My friends wanted to go out drinking tonight. I said no. They nagged me until I got fed up and left. Still not sorry. I don’t drink and I have my reasons for doing so. Also, there are times where I just don’t want to deal with people. Is that so hard to understand?

My life, My choices.

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I’m not sure what inspired me to write this post, but it’s based on a sermon that I heard years ago. For some reason as I was laying in bed and couldn’t fall asleep until I get this out.

So imagine this: You’re in the car on the way to school, work, or an appointment. You’re running late and you’re speeding to get to your appointment on time. All of the sudden, you see those blue and red lights in your mirror, along with the wail of the siren. Many thoughts go through your mind as you pull over to the side of the road. “Why me? I didn’t do anything wrong! Look at that other guy, he was going the same speed as I was! I can’t afford a $200 ticket…”. As the police officer walks to your car window, you see him as an obstacle in your way of getting to your meeting. He is the ‘bad guy’ in a way. He takes your license back to his car and he looks up your record, leaving you to sit and be worried about missing your meeting. The officer walks back to your car and looks at you and says “Listen, your record came back clean and I can see you’re in a hurry to get where you are headed to, so I’m going to let you off with a warning.”. In that split second, the officer has gone from being the ‘bad guy’ to the ‘good guy’. He gave you a break and looked past something wrong you did, and gave you a second chance.

Obviously this scenario goes far beyond a speeding ticket. Look at how you use that same logic in your daily life. Some days you are the officer, some days you are the driver. Everyone has their bad days and everyone has their rough spots. The point I’m trying to make is that when you’re in the position to be upset at someone or to tear them down, realize that it doesn’t accomplish anything.

Wouldn’t you like to be let off the hook? Remember that for when you have to treat people certain ways.

Michael

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I’m not sure what inspired me to write this post, but it’s based on a sermon that I heard years ago. For some reason as I was laying in bed and couldn’t fall asleep until I get this out.

So imagine this: You’re in the car on the way to school, work, or an appointment. You’re running late and you’re speeding to get to your appointment on time. All of the sudden, you see those blue and red lights in your mirror, along with the wail of the siren. Many thoughts go through your mind as you pull over to the side of the road. “Why me? I didn’t do anything wrong! Look at that other guy, he was going the same speed as I was! I can’t afford a $200 ticket…”. As the police officer walks to your car window, you see him as an obstacle in your way of getting to your meeting. He is the ‘bad guy’ in a way. He takes your license back to his car and he looks up your record, leaving you to sit and be worried about missing your meeting. The officer walks back to your car and looks at you and says “Listen, your record came back clean and I can see you’re in a hurry to get where you are headed to, so I’m going to let you off with a warning.”. In that split second, the officer has gone from being the ‘bad guy’ to the ‘good guy’. He gave you a break and looked past something wrong you did, and gave you a second chance.

Obviously this scenario goes far beyond a speeding ticket. Look at how you use that same logic in your daily life. Some days you are the officer, some days you are the driver. Everyone has their bad days and everyone has their rough spots. The point I’m trying to make is that when you’re in the position to be upset at someone or to tear them down, realize that it doesn’t accomplish anything.

Wouldn’t you like to be let off the hook? Remember that for when you have to treat people certain ways.

Michael

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I was thinking, why on earth do people go after people under the idea that ‘I’ll change them’. No, you won’t. Do you know why? Nobody can change someone against their will. You can’t go to someone and want to change who they are, you can’t fall in love someone wanting to change them. If you change them, they’re not the person who you fell in love with to begin with.

For example, a very close friend of mine and I were talking earlier. We came to the conclusion that it doesn’t matter what has happened in the past, the things that we have done in the past are done and over with. It doesn’t usually change what happens today, or at least it shouldn’t. So why do people allow things that have happened in the past to impact what happens today? I don’t know, I don’t have the answer. This friend and I essentially came to the understanding that the things we have said and done in the past are history. These things make us who we are. 

Isn’t that all that matters?: Who we are now?

Yeah, I thought so.

-Michael

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I personally think it’s different for everyone. Every person is different and every person wants different things in life. Seems simple enough, no? Well, it can be. Goals in life are important, but the success of those goals isn’t everything. My thoughts might be all over the place right now but where is there a rule that says that can’t be the case? The gist of what I’m saying is set your own goal in life, something that makes you truly happy. Work towards that goal, and don’t forget to remember the small victories and successes and steps that you accomplished to get there. Cool? Cool.

-Michael

“True wisdom comes to us when we realize how little we know about life, ourselves, and the universe” -Socrates. Who would have thought someone from so long ago could be so right. There is absolutely no way we will ever be able to know ‘everything’. But in all honesty, why would we want to? We are living in a world where we constantly strive to know more and more, which in my opinion is a good thing. That constant desire to learn and hunger for knowledge has gotten us to where we are today. Thinking outside of the box and realizing how much we have to learn. We will never ever be able to harness all the knowledge of the universe, because there will always be more to learn. Plus, as a good friend of mine once said: “If I mastered every language and learned everything, my tomorrow would be pretty boring.”. I just want to bring that idea forward. Once we all realize how little we know, we have achieved wisdom.

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Well said.

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That’s how a song by Nickelback goes. The interesting thing is that no matter how much everyone tries to talk about making a better world, very few people actually act on making a better world. I can’t tell you how many people I see every day claim to want to stop tearing people down, to stop bullying, to stop making other peoples’ lives miserable. Bottom line: people keep saying they want to make a change. Excuse my harshness, and stop saying something and just do it.

-Michael