Erosion

Oh, erosion, come and wash away my sins
Oh, erosion, I need a second start again
Oh, erosion, would you break my heart again
Oh, erosion, I'm a broken hearted man

Switchfoot - Erosion

Evil!!

If Skybus isn't an evil corporation I don't know what is? Okay maybe not evil, but I don't like them anymore. Not that it matters since they don't exist anymore. Kim and I had tickets with them to fly to Boston next month. Tickets that were only $160 total for the 2 of us. They shut down on Saturday!

Blurry vision

Fact: Half the world - nearly 3 billion people - live on less than two dollars a day. (http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp)

Fact: The top 3 presidential nominees (McCain, Obama, and Clinton) have raised a combined $445 million just in the last year and a half...for their campaigns.

When did we lose sight of what was important?

In the name of love

Today marks the 40th Anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. I think sometimes people underestimate the impact of what Martin Luther King Jr. did, I think some people think that all he was doing was achieving equality for Blacks. For the most part, yes, that's what his goal was. But I think his real goal was for us to view EVERYONE the same way. Without prejudice, without respect to race, sex, or social standing, the way God views us.

Today we remember him. As U2 wrote in their famous song "Pride (In the Name of Love)"

Early Morning April 4th

Shots ring out in the Memphis sky

FREE AT LAST!

They took your life

They could not take your pride!

Happiness

"Happiness only when shared"

It's a quote from a movie that I saw last night...Into the Wild. The main character, after being burned by previous relationships, decides to abandon civilization and go live in the wilderness of Alaska alone. After a few months in Alaska he writes this in a book, realizing how lonely he really is.

True happiness really comes in our experiences with other people. I think about the times when I'm most happy. Sure, I enjoy the time to myself and the rest I get when nobody is around, but when I'm happiest is when I'm with my closest friends. God did not intend for us to go through life alone, but to share life with other people.

Babies

Contrary to popular belief I don't have a problem with babies. I know I've put off this image that I don't like babies and that I'm terrified of having a baby, but it's just not true. I probably do it to keep people from asking me when me and Kim are going to have a baby. Hopefully this Peace Corp thing will calm the questions down a little.

My real problem is that people expect me to have a baby when I haven't even begun to fully enjoy my current life yet. I've been married for almost 2 years and it's been amazing, but there's so much more. Also, I'm just getting to the age where I can go places pretty frequently, explore the country that I live in, learn new things. I just don't think that would happen if I had a little kid to take care of right now.

I know people who when they get out of college and get married, the first thing they want to do is procreate. And being that I went to a small, Christian college, this is a very popular thing to do. I just can't get past the fact that I think they are limiting their lives and potential. I'm sure they love being parents and are probably great parents, but don't think it would have been more fun to enjoy life for at least a couple of years first?

Benjamin Franklin

So I've discovered the problem with me deciding on what I want to do with my life...I have an interest in too many things. Actually what the problem is, I have a little interest/knowledge of many different things, instead of a lot of interest/knowledge in a few things.

Benjamin Franklin was an author, printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. So why can't you do this now? I would love to be a statistician, architect, historian, and scientist. Unfortunately, I only have a little bit of information about each of these things, but combine them together and you have a whole lot of information.