I am my own worst enemy...

Look at how much fun he's having. How often do we as adults get to go back to the playground and play on the swings? If only there were 10 more hours in the day, right? Yeah right, we'd just find more things to do to fill up those 10 hours with busy work. There's a reason childhood only comes around once...it's just about impossible to go back to it. Not a worry in the world as a kid...as adults, even if we do get that rare opportunity to be a kid again, will eventually have to come back to ground reality. But it's all good. Get out on those swings! Be like Joe!!!

Dude, check this out. Who ever knew that Tom Green had micky fricky emcee icky skill!?!? People never cease to amaze me. I mean, I wasn't much of a Tom Green Show fan back in the day, but when people show multi-facetedness, I can't help but be impressed. Only for the better though, I mean, if someone I knew all of the sudden showed how much of an a-hole he/she was, then I would be far less enthused.

I postedthis entry into the health challenge blog with the roomies and a couple of other friends. For those of you who don't know, I've decided to take another stab at quitting smoking. I will no longer say I quit...because to quit, is to do exactly that...quit; as in never do it again. I'm not gonna be naive enough to think that from this day forth, I will never take one puff of another cigarette, take a hit of hookah, or any of that again. But I will say this, my goal is to kick myself of the habitual aspect of my smoking. Yeah, I started all over again because I gave in during a period of my life where I was feeling very weak, but I really should take charge in being a healthier person. Hell, I'm only 30, and I want to live a long time to see a lot of things - granted I don't get hit by a bus or something on my way home...but the things that ARE in my control...I will try to seize by the horns. Won't be easy, but I know in the end, it'll be worth it.

Sometimes you just need a good swift kick in the butt to get yourself into gear and out the door to your future. I first mentioned in my NY resolutions that I wanted to make some changes in my life, possibly something even towards a career change. Well, most of these past 8, 9 months...I had barely been doing the minimum, if that. It took a little nudge to really make me think about it a lot more and to ask myself if, "I really want it." Because yes, I'm definitely afraid, but if my fear is greater than my want, then I have my answer. But I realize that my answer is, yes, I DO want this. I won't let fear block my way. And it's time to move along and get into it. Weird that when I first started thinking about this...it was Oct 03, 2005...look up the post. 3 almost 4 years later, still nothing. Other than the public speaking practice, nothin more than that. I have since made contact w/ the people I was supposed to start talking to a while back. So let's see where road goes. Here's to taking risks!!!

55 small things you can always do
25. Learn to listen. Opportunity often knocks softly.
Survey says? DING DING DING! This is definitely one of those lil life "truisms." Opportunity doesn't always make a gran, "Shazzam! I'm here!!!" appearance...often, you have to have your eyes and ears peeled, and essentially, "see the signs." You have to pay attention to the little things, because that's often where the signs that you're looking for lie.

"Sometimes God doesn't tell us His plan because we wouldn't believe it anyway."
-Carlton Pearson