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| I got out of my car this morning and saw this. |
I am so grateful for the mountains in Utah. This is Mount Timpanogos. Breathtaking.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
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| Not from this morning. |
1.) Go back to bed. The path of least resistance. Your muscles are sore from yesterday's workout anyways and it wouldn't be hard to justify a day of rest so that your muscles can recuperate.
2.) Go swim by yourself. Even if only for a half hour, chances are you will be grateful you did.
This morning, luckily I went with option number 2. The water was awesome; cold enough to get your heart pumping, but warm enough to still feel good. The first 500 felt good. Letting my sore muscles take it slow and steady made waking up all worth it. My strokes felt long and relaxed but I could feel that I hadn't been swimming regularly every time I breathe. Yes, this morning I am grateful for swimming.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
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| Bought this copy of Dracula at a yard sale a while back. Never been read. beautiful book. |
"Welcome to my house. Come freely, go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring!"
"Here I am noble, I am boyar; the common people know me and I am master. But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one; men know him not - and to know not is to care not for."
"I have been so long master that I would be master still - or at least that none should be master of me."
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
I have watched a fair amount of TV Shows...some I can recommend and some I can't. I will say to this day that one of my favorites is Prison Break. Prison break has a lot that I love in a TV show, but it is heavy. After Madison and I got married I convinced her to watch it with me and we watched all of the seasons over the next couple months. I loved it as much as I remembered..but it is heavy. I recently tried to watch Burn Notice, and I am trying to avoid the Walking Dead and Breaking Bad because of what I have heard about them. Then I found Touch. Touch couldn't have come at a better time. In each episode a little boy named Jake helps his dad heal the universe by aligning events that could be seen as random. In the end people's lives are healed. Every episode is somehow extremely up-lifting. The show couldn't have come at a better time.
Monday, February 17, 2014
There is that moment when you are walking to your car with a co-worker, a friend, someone that you just enjoy talking to. You know that both of you have places to be and things to do, but you just keep talking. Even after establishing that you have to leave and you start to drift in different directions you keep talking. Always something else to say. Always another comment to be made. Finally, you stop talking because you are simply too far away from each other to keep a conversation, but you intentionally leave the conversation open ended...to be continued another day. I am grateful for friends.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Wind piercing, cuts through my thin white shirt and chills my skin. Goosebumps ripple down my arms and remind me of bubble wrap. The snow is gone, spring looks like it could be just around the corner...but this wind bodes differently. The clouds in the sky are unthreatening. Like a gray sheet the sky seems veiled from our view. Patches of blue peek through and I smile. Suddenly, and without warning, the sun breaks through. The wind chills me on the left while the sun warms my entire right half. I sigh as the two opposing forces battle. I turn to the sun and close my eyes. Like liquid light, it feels as though I could touch the sun. It warms my face and feels tangible...the exact opposite of rain. I look around and everyone around me is doing the same thing. I am grateful for the Sun.
Saturday, February 15, 2014
People are so great. Granted, on a daily basis I get annoyed and frustrated with people, but more often than not it is just because I don't really understand them. My wife and I had the pleasure of going and purchasing some book shelves from a nice woman who was selling them after her dad passed away. This lady, a complete and utter stranger to us was so nice and gave us a nice discount because we were "newlyweds"...give or take a year and a half.
Just a day or so earlier I was teaching Japanese to a group of young people and had the pleasure of working with some youth from Brazil, Denmark, Singapore, and the Philippines. Meeting people, understanding people, and getting to know them takes genuine effort and work but I don't recall ever being sorry for meeting someone new. Great experiences and I am so grateful for people.
Just a day or so earlier I was teaching Japanese to a group of young people and had the pleasure of working with some youth from Brazil, Denmark, Singapore, and the Philippines. Meeting people, understanding people, and getting to know them takes genuine effort and work but I don't recall ever being sorry for meeting someone new. Great experiences and I am so grateful for people.
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