8.31.2010

politics

politics is a rare breed. it is amazing how best of friends can turn fight-to-the-death duelers when discussing politics. they can discuss virtually anything else and remain calm and jovial, but throw in words like republican, democrat, conservative and liberal and the gloves are off.

recently, i made a foray into some political discussions over the course of the day. i wasn't meaning to attack anyone, but in mentioning a disagreement with a political person they revered, it was like attacking their own family. this is what politics does. and i am not sure why. either way, after a day of weighing into debates, i was a bit annoyed with myself for having been drawn into passionate discourses.

so i withdrew. not that i don't think that some of these discussions are important, but because there is just to much passion wrapped in all of this. For this non-republican, non-democrat, non liberal, non-conservative, it is better just to stay on the sidelines and listen. i definitely have my ideas, but others hold quite dearly to theirs and happiness is more important than having your own idea heard.

at least most of the time...

8.23.2010

the LOVE experiment.

the past few.

loves going new places
loves reconnecting with friends
loves sunsets
loves the beach
loves you
loves coffee
loves the daily show
loves football (both kinds)
loves camping
loves rain
loves Germany
loves Herbie Hancock - the IMAGINE project
loves the fresh soreness after a hard run
loves that he gets the honor and privilege to sing and worship with Jenn and Kim at Grace Bible Chapel

Those have been the last many. Sort of all over the board. One thing I have noticed is that positive statuses lead to positive comments. Nothing to bicker over when you talk about things you like. Those are just things you like, not life or death. if we talked to people about the things we like about them i bet conversations would many times be different. also if we concentrated on the things we like about people, we would look more fondly on everyone.

also, i have stuck to this. there have been days that I haven't felt like it. a rough day where something bad happened and i was thinking about all that was wrong. it was tough at times to come up with something, yet i always have. it makes you realize that many things are going well at the time that things are rough.

we shall see where this leads next.

love somebody

8.05.2010

love

too many things are bringing us down. life can be hard. sucky things happen. so to counteract this and my own get caught in this swirl, i am doing something.

it is sort of a combined technology thing. every day hopefully for the month of august, i am going to put in my facebook status something that i love about life. something good about what is going on in this world. just a way to bring my mind to wonderful things and maybe getting you to think wonderful things.

My first two have been:
loves Forgotten Voices.
loves jazz.

I don't know where this leads me, but am ready to ride the ride.

Peace Aus!