Great Friends

Great friends aren't necessarily the friends you've had the longest or the friends that you spend a lot of your time with. In my case, I think my greatest friends are the people who, when I leave their company, I feel rejuvenated, encouraged, and loved. When we separate there is a sadness but without guilt or remorse.

Basically, great friends leave you wanting more.

Kyle is helping me design a blog cooler than this one.

Interesting Thought

Once there was a people who surveyed the resources of the world and
said to each other: “How can we be sure that we will have enough in
hard times? We want to survive whatever happens. Let us start
collecting food, materials and knowledge so that we are safe and
secure if a crisis occurs.” So they started hoarding. So much and so
eagerly that the other peoples protested and said: “You have so much
more than you need, while we don’t have enough to survive. Give us
part of your wealth!” But the fearful hoarders said: “No, no we need
to keep this in case of emergency, in case things go bad for us too,
in case our lives are threatened.” But the others said: “We are dying
now, please give us food and materials and knowledge to survive. We
can’t wait… we are dying now!”

Then the fearful hoarders became even more fearful since they became
afraid that the poor and hungry people would attack them. So they said
to one another: “Let us build walls around our wealth so that no
stranger can take it from us.” They started erecting walls so high
that they could not even see anymore whether their enemies were
outside the walls or not! As their fear increased they put bombs at
the top of their walls so that nobody from outside would even dare to
come close. But instead of feeling safe and secure behind their armed
walls they found themselves trapped in the prison they had built with
their own fear. They even became afraid of their own bombs, wondering
if they might harm themselves more than their enemy. And gradually
they realize that their fear of death had brought them closer to it.
Henry Nouwen

Failed Challenge

I failed. Wasn't even close. I'm just not an everyday blogger I guess.

Oh well, life goes on.

Shutter Island

Went and saw Shutter Island tonight. Loved it.

Fun little story line, good acting, and I don't know exactly what it was or what to call it, but i loved the way it was filmed... the cinematography i guess?

Anyway... Solid movie.

Day 13

I got nothin. It's 11:26 and I have nothing to say.

What a boring blog.

More like blah-g.

Day 12

I don't know what I was thinking trying to blog every day. I just don't have that much to say! I guess it's a nice opportunity to just get use to writing for writing's sake, to no one in particular, maybe find a bit of my literary voice (although most days I'm not actually writing, I'm just stealing quotes). I think when I decided to start blogging that I assumed I would have a lot to say, because I think about little things (and big things) all the time... but when it comes to put them into words, I find myself drawing a blank or just being too lazy to fully explain and evaluate myself.

I think that "laziness" is showing itself to be a recurring theme in my life. I think I need to work on that. I'll start tomorrow. ( this is not procrastination, I'm just about to go to bed that's all)

Let's be Honest...

The truth is more important than the facts.

~Frank Lloyd Wright

Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

~Austin O'Malley

Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it.

~Mark Twain