quick apology

to anyone who has left a comment on my blog or will leave a comment on my blog in the future:

i am sorry that i don't reply to all of them. apparently, i am terrible at checking to see if people comment. i was also under the impression that i'd receive an email alert when people commented. my bad, dudes.

i will be better from now on.

p.s. i'm still on that tom petty kick. today my parents called me and asked what i was up to. i told my dad, "just chillin...listening to some tom petty." after he laughed, he said, "i like some of his stuff...but he kinda looks squirrely though don't you think?" and now i see it. thanks, dad! i'm going to ask for the live anthology for Christmas.....and probably the runnin' down a dream dvd set. i still remember the first time i heard the song mary jane's last dance. i was really young, hanging out with sam dalton playing basketball in my driveway late at night. it came on the radio and i remember thinking, "this is good music...i wish i could play the harmonica."

the world is for lovers

we've heard it before. "why can't we all just get along?" well...why can't we? there's plenty of reasons i can think of, but all of them suck. sure, we can disagree with something someone says or does, but what right do we have to not love them? of course i'm not talking about the kind of love we feel for a significant other or a relative or a good friend...i simply mean love. plain and simple...care for others!

i came across this hilarious website while doing a little research on this post. does that make me a nerd? quite possibly. anyway...i think we can all take a few notes from it and maybe try to apply it to our lives.

for anyone who's intersted in a really cool Bible verse that i think really rocks this idea, check this out:

Galatians 5:13 (The Message)

13-15It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don't use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that's how freedom grows. For everything we know about God's Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That's an act of true freedom. If you bite and ravage each other, watch out—in no time at all you will be annihilating each other, and where will your precious freedom be then?


i love you all...and promise to start showing it more!


p.s. i've been on a total tom petty kick lately.

feeling guilty

why is life so hard? why do i ask myself that while knowing that life is MUCH harder for others? i mean...they say nearly a billion people suffer from starvation. that's roughly one in six humans, right? yet, when i get home from work i say, "i'm starving...i need to get a snack!" so what do i do? i no longer use the word 'starving'. i'm trying to delete it from my vocabulary. big deal...this doesn't really do anything for anyone...and that's hard.

this is my battle tonight. feeling guilty for thinking my life is hard. feeling guilty for thinking my "plans" aren't working out the way i want them to. feeling guilty for thinking i wish i made more money. feeling guilty for wishing i had what others have. feeling guilty for wishing i had more time in the day. feeling guilty for not praying for people who are going through a tough time...when i told them i would. feeling guilty for taking things for granted. feeling guilty for stuff!


guilt·y
–adjective, guilt·i·er, guilt·i·est.
1. having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, esp. against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.
2. characterized by, connected with, or involving guilt: guilty intent.
3. having or showing a sense of guilt, whether real or imagined: a guilty conscience.

the bright side? attitudes are made to be changed...so i'm trying to change my attitude and get a new perspective. nuf sed.