What I’m Watching: I’ve started to watch Psych at the recommendation of my friends, Chad and Andrew.
What I’m Reading: I’m not reading anything at the moment, but I did receive a copy of The Hole In Our Gospel by Richard Stearns and hoping to start reading it soon!
What I’m Looking Forward To This Week: Fortunately this weekend is fairly low-key, although I do have a lot of meetings. So I guess there’s nothing to really look forward to, ha ha! I’m hoping I’ll get inspired to do some writing this week or some photography!
Quote of the Day: "Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again." – Alex Tan
What I’m Watching: I’ve been watching a lot of old-school "Adam-12" and "How I Met Your Mother."
What I’m Reading:Return to the Little Kingdom: How Apple and Steve Jobs Changed the World by Michael Moritz. I’ve read a lot of books on the history of the computer industry, particularly Apple Computer, Inc. This book tells the same stories I’ve heard over and over again from a different perspective. I’m enjoying it.
What I’m Looking Forward To This Week: Getting on the Monon Trail and trying out my Dad’s road bike. I really need to get prepared for the team triathlon.
Quote of the Day: "If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking." – General George S. Patton
What I’m Listening To: "Summertime" by John Coltrane
What I’m Watching: Colin is letting me test out his Roku box, which allows me to watch Netflix-on-Demand. I’ve watched a few documentaries and some episodes of Dragnet 1970… man, I love that show!
What I’m Reading: I’m trying to find a book to read when I’m on vacation in Florida. I might re-read one of the books on my shelf… we’ll see!
Highlight of the Past Week: I guess it would have to be seeing all the family on Monday for Memorial Day.
What I’m Looking Forward To This Next Week: I’m really looking forward to having lunch with two awesome ladies today, one of them is a former mentor of mine… she’s awesome! Second thing I’m looking forward to is going to Florida. It’ll be nice to get away and see some family.
Quote of the Day: “I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” – Albert Einstein
Today started out as a gorgeous day, as so many days do. But like so many gorgeous days, I knew it couldn’t last. I saw clouds on the horizon and I knew that while I was enjoying all the sunshine, someone else was having a cloudy day.
Clouds to me are a reminder of perspective. This thought first occurred a year ago when I was riding shotgun with Jake who was flying a plane above the clouds at an altitude of around 6,000 feet. As I was looking out the window, I could see where the clouds were blocking the sun from shining on a particular area of land. Yet all I had to do was look a few miles over and the sun was shining down with no clouds to block its rays.
Sometimes when I picture my life, I think of it from the big picture… from 6,000 feet above. There are days when I look down at my life and it’s nothing but sunshine, not a cloud in the sky and those are the days that I thank God for. However, there are some days when people or situations (the clouds, if you will) float in the sky blocking out the beautiful sunlight that gives me so much joy.
As I began to think about it, I realized that I can do what I can to make it a “sunny day,” but ultimately, I don’t have control over the weather. People and situations will come into my life that may cause a few clouds in my otherwise sunny sky. When I realize and accept that this is a normal part of life, then I can begin to adjust my attitude to deal with such things. Nobody promised us that this life would be easy or that we wouldn’t have troubles. The one thing we can truly control is our attitude and perspective.
For me, I’ve had to learn that storm clouds will roll in… the trick is knowing how to weather the storm and realizing that our troubles, whatever they are, won’t last forever.
“Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don’t worry…I’m here. The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you."- Charlie Brown to Snoopy
Hello friends, I hope that this blog post finds you well.
Since I started this blog, I’ve written almost 300 posts, that’s a lot for me! Lately, I’ve found myself in a season of life that hasn’t permitted me the luxury of having time to write and photograph life as I see it. Which sucks, because it’s extremely therapeutic for me!
I’m coming to the end of my college career, so in order to focus better, I’m going to take a break from my blog for the months of April and May. During my free time, I hope to work on a new blog design and come up with some cool stuff to write about when I return in June. Thanks so much for all of you who have been so encouraging and commenting on the blog, it’s been great.
