2010

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I'm not going to state any resolutions, resolutions are like diets, they are destined to fail. No "to do list" for me either, putting together a "to do list" seems like more work, then what it is you need to get accomplished. Everyday is a chance for you to do something different, something that betters your life, January 1st you proclaim a resolution and by January 2nd you've broken it, so what's the point? Exactly. One thing I did learn from 2009, is that you got to lead by example. You can't shit talk, gossip, berate, put down, and meddle your way for someone to change. You got to know and understand, there actions speak for themselves. In short, calling attention to someones faults, no matter how bad it is, takes effort for me, but letting there actions speak for themselves, does not...you do not get my effort any longer.

As for 2010, I want to lead by example, no more talk about this, or that, "I'm going to do this", "My plan is going to be this", etc.... Instead I want to blog about what I've done, or give you a "progress report" on how far along I am towards what I want to get accomplished.

Happy 2010, cheers!

The 800 Pound Gorilla

   

Ever hear the expression, "800 pound gorilla in the room"?

My Dreams Are Freak’n Me Out

This is what I wrote back in March 29 of this year, I originally posted this on my old blog on Wordpress.com,

Truth, Lies, and Deception

Liars, cheaters, con artists, I hate people like that. I mean who likes people like that?
Give me someone who can be a complete and utter asshole to me, I’d give them more respect for being upfront and honest about it, then someone being nice to me and then stabbing me in the back later on. They are the leaches of society, sucking the life blood of all things good. Lying to some people is like an addiction, they can’t stop, soon they start to believe there own bullshit. I love being honest, really I mean there was a period in my life when I was too honest, brutally honest. Well I’m glad to say that I’ve changed, I’m now better at holding my tongue. Sometimes the truth hurts and I’ve learned that everyone needs to practice a little restraint when it comes to truth telling, sometimes stating the obvious and being brutally honest makes for poor judgment and only ends up in making you in poor standing with that person, sorta like a lie, yeah go figure. However I will say, if I get 3 or 4 beers in me, I start being brutally honest again, that is why I like stopping at 2.

Liar

Definition : person who tells falsehood

Synonyms: cheat , con artist, deceiver, deluder, dissimulator, equivocator, fabler, fabricator, fabulist, false witness, falsifier, fibber, maligner, misleader, perjurer,phony, prevaricator, promoter, storyteller, trickster

These are some of my favorite quotes on the subject.

• “I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
• “A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.” - William Blake
• “All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” - Henry Ellis
• “It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.” – Arthur Calwell
• “Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.” – Aristotle
• “If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would be no lies.” – B. Traven
• “Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
• “A liar should have a good memory.” – Quintilian
• “We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.” – Dr. Samuel Johnson
• “The worst thing about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.” - Anonymous

Thoughts On Karma: Karma’s A Bitch

I’m not sure if I believe in karma, at least not in a deep religious sorta way. I also don’t think that karma is some kind of whimsy philosophical idea that should be set aside as being small or trivial, I for sure don’t believe in the concept that things are random and that “shit happens”, the idea of karma certainly strikes a cord with me. Karma is just a name, it is a word that has come to be associated with a lot of sayings and beliefs our society has come to know, sayings like; “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” (The Golden Rule), “What goes around, comes around.”, “Paybacks a bitch.”, “It will come back to bite you in the ass.” Certainly these phrases are a Western interprutation of what in general karma is about. Reccent events in my life have me thinking of karma, do individuals that do stupid things get back whats coming to them? Is there some kind of mystical outside force applying fate as a result of past behaviour? Hmmmmm…I don’t think there’s a 1:1 correlation between actions you do and actions that befall you, but I do believe the shit you do comes back to you, one way or another, even if you don’t recognize the connection, pretty much you get back what you send out.

I believe in conscience more, then I do karma I guess. I can appreciate karma because it deals more and focuses more on people’s actions rather than some form of moral thought or conscience that prevents people from doing bad or stupid things, morals and conscience come into play before you act, karma deals with what you’ve done. So I do believe in karma, if I don’t believe in karma it might come back to bite me in the ass, ahahahahaha! The thing about karma that I am 100 % certain on, is that sometimes I think karma is way too slow. So somebody call the karma police!