natural observations

As I observe mother nature more and more, I have come to notice that many natural occurrences can be easily compared to our own human actions. Take most bolts of lightning for example- They surges through the sky with so much force, drive and passion...just trying to find something,or someone, to connect with.

The first thing I see is effort. Some are better than others, yet many go through their short lives never to make an impact. Some may stand out and bring light onto our dark world, and others may just appear as a flicker of light in the distance-just like the people in our everyday lives, just like ourselves.

If you are just a flicker, you go on unnoticed; If you are to fast and powerful, you may scare people off. So to be admired, as lightning in the sky, you have to be focused, calm and most important-collective. Remember, perception is the reality. As unfortunate as that may be sometimes...it is.

Lightning main focus is to find a connection with something. As it races through its short second of a life, all it wants is to connect with something or someone and become a part of what it is. Like some people, some lightning just wants to grab onto something and destroy it! Then others just want to become a part of it; to be absorbed by it...possibly even become its fuel and ability to go on. Others want to make a connection and pass through to the world. Become one with something and then connect with the earth- back to mother nature...I would even say to go full circle, if you will. The

Lets take this picture. Looking at it you can understand what I am saying above, but what about everything besides the lightning bolt? What about the surroundings that may have been effected or changed due to its existence?



Like in our everyday lives, we effect those around us. This lightning bolt has done more than many of us will ever do in our lives! It has been seen and heard by 100's maybe thousands of people. Look at the cars on the street, as the lightning reflects off of the back windows. What about the people that may have woken up due to this one fraction of a second? What did it do for them?

Every day we make a change to something. It is strange, to me, that most people don;t notice these changes and actions that go on around us. By taking that picture I caused that second to be captured and observed by more than just a few. By writing these thoughts I have triggered other thoughts. Maybe some people think this is a stupid rant...or maybe this motivates them to live and find something to connect with.

This bolt of lightning sadly is like so many in the world- It never connected with anything. But what it has done in changing its surrounding, like the reflections off the car windows, and those who see it, myself and you-it only took one second to make that happen.

So go and search, live, love, touch, change...anything. Just remember that whatever you do means something to someone, whether anyone ever knows that or not.

Love life, smile often and laugh till it hurts.

As always, be well*

Next I think of how

one year...

A lot of bad can happen in one year. The world can feel global warming like never before, we can mess up our ecosystem more than ever (ie BP oil) or we can see more and more people without jobs due to greed and lack of moral standards within businesses.

How can we not let this effect our everyday lives? How can some people wake up and be upset about the fact that they don't have what they want- when they do not go and get it? So much negativity...so many people wanting to make a change in themselves, but not putting their ideas into motion.

A year or so ago I left my job of almost 9 years to explore what I could get out of this world. I had dreams of what it could be like and what I wanted. I found some of these and made them a reality. I also found some things I never thought I would/could ever do and created them.

Here are a handful of those things:

1. Learn and educate myself and others.
2. Meet and interact with people that do not know about my hobbies.
3. Create and/or find someone to create with.
4. Make everyday an adventure.
5. Open up myself to someone.
6. Live bellow my means.
7. Make someone smile and laugh everyday.
8. Change my perception- look up more than down.
9. Help someone I don't know.
10. Rebuild my family.

One year can go by so fast, that you can forget how it all started. I guess sometimes you have to leave your mark- so that you know you have been their when you get back. This blog for example was like my own mark. Up until today, I had forgotten about it.

In the past year I have found my future wife, written a book with her, gone on adventures daily, cried with her, laughed with her, been upset at, looked up at the sky for hours to find that one shooting star that we could share. I found someone that I could share my life with.

Sometimes I forget that we are two people. It is important to remember that we are ourselves with others. If we act like we are walking down this path of life as one, then we will lose a part of ourselves along the way. Sometimes you might not agree on the path or destination, but loving and knowing one another, and more importantly understanding each other; will make the word sacrifice non existent- that sacrifice becomes a moment or adventure to remember for a lifetime.

Love life, smile often and laugh till it hurts.

Hope all is well*

search, grow and go*

I never searched for this. It was just always their. I never noticed if it grew because it was always their waiting for the moment when I would realize its significance.

I remember the days a child, growing up and listening to my brother and sister as they always had some sort of advise to give me...contradicting each other. I love those days, growing up.

I wasn't till this moment captured that it all came together. We are always searching and growing. But while we are searching we sometimes forget to see how much we have grown because the searching was was not for something new...it was for someone we knew.

Love life, smile often and laugh till it hurts,

and as always be well*

My mother went to a fortune teller when she was younger. the woman told her about her life and her childrens lives. She talked about all the ups and downs that my brother would have. She talked about all the loves and success that my sister would have. And it seamed like in the long run things would work out for them both.

When she got to talking about me...the "youngest" son, she had nothing exciting or creative to say. She only knew that I would be happy. That is all that she said. "He will always make people smile and be happy with whatever he is given".

I love that story because I don't care if it is true...if this really happened or not. But I do look at things and see the good in them. I have been told by many that I know that I am a very nice, caring person and that I look at the world differently.

My Aunt once said that I could see God in the Devil. I think she ment I saw the glass as half full not half empty.

Love life, smile often and laugh till it hurts.

and as always,

Be well*

differently

I love the idea of family. Although, my family has never been the type that has tons traditions, like giving cards or throwing parties for someones birthday.
I think it is the fact that my family is so small. There are just five of us and we are fairly simple in what we want. We never really need anything so we just don't get/give anything.
Last Christmas we decided to donate money instead of giving each other things that we didn't need.
I think we found a tradition that fits what we are about.

Smile, laugh and love life

and as always,

Be well*

Time is Air*

Go somewhere! Take an unplanned adventure. Sometimes the best times are the ones that have little to no thought behind them.
Leave your cell phone off and go! Drive, walk, bike, skateboard, run!!! Make this time perfect.
In your eyes nothing can be any less than what you think of it...so go.

Love life, keep moving and smile till it hurts.

And as always,

Be well*

If you look hard enough and just think...for a moment. Can you see them? Sitting, talking, wondering what is next. Would someone turn and meet their future wife? Would there be kindness in the eyes of a stranger?

Think about it! No cell phones or distractions other than a newspaper. People talking about what is happening in the world.

What would you talk about? Would you talk about the future?

I would talk about my dreams.

be well*