Everybody Dies, But Not Everybody Lives

Two years have now gone by since my dad passed away. I wasn't expecting anything different today then the usual sadness. My agenda was as follows: went to church, bought some flowers, went home, put the flowers in water, then went to sleep for a couple of hours. As days turn into weeks and weeks into months, you start to realize that you take everything in life for granted. For instance, sometimes your parents irritate you, sometimes your hungry but your too picky to eat something. If you really think about it however, there are people far far worse off than you. Kids who grow up not knowing who their parents are, people who beg for just even a slice of bread. Certain holidays happen in this manner. Take Mother's day or Father's day, we just look at it as a day that we buy our parent a gift and tell them we love them. But when you get inside the fabric of the holiday's you start thinking. Those days were specifically built so that you would praise the people who made you, you. You praise your mom for every minute she spent trying to put you back to sleep when you had a nightmare. You praise your dad for always being able to make you laugh and work his ass off just so you could have toys and stuff to play with. Praise both your parents for the love they have given you, for some of it may be tough love but Damnit that does not mean they don't love you. What I'm saying is, don't take shit for granted. No matter how small it could be, the day it gets taken away from you, it'll break your soul. So cherish it, cherish every moment whether good or bad. It could always be worse...

MMXI: The Start of Starting Fresh

As I closed down 2010, I remembered all of the bad that happened to me. Relationship problems, Physical problems, Emotional problems, the list goes on. I put those memories to rest by setting them on fire! Now in the era of '11, new beginnings means a fresh new start to everything. It's only been 17 days since the year started and yet it feels a month or 2 in, but with these 17 days incredible things have happened. School is going to kick my ass but all of my professors are amazing, there are girls by the barrel full so I just have to get my monkey's together. I no longer hate everything and everybody, I mean I do hate certain situations and I do dislike how certain people treat other people but what are you going to do about it? Life goes on, no matter what happened to you yesterday, you always have to live for today because you don't even know if tomorrow is going to come. So as I start off this blog year, I want to say, cherish everything you have and/or had because in one single blink of the eye it could vanish. Worry not about what others are doing, only worry about you and those that you love.  Do not worry about making simple mistakes for you will learn from them and hell even sometimes your mistakes were worth it because it ended up being the right choice in the end. And finally, make sure to write down every bad experience you have had during the year, in the end you light it on fire and that shit feels good! Happy New Year, let's make 2011 count...