Location (Jan. 7)

Where are you? Are you sure that this is really you. It is so hard to know exactly who you are in such a way that location can be determined. Think for a second if someone asks you who you are. What would you tell them? Now think about who you really are, more than some biological breathing machine. What genuinely makes up who you actually are and not what you are. If the question is simply what are you then you can assing yourself a number and call yourself a human than then give the specific location of where that number human currently exists. But who you are and the location of the who is something so much greater because who you are has to do with something that is not physical and therefore cannot be given a location. Think about that next time you are standing somewhere you do not want to be.

Face (Jan. 6)

I know there is a lot of material out there about how facial expressions convey so much information. You might even be able to have an entire conversation by just makeing different faces. The more interesting phenomenon is that it seems most people seem to where signs on their forehead proclaiming a particular message much like the scene in the movie Hitch where Hitch first meets Sarah. Honestly it is a little crazy to think that you could literally advertise your thoughts and intentions right out there on your forehead but it is certainly there. The sad thing is that there are too many signs out there saying exactly what Hitch noted in the movie. What is your sign saying?

Value (Jan. 5)

What is value? On what sort of things do you place value? Why do you value the things that you do value? In reality we merely value things, but things are just that, merely things. But what is value intrinsically and what value do we place on that intrinsic nature? In an attempt to define value there is a serious lack of definition outside of other words that might suffice as cognates which add no real meaning to the word value. The little bit that can be known about value is that it is completely circumstantial and completely subjective to the individual. What one might find more interesting is the way individuals value things drives their actions to an extreme measure, so much so that the world is left in a place where courts must determine value in all kinds of different circumstances. How can they do that without some universal principal that is outside of circumstance and subjectivity? Now, how much do you value that which you once held so close?

Indecisiveness (Jan. 4)

When one have some sort of moral compass and an intense desire that all things should be just, it is very hard to make any decisions at all. See the reality is that any decision, right down to which pair of socks should I wear today, seems to have some sort of impact on a greater level than just the individual. Then you begin thinking about others and how the decision will affect them. Then you become lost in this perilous vortex of thought and responsibility. Sure there are times and places when a decision has to be made but it might not be as easy as it seems. Indecision is not something to get frustrated over, it is something that means you are actually paying attention to the desire for justice and the moral compass. Now if you could only make the decision.

Nothing (Jan. 3)

It is entirely impossible to ever have nothing. You can hold out your hand and say there is nothing in your hand but the reality is that there are several bones in your hand that actually make up your hand. Now you might say that the bones and flesh and other things do not count becuase they are what make up the hand. So, lets then take a look at what sits atop of your hand when you hold it out and say that there is nothing there. Well, there is air there that is useful for a great number of things, the least of which may even keep you alive in a short matter of time. Still you think that is must be possible to have nothing if you were able to put your hand in a vaccum where there is no air. Minus that strange impossibility that you could even survive such an instance, there still remains one thing in your hand. See everyone has something that I like to call space and too often it is overlooked. Think how much more you would even value those old shoes of yours if you were to value the space that you could hold in your hands.

Patience (Jan. 2)

I have heard it said that patience is a virtue. It is way more than that. Too often, especially in the world today we like to rush and get or do things now. What has that led to? In my honest opinion it is nothing but trouble. I dare say that the entire fall in the world's economy in some part deals with exactly the lack of patience in individuals. I understand that the desire to succeed is important and I am not saying that this is a bad desire to have, I am simply saying that lasting success is built more out of patience than it is out of getting what you want right now. This is true in all areas of life and the one who learns patience is the one who will be filled with more happy days than anyone else around them. They will appreciate the simple things more and take better care of the things they are blessed with.

New (Jan. 1)

Every year we seem to celebrate the coming of the new year. Semantically it is really nothing but a new number by which we arbitrarily mark out history through time and isn't really anything new at all. It is just like every other day for that matter when the new year comes. So why are humans so excited for the new year? If it is really any other day, why are humans not this excited for everyday of the year? The word new seems to be one of those things that really catches the attention and creates desire becuase it surly means that things will be better than they used to be. In reality it seems to me that there is really only one thing that is truly new, that being the creation of a new person. A new year is really any other year. A new toy is really any other toy. A new job could be any job. But a new person is something tuly unique and never before seen. So, when you think of new, think of you and who you were created to be.