Family, Friends, Life, Living...

I’m feeling extra motivated after a great weekend with family and friends back home. I love that my brothers are growing into great young men and seeing my parents relationship as strong as it has ever been. We had family pictures this weekend and it was the first time that we had taken them as a whole family in almost 10 years. It felt great to be whole again (as a family). I’m excited to see the things I will accomplish in my life and to also see my brothers continue to accomplish great things.
At the graduation some of the speakers mentioned quotes that resonated in me and affirmed a lot of feelings and thoughts I have about my life. Striving for greatest and being different, in my life, is something that I have been working towards these past years, and continuing to balance my life also. Having a good balance between business and pleasure is important to me, and I feel the best when I am balanced between the two.
Life isn’t easy. Relationships aren’t easy. Learning isn’t easy. Nothing in life worth having or achieving is easy. But, I’m up for any challenged that I am faced with in my life and I will support those important to me in their challenges also.
Another step is coming and my life and I will continue to take one step at a time. This adjustment will not be easy for me, but I will stay focused on my goals in order to make the adjustments easier.

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Mind bleed...

I'm up wayyyy too late on a work day knowing that I need to get up early and work in the morning. Anyway, just been marinating on a few things lately. Same ol' stuff...work, life, relationship, my future, BLAH!!! So many decisions made and hopefully many more in my future.

Choices

Well currently I should be working because I’m slightly behind on work for this bi-week, but there are a few things that I’ve had on my mind for a while that I have been “marinating” about…

Lately I’ve been really thinking about phrases like…”Everything happens for a reason”, “It was mean to be”, “God put me in this position for a reason”, etc… I’m not sure if I agree with any of these statements. Let me explain.

So first, agreeing with the statements above imply that we have no control over our actions or no matter what we do the “same” things will happen regardless. So if I choose to speed and I get a ticket for speeding, I guess it was “meant to be”. Um no, I could have chosen not to speed and I wouldn’t have gotten the ticket. Obviously, I understand what the repercussions of speeding can be. Yet I chose to ignore them. We choose to do many things, or not do things, and all of these things affect us (and sometimes others) in many ways. It’s our choice and our decision to do or not to do things in our life, right??? If I hadn’t chosen to go to school and get a degree in engineering, I wouldn’t have the job I have today. So this job wasn’t meant to be. I made the choices necessary to be able to have the opportunity to get this job and this job has provided me with many other opportunities that I wouldn’t have had if I didn’t choose to attend MSU. I could have easily decided to not go to school and have a lower paying job, or even pursue a different career entirely, and then I would have been faced with many different choices to make…

Life is about the choices that we make, good and bad, right and wrong, or indifferent…but they are still our choices. I am in the position today because of ALL the decision that I have made in my life. These choices have played a role in me being who I am today. I have learned from all the decisions I have made, and I will continue to learn from the decision that I make in the future.

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"Officer I really have to go..."

I can personally relate to this bumper sticker. Melvin and T Redd know the story behind this....LOL. CLASSIC!!!

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Putting things in perspective…

I feel exceptionally good after a few days with my homeboy P, a few days with my parents, and then a few days in Miami with my parents, some aunts, uncles, and cousins. Being around these people who love me for me, no matter what I have done, helped me a lot. It really helped to remind myself how important love ones are in my life. There are so many things that I have been thinking about lately and struggling with. But being around them really helped me put some things back in perspective. I love my family and friends very much. They have provided me with so much love, advice, wisdom, expertise, etc. So I will be making sure that I don’t forget the ones who have helped me become the person that I am today. I have many things that I have to work on, but I know that the ground work is laid and all I have to do is focus on continuing to build.

Fred

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Sensing a change...

Have you every felt like you had a break through or realized something that made you feel a sense of clarity....That's a point that I feel I am at now. I feel as though my life is at another turning point and I have no doubt that I am heading in the right direction. It feels great. I'm so excited to see whats coming up....

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Getting it done...

It has been an interesting year for me. A lot of changes in my life and I have reflected on a lot of these things recently. I’m happy with some, not so happy/satisfied with others. But that’s life. I’m glad that I started back reading. Television is really getting old. It’s so redundant and filled with a lot of negative garbage. I understand that it is entertainment, but sometimes it goes a little far for me. I have a few shows that I watch, but only a FEW. I just finished The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho which was a very good book, it made me think about my life and what I am pursuing. I definitely recommend it. Now I am reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle and it seems good also. I feel much better after reading for an hour and learning something than sitting in front of the tube like a zombie LOL.

So what is in store this year…I’m not sure. I have some plans and I will be making changes to pursue those plans. But I also expect life to happen and when it does I will make moves accordingly. I definitely will travel this year and explore Tampa and Florida more. I’ll also get back to golfing because I enjoying that A LOT, although it is extremely frustrating at times LOL. Other than that…I’m glad that I woke up today healthy with the ability to enjoy this life another day.

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