“Sorry”

Saying “I am sorry” doesn’t make things better.  It doesn’t make the one hearing it more satisfied or the one saying it less guilty. The one saying it is simply recognizing that something he did was wrong. One doesn’t improve his status in anyway by saying “I am sorry.” Only the actions that follow have the power to change things. With that being said I am sorry.

Question of the Week

What would the perfect missions trip be composed of?

Location:   Work type:   Ethnic Group:    Basically anything that you can think of that applies to a missions trip:

Question of the Week

How has living in a free country affected you, or how do you think it has affected you?

Names to Remember

Pat McMahon

Tony Mendes

Jerome Grant the III

Samuel Barham

Valerie Nebbia

Favorite poem

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils,
Beside the lake, beneath the trees
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: -
A poet could not but be gay
In such a jocund company:
I gazed -and gazed -but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought.

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills
And dances with the daffodils.

by – William Wordsworth

Question of the Week

This is actually sort of a poll.

What is one thing about the world you would want to change?

What is one item that if everyone had, the world would be a better place with?

What is one characteristic/value that if everyone in the world had it, the world would be a better place?

Way ta go Joey!

Alright, I just wanted to commend Joey on his last post titled Two Face. This doesn’t have much to do with his post other than that he said that he sometimes feels alone, angry with himself, and at times depressed. However, he didn’t just leave it at that. He said that he did not want to come across as being selfish or self-pitying, as though he were the only one person feeling pain. He realized that many others suffer also. Pretty much everyone feels depressed at one time or another, but people often stay depressed, and don’t move on because they think that there situation is diffrent than other people. Therefore, they feel that they have an excuse to be miserable. Because after all being miserable allows you to look at the world as though you are better thatn everyone else, because you endure more pain than others, therefore people who are depressed subconciously say to themselves things like, “his life is so much easier than mine, he wouldn’t last if he were in my shoes.” So they look at others as being some what weaker than themselves.

My dad has used this sermon illustration abunch of times. In the movie Black Hawlk Down this rescue team trys to rescue a group of stranded soldiers, and on the way they get trapped. The enemy is shooting from everywhere and the driver gets shot and screems “Sargent I have been shot,” to which the sargent replies “Every one is shot just drive.”

That is a good parallel… I think.

Everyone goes through hard times, but people have to realize that they aren’t the only ones who feel bad. So when someone says how bad there day was we cant just leave at that and say “awww, poor you.” We have to build each other up. But wait!!!!!!!!!! We can’t! We are a sinnful bunch who have all been “shot,” though maby its not outwardly visible we are all screwed up.

So where do we go…

u kno…

We go to the only one we can go to. The maker of our lives, our world, the one who made everything we know. Which just happens to be known as God. Yippi! (did i spel that right?) As Erin the magnificient pointes out, all we can do is just keep pressing on, because at the end of this life there is a better one for those who believe and trust in God. Thats not an invitation to go kill urself so that u can hav a better life. Because you, have so much to do (Hey that rhymes). You have to bring God’s kingdom to earth, but that is whole nother long thing to write, so i won’t get into that.

In conclusion being depressed is a common thing. Don’t stay depressed, there are plenty of ups and downs that life brings, and its just more work to feel sorry for yourself. Ya gotta move on and look to God. Now when I said we can’t help others, i meant that we can’t bring others peace, but we can bring them God. I also know that i am being cynical and not sinsitive to others in basically prevoking a fight. However I did not intend to make people mad, and dont expect to push my friends out of depression, but im trying to give them a way to “feel better,” which is to turn to God for comfort. Also i do realize i am sinful and there may be flaws in my little, dare i say it, “sermon.” So please don’t hesatate in correcting me or sharing ur own thoughts. And oh ya, back to Joey. I just thought it was amazing that you sortof said what you said with the understanding of that you aren’t the only one with problems, and that you humbly shared your feelings not looking for people to pity you, but to encourage you. And the people who replied pointed you to God. (Hope that made sence, if i wait and proof read this ill never publish it, so forgive the errors please)

We don’t improve ourselves by going through trials, but through overcoming trials

Question

Im gona start writeing a question of the week…

starting now

Why are people inspired, find comfort, and feel attached to arts, such as music and images?

Wrestling

This sport was probibly one of the first activities ever to be discovered. It was apraised and highly thought of, but has since lost its touch from its former glory. Wrestling has been steriotyped in TV shows such as the WWF where 400 pound steroid pumped men pound each other through jumping on them, punching, chair swinging, and calling each other mean names. This is looked upon as wrestling, a fake, and gay sport. I like to confirm that the WWF is fake and gay… however that isn’t wrestling.

Wrestling is a sport where two equal men come togather to compete agianst each other in a highly aggressive maner. It is a fair setting in which each man exerts his full strength in order to overcome his opponent. Its style of competition is like no other. A match starts with two people standing in a defensive position shakeing hands, while conspireing agianst the other of how to bring to submission one who knows the the physical deception and ambush that awaits them. All this while anticipating a whistle, that will send each other into an agonizing struggle that will determine who is the weaker of the two. As the whistle sounds the opponets are set free from their restraint, all thought and preperation are demonstrated in the next 6 minutes. Many grueling hours of training go into being prepared for a mach, as with every other sport, however what seperates wrestling is that it is pure intensity. Now you might be thinking, “sure wrestling is tough but other sports are hard also, what makes wrestling diffrent.” To that, there isn’t a good answer to explain it. This is going to sound korney and inadequate, but untill you have wrestled a match or been at a practice you won’t really understand what makes wrestling so special.

The List

These are some random things that I can think of at the moment that I like.

Movies

1. Lord of the Rings
2. The Matrix Trilogy
3. Forest Gump
4. Vanilla Sky
5. Pirates of the Carribean

TV

1. Lost
2. House
3. ESPN

Video games

1. Halo
2. Madden
3. Ninja Gaiden
4. Morrowind
5. Thing Thing
6. Castle Defend

Books (I honestly dont like reading, I just like what I learn from the books.)

1. The Good Earth
2. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Lord of the Flies
5. The Bible

Sports

1. Hopkins (College Lax)
2. Baltimore Bayhawks (Pro Lax)
3. Florida Gators (College Football)
4. Jaguars (Pro Football)
5. Colorado Avalanche (Hockey)
6. The Heat (Basketball only because of Dwane Wade)
7. DC United (Soccer)
8. Brazil or the US (World Cup)
9. Baseball Sucks

Favorite Athletes

1. Mike Powell (Lax)
2. Gary Gait
3. Fred Taylor (Football)
4. Jevon Kearse
5. Lito Shepphard
6. Rex Grossman
7. Dwane Wade (Basketball)
8. Kevin Garnett
9. Ronaldino (Soccer)
10. Freddie Adeu
11. Zidane
12. Dan Gable (Wrestling)
13. Michael Phelps (Swimming)

I like to…

1. EAT
2. Watch google videos of soccer stuff
3. Wrestle… like my friends…
4. Argue with my dad about theological junk
5. Ask people random questions
6. Go off by my self to juggle (with a soccer ball) or to shoot on the lax wall
7. Drink green tea in the night outside in the cold
8. (Im not obsessive compulsive) Wash my hands… having clean hands is kewl
9. Run on the beach
10. Swim…
11. Play lax, football, soccer, capture the flag, tennis… sports
12. Play video games
13. Climb Trees
14. Drive

Thats all I can think of now…

To be Continued… (Dun Dun Duuuuuuuuuun)