is really that big of a deal if I want to just make a paycheck? I guess in your life you will see and find out for yourself.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Just say it, Don't let your ego get in the way
It is time for a new blog, and one that is not a rant.
This week I am bringing you something that touched on a previous blog. Just saying the words I don't know. People as they get smarter have a hard time saying this. It seems that most people do this. I know there are a few people that don't have this problems but, that number is a very small one.
So Instead of talking more about this I have a video clip that I would like to share with all of you about this.
This clip is from the movie "The Core" and there are three scientists on the craft and you will see one that does not know the answer but just can't say it. He is a very smart man and people think that he is smart. He has allows his ego to prevent him from just being normal and by him not saying I don't know he looks like a moron.
Enjoy
p.s. Crank your speakers it is quiet. I am sorry about that.
This week I am bringing you something that touched on a previous blog. Just saying the words I don't know. People as they get smarter have a hard time saying this. It seems that most people do this. I know there are a few people that don't have this problems but, that number is a very small one.
So Instead of talking more about this I have a video clip that I would like to share with all of you about this.
This clip is from the movie "The Core" and there are three scientists on the craft and you will see one that does not know the answer but just can't say it. He is a very smart man and people think that he is smart. He has allows his ego to prevent him from just being normal and by him not saying I don't know he looks like a moron.
Enjoy
p.s. Crank your speakers it is quiet. I am sorry about that.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Sports and egos
I just got back from playing one of my favorite sports. Thats right the wonderful hippie sport of Ultimate Frisbee. I really do enjoy it a lot. It is a fun sport and it usually has great sportsmanship with it. Even with playing "for real" as in with a set team that practices together and goes to tornys and what not, the sport is self . . . .regulated? I am not sure the word that I am looking for but I am trying to say that there are no refs.
Well now this is normally a very fun thing, people are honest and get along and what not. All the time?? Not so much. I wish that were the case.
Now I know that you are not really wanting to read a Blog about Ultimate Frisbee, but it was what I was doing when the thoughts came to me so there for it will be the example for tonight. But feel free to use anything else, as this seems to be something that is EVERYWHERE in the casual sports world.
So what was happening is we would have a lot of people some to play every Thurse night. Well here in the DC area we have a large influx of new people that come to play, as there are a lot of interns and people home for the summer from school. So people all have different ways of playing this sport. Now granted just like almost every sport other than Cavlin Ball, there are "set rules" that exist. You can look them up online, shoot there are even books with this info in it. So anyway people generally don't know anything for sure when it comes to rules. (check out the last blog)Of course people are not going to say the words "I don't know" I mean you would look ignorant and no one would care, what you say from then on out and you must not know how to play.
Okay of course that is not how it would be. but people seems to think that is will. So as we are playing there is a slight confusion about the rules. The problem was about standing there and not throwing the disk. Normaly you are supposed to count and if you have not thrown it by that time then you give up the disk. Pretty standard rule right? Well for some reason the person who started it all up here where we play elected to not have that rule (among many others.) Well tonight some one said that I held it too long. Ok fine I will give him that, but there is no rule saying that I need to get rid of it. So I am going to wait till there is a clean throw. Well I responded to the person, start counting then. They said ok I said as long as we all agree then hey we are cool. I did not hear any complaints, and we were not quiet about it either so we moved on.
Well as we started someone just sat there I yelled to my team to start counting which they did. Some one else on the other team wigged out and was like whats that? I asked him if he did not hear that we are going to start counting to 10. he said no, and so I the repeated myself and said that the defender has the option to count if they so choose (as the real rules states(yes I have read them, and even have them memorized)) He seemed to be ok with it and then later could not seem to be ok with it when ever we counted, and yet we held on to the disk and they would not count. They then in turn would get mad at us for just hanging on to the disk.
Wow this sounds like a rant about what happened. Anyway I am getting to to point now. So we have people that all want things done the way that they are used to it being done. When you introduce change to it, it seems that people just generally have a problem assimilating it into there brain. Something as simple as a rule in a sport. So the ego kicks in and people then start to bicker. It was starting to happen there but I left before it did cause I did not want it to get to that point with me there.I
It seems that men are worse than girls. but. .. . .you know what? I just lost interest in this so I am going to stop now. All I gotta say is, "People quit being stupid, just say I don't know figure something out, and stop fighting. You look retarded when you argue about something stupid anyway."
Peace out all
Well now this is normally a very fun thing, people are honest and get along and what not. All the time?? Not so much. I wish that were the case.
Now I know that you are not really wanting to read a Blog about Ultimate Frisbee, but it was what I was doing when the thoughts came to me so there for it will be the example for tonight. But feel free to use anything else, as this seems to be something that is EVERYWHERE in the casual sports world.
So what was happening is we would have a lot of people some to play every Thurse night. Well here in the DC area we have a large influx of new people that come to play, as there are a lot of interns and people home for the summer from school. So people all have different ways of playing this sport. Now granted just like almost every sport other than Cavlin Ball, there are "set rules" that exist. You can look them up online, shoot there are even books with this info in it. So anyway people generally don't know anything for sure when it comes to rules. (check out the last blog)Of course people are not going to say the words "I don't know" I mean you would look ignorant and no one would care, what you say from then on out and you must not know how to play.
Okay of course that is not how it would be. but people seems to think that is will. So as we are playing there is a slight confusion about the rules. The problem was about standing there and not throwing the disk. Normaly you are supposed to count and if you have not thrown it by that time then you give up the disk. Pretty standard rule right? Well for some reason the person who started it all up here where we play elected to not have that rule (among many others.) Well tonight some one said that I held it too long. Ok fine I will give him that, but there is no rule saying that I need to get rid of it. So I am going to wait till there is a clean throw. Well I responded to the person, start counting then. They said ok I said as long as we all agree then hey we are cool. I did not hear any complaints, and we were not quiet about it either so we moved on.
Well as we started someone just sat there I yelled to my team to start counting which they did. Some one else on the other team wigged out and was like whats that? I asked him if he did not hear that we are going to start counting to 10. he said no, and so I the repeated myself and said that the defender has the option to count if they so choose (as the real rules states(yes I have read them, and even have them memorized)) He seemed to be ok with it and then later could not seem to be ok with it when ever we counted, and yet we held on to the disk and they would not count. They then in turn would get mad at us for just hanging on to the disk.
Wow this sounds like a rant about what happened. Anyway I am getting to to point now. So we have people that all want things done the way that they are used to it being done. When you introduce change to it, it seems that people just generally have a problem assimilating it into there brain. Something as simple as a rule in a sport. So the ego kicks in and people then start to bicker. It was starting to happen there but I left before it did cause I did not want it to get to that point with me there.I
It seems that men are worse than girls. but. .. . .you know what? I just lost interest in this so I am going to stop now. All I gotta say is, "People quit being stupid, just say I don't know figure something out, and stop fighting. You look retarded when you argue about something stupid anyway."
Peace out all
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