Thursday, March 25, 2010
New Press Release Check it Out!
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Great Break
Finally back from spring break. I find it a little weird but also kind of cool that everyone in America at some point during March just says:
"I'm takin' a break."
"For how long?" (someone might ask)
"Oh about a week"
"Oh, so you're taking a vacation"
"Nope just takin a break"
"Is it a holiday?"
"Nope just takin a break"
"Oh.....can I take a break?"
"Sure, I think everyone is."
" What do we do on this break?"
"Well everyone get's drunk on Saint Patty's day, and most of the college kids go to the beach, but for the most part you can do whatever you want."
"Can I stay at home, never get out of my pajamas, eat ice cream, and watch the full season of Battle Star Galactica on dvd?"
"Sure"
"Everyday?"
"yea....if you want"
"Awesome! I love spring break!"
"Me too Dwight, Me Too"
Sorry about that I think I just eluded to a scene of The Office that was never written, but I think you get my point. Spring Break isn't a holiday or any week of any real significance except for the fact that every school just says "we've had enough , we're takin a break."
"I'm takin' a break."
"For how long?" (someone might ask)
"Oh about a week"
"Oh, so you're taking a vacation"
"Nope just takin a break"
"Is it a holiday?"
"Nope just takin a break"
"Oh.....can I take a break?"
"Sure, I think everyone is."
" What do we do on this break?"
"Well everyone get's drunk on Saint Patty's day, and most of the college kids go to the beach, but for the most part you can do whatever you want."
"Can I stay at home, never get out of my pajamas, eat ice cream, and watch the full season of Battle Star Galactica on dvd?"
"Sure"
"Everyday?"
"yea....if you want"
"Awesome! I love spring break!"
"Me too Dwight, Me Too"
Sorry about that I think I just eluded to a scene of The Office that was never written, but I think you get my point. Spring Break isn't a holiday or any week of any real significance except for the fact that every school just says "we've had enough , we're takin a break."
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
New Ideas
Well where to start? These past couple of months have been a re-awakening of sorts for me. I've finally taken the time to slow down and find out what I want out of life, and also figure out what exactly it is that I have to contribute while I exist here on this planet. I guess for the past couple of years that's all I've been doing: existing. I must say the recent years have been some dark ones, I mean not that dark, I haven't lived through a black plague or rotting in a prison cell or anything. Yet, I guess you could say I created my own prison, where the bars and cold brick walls were my own doubts and fears.
Before I expound anymore on how I made my escape from my metaphorical prison, I guess I should tell you a little about myself. I grew up in a small town in central Texas USA. Everyone knew everybody else, and getting away from civilization meant driving a few miles out of town. Now spending my childhood and adolescence in a small town was neither a good or bad thing. I suspect its just like everything else, it has its attractive parts: no traffic (except on gamedays), and its ugly parts: small town gossip. Yet, growing up in that environment did affect me in some ways. My grandfather made a fortune in the oil business out in west texas in the 1960's 70's. He retired at the age of 40. My father grew up dirt poor on a farm. He is now a respected emergency room physician (they call him the cowboy doctor). Everyone in town respected my father and grandfather. Whether they liked them or not (just like high school small towns tend to have your so-called clicks) they respected my elders. As I grew up and began to realize the uniqueness of their success when compared to the surrounding community there is one thing that grew inside of me year after year.... expectation.
I graduated high-school naive young and scared. To the outside world I'm sure I looked like a juicy peice of fresh meat ready to be devoured. I made mistakes in the following years, partying, developing bad habits, believing my own doubts and fears as I built my prison walls higher and deeper. The only mistake that I didn't make was giving up, I never gave up. Finally, I realized that the mistakes I was making was due to my philosophy. Now trust me the philosophy I had in those years was anything but constructive. So I started to ask questions. I questioned everything. I even questioned the very beliefs I grew up learning from my elders. Yet, something amazing happened. I discovered real truth for myself. Being told something is true and finding out on your own are two very different things. Now that I had reaffirmed my beliefs I started to apply it to my life. The prison walls were slowly cracking. As Morgan Freeman said in Shawshank Redemption "Andy Dufrane always said that geology was fascinating, all a man needs to pass through walls is time and pressure."
Sometimes to apply new ideas or new philosophies to your life you have to start with a clean slate. Like I said what I had been doing in the previous years hadn't been producing the results I wanted to see in my life. So I decided to change. I changed what I watched, I changed what I read, I changed how I interpreted what my elders were saying to me. Instead of always hearing expectation when I received advice from parents or peers, I heard support. Instead of filling my life with melancoly, doubt, and darkness, I filled it with opportunity, possibility, and light. Now I know all of this sounds very abstract, say even fluffy, trust me I know. All i'm saying is If you want to change your life, if you want to change your circumstances, you have to change your philosophy, change how you think. Once you do that the rest is a direct product of that philosophy and mindset.
Well now that I've rambled on for a few paragraphs, I believe thats enough for today. I'd like to end with a quote from one of my favorite movies -Vanilla Sky- "Every passing second is another chance to turn it all around."
Before I expound anymore on how I made my escape from my metaphorical prison, I guess I should tell you a little about myself. I grew up in a small town in central Texas USA. Everyone knew everybody else, and getting away from civilization meant driving a few miles out of town. Now spending my childhood and adolescence in a small town was neither a good or bad thing. I suspect its just like everything else, it has its attractive parts: no traffic (except on gamedays), and its ugly parts: small town gossip. Yet, growing up in that environment did affect me in some ways. My grandfather made a fortune in the oil business out in west texas in the 1960's 70's. He retired at the age of 40. My father grew up dirt poor on a farm. He is now a respected emergency room physician (they call him the cowboy doctor). Everyone in town respected my father and grandfather. Whether they liked them or not (just like high school small towns tend to have your so-called clicks) they respected my elders. As I grew up and began to realize the uniqueness of their success when compared to the surrounding community there is one thing that grew inside of me year after year.... expectation.
I graduated high-school naive young and scared. To the outside world I'm sure I looked like a juicy peice of fresh meat ready to be devoured. I made mistakes in the following years, partying, developing bad habits, believing my own doubts and fears as I built my prison walls higher and deeper. The only mistake that I didn't make was giving up, I never gave up. Finally, I realized that the mistakes I was making was due to my philosophy. Now trust me the philosophy I had in those years was anything but constructive. So I started to ask questions. I questioned everything. I even questioned the very beliefs I grew up learning from my elders. Yet, something amazing happened. I discovered real truth for myself. Being told something is true and finding out on your own are two very different things. Now that I had reaffirmed my beliefs I started to apply it to my life. The prison walls were slowly cracking. As Morgan Freeman said in Shawshank Redemption "Andy Dufrane always said that geology was fascinating, all a man needs to pass through walls is time and pressure."
Sometimes to apply new ideas or new philosophies to your life you have to start with a clean slate. Like I said what I had been doing in the previous years hadn't been producing the results I wanted to see in my life. So I decided to change. I changed what I watched, I changed what I read, I changed how I interpreted what my elders were saying to me. Instead of always hearing expectation when I received advice from parents or peers, I heard support. Instead of filling my life with melancoly, doubt, and darkness, I filled it with opportunity, possibility, and light. Now I know all of this sounds very abstract, say even fluffy, trust me I know. All i'm saying is If you want to change your life, if you want to change your circumstances, you have to change your philosophy, change how you think. Once you do that the rest is a direct product of that philosophy and mindset.
Well now that I've rambled on for a few paragraphs, I believe thats enough for today. I'd like to end with a quote from one of my favorite movies -Vanilla Sky- "Every passing second is another chance to turn it all around."
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