That’s something that the speaker at my church retreat said and that I wrote down. I had intended on making a post about it eventually. Well I guess eventually has come...I was scrolling through the notes on my phone looking at all the half finished blog posts and other blog topics I had saved, this one stuck out. I feel like for a really long while...I’ve been really selfish, for good reason I guess. I just feel like I haven’t been motivated lately, I feel like my life’s lacking direction and that I’ve been in a real bad funk. I’ve been telling myself to really focus on my own well being and better my state of mine. So it’s funny that as I was looking through potential blog posts on my phone, I stumbled on this. It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. Specifically reaching out to people, checking up on people and just connecting or reconnecting with people. It’s something I’ve went back and forth about, but maybe this is a sign. For the most part, the friends that I meet up with occasionally, it’s always a good time and the conversations are always genuine and very enjoyable. Rereading what that pastor said is really hitting me, how maybe I’ve been neglecting others and been too focused on myself, to no avail lol. I feel like God's been really pushing me to reach out to certain people. And I have faith that as I focus on others, God will prompt others to focus on me.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Where's Your Focus?
“When you focus on the needs of others, God will prompt others to focus on your needs.”
That’s something that the speaker at my church retreat said and that I wrote down. I had intended on making a post about it eventually. Well I guess eventually has come...I was scrolling through the notes on my phone looking at all the half finished blog posts and other blog topics I had saved, this one stuck out. I feel like for a really long while...I’ve been really selfish, for good reason I guess. I just feel like I haven’t been motivated lately, I feel like my life’s lacking direction and that I’ve been in a real bad funk. I’ve been telling myself to really focus on my own well being and better my state of mine. So it’s funny that as I was looking through potential blog posts on my phone, I stumbled on this. It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. Specifically reaching out to people, checking up on people and just connecting or reconnecting with people. It’s something I’ve went back and forth about, but maybe this is a sign. For the most part, the friends that I meet up with occasionally, it’s always a good time and the conversations are always genuine and very enjoyable. Rereading what that pastor said is really hitting me, how maybe I’ve been neglecting others and been too focused on myself, to no avail lol. I feel like God's been really pushing me to reach out to certain people. And I have faith that as I focus on others, God will prompt others to focus on me.
That’s something that the speaker at my church retreat said and that I wrote down. I had intended on making a post about it eventually. Well I guess eventually has come...I was scrolling through the notes on my phone looking at all the half finished blog posts and other blog topics I had saved, this one stuck out. I feel like for a really long while...I’ve been really selfish, for good reason I guess. I just feel like I haven’t been motivated lately, I feel like my life’s lacking direction and that I’ve been in a real bad funk. I’ve been telling myself to really focus on my own well being and better my state of mine. So it’s funny that as I was looking through potential blog posts on my phone, I stumbled on this. It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. Specifically reaching out to people, checking up on people and just connecting or reconnecting with people. It’s something I’ve went back and forth about, but maybe this is a sign. For the most part, the friends that I meet up with occasionally, it’s always a good time and the conversations are always genuine and very enjoyable. Rereading what that pastor said is really hitting me, how maybe I’ve been neglecting others and been too focused on myself, to no avail lol. I feel like God's been really pushing me to reach out to certain people. And I have faith that as I focus on others, God will prompt others to focus on me.
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
When You Feel The Pressure...
I really enjoy watching vlogs, it lets me live vicariously through whoever it is I’m watching lol, but I’ll save that for another post. So I was watching Complex magazine’s vlogs and the dude who does it always closes the vlogs out with some sort of inspiring or encouraging message from either himself or one of his coworkers. So this one dude said “when you feel the pressure, just remember pressure makes diamonds”. It reminded me of my first tattoo...about trials and temptations. That...well they’re a part of life, necessary to prune and shape us into whoever we’re meant to be. It’s something that never ceases to amaze me and remind me that hard times are a part of life...necessary to shape us and give us wisdom, hopefully lol. Hard times and struggles allow us to fail, learn about ourselves and put to practice things we’ve learned from previous failures. I love using the rollercoaster analogy cuz how fun would a rollercoaster that only goes down be? It’s the up that makes the down more enjoyable...similarly in life it’s the failures that make the triumphs and victories so much more sweet. I know I sound like a broken record, but sometimes you just need these simple reminders...that life is going to be hard, and that’s okay...that you’re going to fail smetimes, but that’s okay too. It’s all meant to push you forward in this walk of life...I hope this reaches you well as it did me, till next time...peace.
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Guest Writer #31: WG
Wow it's been a while since the last guest post, I've missed these, probably one of my favourite kinds of posts on this blog...so with that, enjoy...
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Who Knows If They Will Still Be Together?
There are a few of them left. Each clinging to something so little of the ruins that was once thriving. Maybe the ones who are no longer here felt something. Maybe those are the lucky ones who have escaped. Maybe they’re still in the same dump as everyone else but in a masked environment; it just hasn’t happened in their district yet. They walk into a shelter, footsteps treading lightly on the rubble underneath. There’s presence lingering here; spirits crashing into walls unable to go back to their lifeless bodies that are on the ground. The stagnant air is familiar; ironically, it preserves everything that should be rotting away. In the distance, they can hear screams and yelling. Laughter is also heard; it’s as if they were standing on the other side of a drunken debacle but nothing’s there. Whispers echo throughout the eerie hallways as they trudge through the mess that’s left here. Several chiefs have led this population and all of them have failed. Abandonment came from the very last. He was a wolf in sheep’s clothing; he made so many false promises that the population chose to rebel. Who wanted to follow an inconsistent disreputable bastard of a man? People left forgetting others who are still here. Hopefully to better places but permanently shutting out their past. Over the years, they’ve found other misfits. Together they know what this could’ve been; a lively flourishing haven. There are a few of them left. Each clinging to something so little of the ruins that was once thriving. They close their eyes and take a deep breath. Uncertainty looms over as another Sunday passes by.
-WG
Wednesday, October 04, 2017
From The Heart #1
A long time ago, I used to do these posts called From The Heart and title it something like “Parents”, “Friends” or “Relatinships”. I would just talk...about my thoughts and feelings towards certain topics. As of late, I’ve been in a real rut in my life, I can’t seem to get over this hump, I’m not too sure what it is exactly, but I’ve been feeling hella unmotivated. I’ve been so caught up with trying to put out blog posts, quality content and funny/interesting stories that I sometimes forget it’s okay to keep it simple and just talk to you guys. I feel like as of late, I’ve really closed off my social circle. That is there’s only a handful of people I keep in constant communication with. I somewhat enjoy it to be honest, it’s comfortable and it’s familiar. I kinda wanna get back to just talking to you guys, at least once in a while...that’s why this is the first installment of what hopefully will be more posts “From The Heart”. 25 is an extremely weird age to be at...I’m not really a kid but I don’t really feel like an adult either. It makes it more confusing in that one of my groups of friends consists of dudes I went to high school with, all the same age as me whereas my other group of friends consists of kids who are much younger than me, again two very differing sides. It’s kinda like I’m stuck in limbo, in this grey area of what am I doing with my life and what stage of life am I even in? Usually I’d illustrate something to you guys like oh imagine me stuck at a crossroads with multiple pathways and I don’t know which one to take, but it’s far from that right now. For one, I feel like I’m not even moving, I feel like I’ve been stagnant in a lot of parts in my life. Besides not moving, I feel like I can’t even see any pathways in front of me, I just see a lot of fog and cloud, I don’t know where I am, where I’m going or if I’m even in the right place or direction...which kinda reinforces me not moving. That’s kinda where my life is at right now lol, it’s pretty...lackadaisical. Yeah...I’ll see you soon, peace.
P.S. If you’re really interested in finding those “From The Heart” posts, you just gotta type in ‘from the Heart’ in the search bar, there’s a lot of them.
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