Thursday, July 14, 2011
Mexico
Hello everyone, I am writing to you from the exotic land of Mexico. I moved here July 1st. Now I know everyone has heard the worst about this place but I have yet to encounter anything like what the media has hyped up. In fact I have had had nothing but the best treatment here by the locals. So follow along as I add to my blog of my adventures here.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Proverbs 2:2-4
A ship captain scans the horizon and contemplates his journey. He looks at his log books and reviews his voyage. The hardships, the joys, mistake and set backs, the moments of elation at making a conquest over an obstacle or a brand new discovery. He looks to the heavens to plot his course forward. Excited over the prospect of what might lie just over that next horizon
2010 was my year of enlightenment. Like that ships captain, I too am looking over this last year and seeing where I have came from and with a sense of excitement looking at that rising sun and hoping for a great journey in 2011.
I discovered so many things about myself this last year. I have actively sought to bring peace of mind into my life and like King Solomon I have also prayed for wisdom. Understanding isn't easy. I have always been a bit of a reactionary type of person. Its not within my nature to hold back on anything. I wear my emotions fairly close to the surface and go at all things with enthusiasm. I have had to learn to temper that a bit. One of my worst habits has been to place people I meet at a higher level then they deserve. Treating them as though they were a five star meal at the Four Seasons rather then just the potato that they are. Then when I finally do see them for their true nature I am disappointed. Now who is to blame for that disappointment? Me, that's who! That person didn't ask to be categorized as a five star meal, that was all on me. They know they are a potato which is why they behave the way they do. It is up to me to see the person for who they are and if they choose to strive to be a five star meal, great, if not and they want to remain a potato then its not my business to try an alter them. In other words one of the lessons of 2010 has been to except people as they are. Instead of starting them out on a pedestal, start them at ground level and let them climb to what ever height they want.
Lesson 2 for 2010: Trust in God to provide
This isn't an easy thing to do either. I worry just as most everyone does.. am I going to have enough to pay my bills this month, will I have enough to pay for my sport and all that goes with it, what if one of my pets get ill or the car breaks down or my father needs me to come help him? The list goes on and on... worrying about these things has NEVER made them go away. In fact worry is like a virus. Its loves to grow and take over your life. This year God pulled my fat out of the fire more then once. In fact every day God has given me my manna for the day. (Exodus 16: 4. This chapter in the Bible has changed my life) The trick to being happy and worry free is to slow down and really look at all that you do have. All that has already been given to you and being thankful for things staying on track. How many times at the end of the day when you are saying thanks to the Lord do you say " thank you for all the things that didn't go wrong today that could have really throw me under the bus" ? It is natural to always want more then what we have at the moment but perhaps its like that responsibility thing your parents did to you when you were a kid. They gave you a goldfish first, when you kept that taken care of you moved up to a hamster, then a dog, etc etc. Maybe the key to getting more things is simply being grateful for what you already have. I don't mean complacent, I don't think God likes lazy people. I mean grateful. A person who is grateful and humble is always respected.
2011 is going to be a very exciting and eventful year for me. I hope, with your support and your donations here at my website, to win my pro status this season. I hope to land a job I've been waiting on for almost 6 months. I hope to be a little more wiser and continue to seek that wisdom that makes being grateful for all that I have and have been given all that more clearer for me to see.
God bless you in 2011!
2010 was my year of enlightenment. Like that ships captain, I too am looking over this last year and seeing where I have came from and with a sense of excitement looking at that rising sun and hoping for a great journey in 2011.
I discovered so many things about myself this last year. I have actively sought to bring peace of mind into my life and like King Solomon I have also prayed for wisdom. Understanding isn't easy. I have always been a bit of a reactionary type of person. Its not within my nature to hold back on anything. I wear my emotions fairly close to the surface and go at all things with enthusiasm. I have had to learn to temper that a bit. One of my worst habits has been to place people I meet at a higher level then they deserve. Treating them as though they were a five star meal at the Four Seasons rather then just the potato that they are. Then when I finally do see them for their true nature I am disappointed. Now who is to blame for that disappointment? Me, that's who! That person didn't ask to be categorized as a five star meal, that was all on me. They know they are a potato which is why they behave the way they do. It is up to me to see the person for who they are and if they choose to strive to be a five star meal, great, if not and they want to remain a potato then its not my business to try an alter them. In other words one of the lessons of 2010 has been to except people as they are. Instead of starting them out on a pedestal, start them at ground level and let them climb to what ever height they want.
Lesson 2 for 2010: Trust in God to provide
This isn't an easy thing to do either. I worry just as most everyone does.. am I going to have enough to pay my bills this month, will I have enough to pay for my sport and all that goes with it, what if one of my pets get ill or the car breaks down or my father needs me to come help him? The list goes on and on... worrying about these things has NEVER made them go away. In fact worry is like a virus. Its loves to grow and take over your life. This year God pulled my fat out of the fire more then once. In fact every day God has given me my manna for the day. (Exodus 16: 4. This chapter in the Bible has changed my life) The trick to being happy and worry free is to slow down and really look at all that you do have. All that has already been given to you and being thankful for things staying on track. How many times at the end of the day when you are saying thanks to the Lord do you say " thank you for all the things that didn't go wrong today that could have really throw me under the bus" ? It is natural to always want more then what we have at the moment but perhaps its like that responsibility thing your parents did to you when you were a kid. They gave you a goldfish first, when you kept that taken care of you moved up to a hamster, then a dog, etc etc. Maybe the key to getting more things is simply being grateful for what you already have. I don't mean complacent, I don't think God likes lazy people. I mean grateful. A person who is grateful and humble is always respected.
2011 is going to be a very exciting and eventful year for me. I hope, with your support and your donations here at my website, to win my pro status this season. I hope to land a job I've been waiting on for almost 6 months. I hope to be a little more wiser and continue to seek that wisdom that makes being grateful for all that I have and have been given all that more clearer for me to see.
God bless you in 2011!
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