29may08 today's quote

success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. you must set yourself on fire.

-arnold h glasow-

28may08 today's quote

shoot for the moon. even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

-les brown-

at it again

here i am again blogging about how great things are and how great i am feeling. there seems to be a tendency to do so after a stint of not blogging at all. it is said that bad things come in threes. well, too bad for the bad things, only coming in threes and all. for the good things come one at a time, in twos, threes, fours, fives, tens, twenties, and so on. and when i think about it, the good things will never end.

the past week has been great and this weekend was fantastic... awesome... amazing... and every synonymous word for them you can think of. i hung out with sarah a lot. she is absolutely wonderful and i like her immensely. i'd like to see her a great deal before i leave for camp in a week.

hope everyone's memorial day weekend was good and that you remembered the soldiers.

cheers!

27may08 today's quote

a sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.

-john locke-

26may08 today's quote

we dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream.

-ralph waldo emerson-

25may08 today's quote

genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

-e b white-

24may08 today's quote

appreciation is a wonderful thing. it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

-voltaire-

23may08 today's quote

feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

-william arthur ward-

22may08 today's quote

in a relationship, you learn about another person. but it's amazing what you learn about yourself too.

-me-

21may08 today's quote

people who don't cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go.

-ramsey clark-

20may08 today's quote

hope, like the gleaming taper's light,
adorns and cheers our way,
and still, as darker grows the night,
emits a brighter ray.

-oliver goldsmith-

little blogging

i haven't blogged much as of late. i feel i want to put down everything that's happening. that wouldn't be possible though. it would take way too long. i'm not sure many would want to attempt reading it all. things have been really good. this past week was amazing! i've been so happy. but i find myself feeling rushed as the departure for camp nears. additionally, my heart is sad for i won't be able to spend time with sarah. i have been praying for preparations to be made before i leave, time off to come back to visit, and god's eyes, ears, heart, and mind for learning, understanding, and growth while he has me at camp. please pray for me too. thanks. have a good day everyone.

cheers!

19may08 today's quote

the fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. it is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness.

-henry david thoreau-

18may08 today's quote

the most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for god to worry about.

-don marquis-

17may08 today's quote

i speak truth, not so much as i would, but as much as i dare; and i dare a little the more, as i grow older.

-michel de montaigne-

16may08 today's quote

gratitude is the memory of the heart.

-jean baptiste massieu-

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cheers!

15may08 today's quote

fall seven times, stand up eight.

-japanese proverb-

14may08 today's quote

the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

-marcel proust-

13may08 today's quote

a discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.

-albert szent gyorgyi-

is the glass half full or half empty?

ah yes, the age old question. i once had a roomie who thought about the question differently than most. he answered it this way. "the glass is twice as big as it needs to be." interesting...

cheers!

12may08 today's quote

i've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

-larry bird-

11may08 today's quote

you cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind.

10may08 today's quote

life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

-doug larson-

09may08 today's quote

experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

-vernon sanders law-

08may08 today's quote

adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

-horace-

07may08 today's quote

god's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

-elizabeth barrett browning-

06may08 today's quote

how many observe christ's birthday! how few his precepts!
o! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.

-benjamin franklin-

straight from a, to z.

i treat people like i've known them for twenty years. someone beside me on the bus, a customer on a delivery, people at parties - you name it, there's no difference in how i treat them. today, i was thinking about the "twenty year comfort level" and how it affects the interactions i have with people. i see that i easily get to this level. it's natural to me. but i'm also seeing that i don't move from 1 to 2 to 3 (and so on) as effortlessly.

just something i'm thinking about.

cheers!

05may08 today's quote

sweet childish days, that were as long
as twenty days are now.

-william wordsworth-

04may08 today's quote

don't always think you're on the right road just because it’s a well-beaten path.

03may08 today's quote

there is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.

-elizabeth lawrence-

02may08 today's quote

the ultimate result from shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.

-herbert spencer-

happy may day!!!

i hope everyone's may day was fantastic. i spent most of the day in omaha. i had made a special may day basket for sarah and wanted to deliver it (i also wanted to see her :)). while in omaha, i purchased a sleeping bag for camp, hung out with ryan (which was so great to catch up), and played tennis for the first time (i did okay, but could've done beter). jonathan and i had scheduled dinner tonight so upon arriving back in lincoln and changing, i hopped on my bike and rode downtown. we ate at noodles and co. it was so good to hang out and chat like we used to. the air was getting a little brisk as the sun steadily was sinking closer towards the horizon. i was sure to ride hard on the way home to keep warm as i was only in shorts and a t-shirt. so now i sit here with amelia atop me as i blog. i told josh i'd hang out with him tonight. and becca is wanting to hang out after she gets off work. looks like tonight will be a long night!

cheers!

01may08 today's quote

i thank thee first because i was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because it was i who was robbed, and not i who robbed.

-matthew henry-