Ohh the weather is cold outside! How cool (no pun intended. really.) This morning I got up, put on a sweater and left the house for martial arts class. Unfortunately the dojo was closed. Stupid me, I forgot to look at the class calendar. I need to get back in the groove of this working out thing again. These past 2 weeks I’ve been eating like a slob and neglecting to do the excercise because of classes. But hey! I still fit in my old pants!
Now I have the opportunity to pull out the sweaters and jackets that sit in my closet throughout the year. Cool beans. Bad thing is that it only stays cool for the first half of the day and then the sun starts to get empirical in the afternoon.
I’ve noticed a few things this week, a lot of people are getting sick and a lot of couples are breaking up. What do we make of this? Is there some sort of direct connection between cold weather and… colds? Are relationships immune to distance during the holidays? One can only assume. I have the pleasure of being single and healthy this winter. There was a time when I was obsessively concerned with having a girlfriend, keeping her happy, impressing her family, managing good grades, spending as little time with my own family, going out, and spending money. And all of this was in middle school!
It didn’t take very long to realize a lot of my ‘worries’ were silly. It’s difficult to balance those things and keep a focus on having the mind of Christ, especially when your an adolescant with hormones going crazy all the time. I’ve learned to appreciate my time as a single guy with a loving family and church. My time alone is not alone at all, but time spent with a God who sacrificed the only Person worthy of living, just so I could be free of the sin I harbored in my life.
Yes, “Thanksgiving Day” is over. November 27th, 2003 is long gone and but a memory to me. A week from now I won’t remember much of the details of that day, and won’t bother to try and remember. My thanksgiving comes daily. I live in a free country, with plenty of food, great friends, an awesome family, central air-conditioning, the coolest dog, and so many other blessings that would take me years to finish listing. Funny things is that I don’t deserve any of it. Nobody does. I have spit in God’s face so many times, turned my back on Him, denounced his name and sacrifice. I have doubted, mocked, scoffed at his Word and those who claim to be followers of it. Yet He has forgiven me, all because I asked it of him. If that’s not worth being thankful for, nothing is.
obsessedly…. is that even a word?
look it up.
Nevermind. Don’t! Don’t look it up!
Fixed it. Thanks.
Yay
Amazing isn’t it?
PS Paul Colman Trio is breaking up/broke up.
2/3rds are going back to Austrailia in a couple of weeks.
What!
So soon? What a bummer.
A couple of my friends are on the verge of breaking up too. sigh And they have colds. Ohhh theres a direct connection somewhere, I can smell it! Well, I would be able too if it weren’t for this cold. ARgH!
David, what a beautiful entry, whats even more beautiful is that you recognize all the good things in your life and obviously are trying to enjoy them as they come. And trust me, despite the time he chooses to do so, God will reward you in an unimaginable way.
P.S. Nice vector!
Thank you, you. =)
Hope ya feel better soon, Nate. Don’t know if I can handle you and The Dane making reference to boogers and mono much longer.
I do my own art, thank you very much
Hehe. Well you do a sweet job. Lessons?
I had a class 3 years ago that introduced me to Adobe Illustrator. That’s about all the lessons I got. The rest is pure talent and technique.