Holes

This was my class song... in 2012 haha!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJushnYJvQs

You've got to go and dig those holes,

with broken hands and withered soles,

emancipated from all you know,

you've got to go and dig those holes...

I was in a hole. I seriously wanted to get out. I absolutely did not want to stay in that hole.

Not too deep...

But for some reason, I just kept on digging that hole.

He went ham on that hole.

But here's the thing. If you keep digging, you are never going to get out. Your just digging yourself a deeper pit.

I really really like that definition.

And there comes a certain point, when it is impossible for you to dig yourself out. You need someone to get you out.

Yes.

That person to help you out should be Jesus. One of his Angel's flies a helicopter over your hole, Jesus lowers a rope down out of that helicopter, and gives you his hand so you can join him on that rope and climb up to that helicopter.

(picture space reserved for hand-drawn photo later)

Dreams

No matter how unlikely it may seem, follow your dreams. Whether you want to be a famous singer or actor, design the world's tallest building, or even your own company, let nobody tell you that you can't do it.

Two very important things you should never take your eye off of.

Even if you want to be a firefighter, don't let anyone talk you out of it, you save more live than almost anyone else in the world. That's one of the most noblest professions one could have.

You'll be in my heart (song) - Tarzan

It doesn't matter what other people think of you. What matters most right now should be you. Not what your friends think, no what your family thinks.It's your future, not theirs.

Did Dr. Seuss seriously get a PhD? I am genuinely curious.

But in the end, what really matters is if your happy with what you've done with your life, and with what you've accomplished. Did you help out your neighbor when you could after he lost his job? Ever think of the way you influence people in your day to day actions?

This man has tons of helpful hands :)

When you leave this world, are you going to truly be able to leave, knowing that you left a positive mark on all those whom you have left?

When your positive, you generally attract positive people, and vice versa.

I now believe in miracles

So, every morning before I head to work to mow lawns and stuff, I go jogging. I usually try to run at about 6:30, but today my boss told me I was not working today. He was going to train the new guy, and then I would do the rest of the training tomorrow.

I love this.

Soo, I end up having a nice breakfast and everything. So I go running at 6:50, twenty minutes late. A guy that was walking across the street runs over to me, so of course I brace for a fight.

I've always wanted to go to a MMA fight. Haven't been able to yet.

A quick eye over reveals he has no visible bulges from concealing a weapon. I do note that he is sporting clothes that I would associate with a 'thug' or 'gangster' in Detroit.

Kind of what he looked like. Except not as much dirt, clothes more rugged, he had a purple and black heavy cotton button up shirt slung over his shoulder (it was fraying), and a Detroit hat with holes in it. Oh, and he had his hair in a ponytail beneath his hat.

The man starts talking to me and explains that he and some friends got drunk last night, and for some reason he can't remember, he parked in a street and a friend took him. At 5 o clock in the morning his friend kicked him out of his car and told him to walk back to his own truck.

Well, so much for this guy to walk anywhere...

He also tells me he's been walking about for what seems like two hours and that his car is a Ranger and is the color Gold.

This was what his car looked like.

My brain kept repeatedly telling me to run back into the house. But then I figured, "I'm a black belt, I'll be fine no matter what happens."

Exactly what my brain was telling me to do.

While walking he told me he drove into the neighborhood and turned and 'stuff'. Very descriptive (in case you have absolutely no sense of sarcasm, he was not at all!).

Reminds me of Mr. Gullible from the Amanda Show.

I logically think about which street he'd probably turn onto and the street called 'Wesley' comes to my head. So we head over to Wesley. Before we say the corner I say a quick prayer. Not even ten seconds after I finished, teh dude says in disbelief, "That's my car." and then yelled, "That's my car!" He ran toward his truck, and then back towards me.

What if I told you this same hand model was the model for the Allstate insurance company 'your in good hands' slogan...

He shakes my hand and says, "Man... Thank you. People just don't offer help anymore. It's just so unlikely... Thank you!"

Google search for the word 'unlikely' comes up with TONS of these types of images.

I stand there, and I watch him rev off into the distance. With a happy smirk on my face I turn around and start my jog.

Not quite as epic as the scene in Oceans Eleven, but good enough for the moment.

Influence

Sooo I was listening to this song titled The Little Things Give You Away by Linkin Park earlier today, and started thinking about influence...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-EmcOli28U

You can take tons of messages from their songs.

Lyrics:

Don't want to reach for me, do you?

I mean nothing to you,

The little things give you away,

And now there will be no mistaking,

The levees are breaking,

All you've ever wanted,

Was someone to truly look up to you,

And six feet underwater, I do...

Six feet underwater... and ground.

You never know where your influence starts and stops. Which is one reason why a good teacher is invaluable.

It's legit.

Your influence, whether for good or bad, spreaads to each person you meet. Whether it's just a little or a lot.

Spreads just like a good ol' deadly contagious disease.

All of those little things you do, whether it's as simple as picking up trash that was left on the ground, organizing some project, being a great example to others, or giving hope and inspiration to someone. Most of the time, you won't know your influencing anybody.

There is always hope.

Some people may look up to you, others down, and of course some will be indifferent. But no matter what, you always are affecting someone (even if it's in subtle ways).

Ha ha, I had quite an inappropriate picture here before... it was subtle. Good thing I caught it...

With this in mind, I would like to thank all of those people that have pushed me down throughout my life, and even those who have kicked me back down as I was attempting to stand up. Physically, metaphorically, spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically.

One of my friends wants protesters at his funeral, with police having to hold them back.

And on the flip side of the coin, I would like to thank those who I look up to, no matter who or where you are. Those who have given me hope, and rekindled my belief in humanity. You have all influenced me in profound ways in which I will never be able to re-pay you.

Loved this videogame. Fantastic game, it was quite creative. The picture is here, because a city called Flipside is in one of it's sequels... but I liked the first one better.

Smile

Two blog posts?! Yeah, I'm crazy. I've saved these pictures and wanted to use them so here we go!

He has a lot of good quotes.

Heehee, pardon the language.

Neil Patrick Harris.

Snow Patrol.

 Yuppers.

AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH!

Haha, like my dentist... except he's seriously hilarious, really, he doesn't just force the smile. He somehow makes it come out naturally which is odd, since your at the dentist...

Good sweatshirt.

Who'd want to be a copy? More people than you'd think.

 So I should be able to fly. YES!

 Creative.

 That's quite a few ways you got there Tom...

No comment.

Certainty? 

I like reading handwritten ones much more than those 'blocky' fonts...

Failure and Ficklyness

Humans are fickle and petty. Pretend they both have the same definition. I'm using fickle, as it rhymes with pickle. Which is a completely obvious and irrelevant fact.

Hmm.

What is relevant however, are baseball games. Yes, I was at a friends house a while ago, and my friends lil' bro had just lost a baseball game! Oh the horror!

Charlay! Ouch! Charlay bit my finger!..... That really hurt,

He started recounting all the tales of the terrible things that happened during the game. Such as the referee not calling fouls on the other team, how the referee was related to the coach... He went on and on...

Always whispered into your ear...

Thing is, he was crying the whole time. I was thinking, "Really? He's crying over that?" Then I realized I cried during a pet-abuse commercial, but in my defense, there was a Sarah McLachlan song playing in the background. Anywho, the kids only eleven. In this case, it was failure that hit him. On us adults, it usually doesn't phase us too much, but kids... parents always want the best for their kids. But what is best for the kid and what the parent thinks is best for the kid can be two different things.

I'm not sure. I usually can't see my face when I cry.

Parents don't want their kids to experience failure. But, it is a necessary thing. In fourth grade, the soccer team I was on didn't score one goal the entire season. We even had the goalie come out and try to help us out during our last game! It didn't work. Yet, for some reason our team got trophy's. Trophy's! I felt accomplished... but I didn't do anything. It would have helped me later in life to cope with the other team getting trophy's and me getting none, than to get that dangable trophy which I threw away last week.

What the heck is this dog looking at? Must be something really really terrible. I mean, his eyes!

I'm just trying to say, failure is a good thing. To really hit success, you need to know failure. The fear of failure makes us stop doing what we want to do. Take a moment and be honest with yourself, what are your dreams and desires? Those things that if they happened, you would just LOVE it? But for some odd reason we are terrified of this failure. We need to follow the actors and actresses - don't look for validation. Look at the motto at the top of my blog...

Founder of DISNEY! 'Nuff said.

As to my topic of humans being fickle and petty, yes. Obviously little kids are, as he cried after losing a baseball game. But us adults worry over the most petty and fickle things too. I shouldn't have to mention anything there. Just think of what you were worrying of yesterday, "What should I wear?" Ya know that doesn't really matter much. You matter.

Best picture ever.

But, everybody is fickle and petty in their own way. It's a part of being human. We just have to deal with it in both ourselves, and others. And try to not take little things too seriously, that's always a good motto :)

Yuppers.