That's something to be proud of.

So yesterday I was helping to facilitate a discussion on morality... hah morality. There's always this struggle. I feel like "Hey, I'm a pretty moral person," and then the next minute it's like "I suck, I do some stupid stuff."

In talking about morality and listening about it, I think it's important to train ourselves to pay closer attention to our actions. I think I'm going to literally try and ask the questions, "Is that something that I'm proud of?" and "Is that me being the best that I can be?" or "Is this something I'm at least not ashamed of?" It's like the WWJD bracelets. What would Jesus do in that situation? But for me that seems too reactionary. It's not just about what we do in reaction to things, it's how we spend our free time. It's about what we go out and initiate ourselves. And yet there's always temptation, it's tough. I guess that it's most important to just consciously think about things. I don't know how people can do so many things without even thinking about them. I feel like even when I do something wrong, there's part of me, some might call it a conscience, nagging in the back of my head. That's my biggest indicator, shame. I want more pride and less shame.

Hit the reset button

Looks like I've gotten away from the blog again. Sorry, to any person who actually might check this page out. I'm gonna hit the reset button again. It's kind of like back in the "old days" when we had the original Nintendo Entertainment System. If you put the cartridge in and it doesn't work right and you get all the squiggly lines or a blank screen, you pull it out blow on it and try it again. As long as you keep trying again then no one can say you're not trying right? I think this is something common in a lot of our lives. Like, with keeping up with old friends. I'll go through a spell where I'll try and keep up with certain people and then all of a sudden I haven't talked to them in months or years. But, then I'll try once again. Somebody once wiser than me said that it doesn't matter how many times you fall as long as you keep picking yourself back up. Another simple example is fitness. How many of us go through so many spells of working out and staying in shape and then getting caught up in so much stuff that we let it go. And then we come back to it when New Year's comes around. I think that gyms may have invented New Year's just so that they could have a rush of business at least one time of the year to compliment the normal patrons. So... hitting the reset button one more time on this whole writing and thinking thing. Wish me luck.

Breathing

Breathing out is just as important as breathing in. It is just as vital to living. Not only must we take in what is good, but we must also accept what is given to us. We must not only let go of what is bad, but also share what we have that is good with those around us.