Ladies and Gentlemen...or not?

I have been thinking about a great blog post topic and I have come up with one.
Over the last semester I have started back up at going to a community college.
There are a lot of people that treat other people terrible.
You would think that people could be ladies and gentlemen.
I was wanting to address this topic.

Have you met someone that goes through a door and lets it slam in your face while you are carrying something heavy? You drop that heavy thing or hurt yourself trying not to get whacked by the door.
Other people will flat out act horrific without any qualms.
For example, when someone is sitting next to me in a college class and they cuss like a drunk sailor.
I do not by any means think that your speech and the way you talk when you cuss sounds good at all!
I mean, what is the point?

Ladies, when you cuss and act worse than the guys do, its very hard to treat you guys with any decency.
I am pretty good about letting a lot of stuff go, but its hard to be around people when they are terrible to be around. Guys, when you tell bad jokes, treat women with disrespect, and have no regard for life, I can not respect you!

I am being VERY honest with you guys right now.
I think it disgraceful that I find so many people that are the characteristics that I've mentioned above and so much worse. I mean, how old are you guys?
If you answered, "I'm 20 years old," or, "I'm 25 years old," or maybe something younger, then I would say, "ACT LIKE IT!"

I am speaking to the adults here.
If you are an adult, then act like it!
Act like it doesn't mean going out to drink, do drugs, cuss, and do everything under the sun.
It means to act like a respectable, civil human being.

Ladies, have lady-like qualities that are lovely and right!
I challenge the ladies to act like a respectable, civil, and right lady-like human being.
Be someone that people are going to want to be around, be likable.
Be a lady, not a man!

Men, I strongly urge you guys to act like men!
That means, giving respect to women, being a gentleman, being nice to be around, and being someone that people can respect and recommend.
Get rid of those friends and people in your life that are bad influences and MAN UP!

I know I have stepped on people's toes, but I felt that this subject needed to be addressed.

Carpe Diem, Seize the Day

Failure is a Good Thing?

There are a lot of things in life that we don't understand.

Here are some examples.

"Why do bad things happen?" 

"Why can't I do anything right?"  

"Why did I have to fail?"

"Why did my loved one have to die?"

There are many, many more.

Did any of these apply to you?

Today I wanted to talk about failure being a good thing.

A lot of people are hurting in our world and a lot of people fail.

I am here to tell you that you will grow the most in your life when you fail!

This is the opposite of what most people will tell you.

Why am I telling you this?

I'm telling you this because you can use those failures to learn from them and empower yourself for daily living. With failure comes great pressure to be better than you were before you failed.

Keep a journal and write down your failures.

Next time it comes to the task that you failed at last time, look back to that journal entry and learn from the failure. Being in school for longer than you would like may be annoying right now, but later it can be useful for having a better understanding of certain subjects.

When you fail, fail forward.

I'm going to tell you a little story:

Think about a running back in football.

This running back only needs one more yard to get the game winning touchdown.

The quarterback snaps the ball and hands it off to the running back.

The running back takes the ball and is met at the line of scrimmage by defenders.

He falls or (fails) forward and gets the touchdown.

In the same way, we fail forward and gain experience in a certain area of our lives and we are stronger for it.

I would suggest that you keep a journal for your failures like I mentioned earlier.

Also, I would suggest that you keep going forward, never give up!

Be inspired that you are not alone, you can fail to SUCCEED!

"A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing." ~George Bernard Shaw

Carpe Diem, Seize the Day

Inconvenience...the Ultimate Bother

Have you ever met someone that really inconvenienced you to make themselves more comfortable?
Have you met someone that just can't seem to function properly to let the world revolve better?
If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you are not alone!
This afternoon I was driving to school and trying to get there on time and someone is driving 50 m.p.h. in the second lane. On top of that the gas station wouldn't accept my money!
Life would be easier on all of us if we would try to help one another function better if we were convenient towards one another, instead of being the ultimate bother.

Do something to lift a helping hand for the people around you.
Take out the trash, do the dishes, wash the cars, take notes in class for someone, drive the speed limit (or get out of the way), help each other study, pick up some slack for a friend!
I'm sorry to offend someone of you guys, but please, for the love of all that is right, "Do to others as you would have them do to you!"
This means a little bit of inconvenience to you to help someone else and hopefully someone will help you!

There are those of us that are blood sucking leaches that take a lot from everybody, and then there are people that give a lot to everybody.
The leaches take a lot of resources from people and give nothing!
Be the person that goes the extra mile to make someone else's day!
I urge each person that reads this post to do one act of service in your day to help one person in one day.

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” ~ Muhammad Ali

Carpe Diem, Seize the Day

Are You Living Life?

Are you living life or merely existing?
There are a lot of people that don't realize that they aren't even living life!Have you ever been going so fast in your life and doing so much that you have no time to rest?
That is not living life!
If your mind has gone to a specific person that you know that is like this, or yourself, then you know what I'm talking about when I ask, "Are you living life or merely existing."
Living life is spending time with those you love and stopping long enough to see the beauty in the world.

You often see these people that go and go and go until they find that they don't have many friends anymore because they have given up on inviting them to social events.
So many people in the world do not like over-achievers. 
We are a lazy people in this world that like our down time and vacations.
When we have someone working overly hard it makes us feel bad or guilty.

So, what then is living besides spending time with family and seeing the beauty in the world?
Living is being conscious of everything and learning from every moment.
It is the living of every moment as if it is your last!
Within a second a life can be taken, or it can explode with life! 
I urge you to start living life, not merely existing. 
For those of you that have been living life, encourage others around you to live and help them to enjoy life. 
We are here on earth but a moment, then we are gone.
"Every man dies. Not every man really lives." -William Wallace 

Carpe Diem, Seize the Day

Right? or Wrong?

Have you ever met someone that you could not get a word in edge-ways?
You try talking with them, but they just won't budge from their standpoint.
I have met a LOT of these in my lifetime.
They are the type of people that are loud mouths and they REFUSE to be wrong!
I spend a lot of time at college and so I'm around a lot of young people that think they know everything.
We have all met these people.
Are you one of them?

I have had tendencies at times to be a know-it-all, we all have!
The difference between some people is that some people are humbled and they can take a hint.
Other people are humbled and they power through only to be humbled again.
The latter of the two are hated in society.
You may be asking the question, "Why are they hated for wanting to be right?"
The reason is that it normally gets physical if someone overly persists they are right.

This happens in men more than women.
We as guys want to be the, 'alpha male.'
I think if the people in our world were flexible toward not being right all the time it would alleviate a lot of problems in our societies.
You have heard the expression, "Do to others as you would have them do to you?"
Our world is a selfish people, we want what we want and we want it yesterday!

Selfishness is one of those silent killers.
Two or three people are fighting about being right about something and then those people have to be right in another situation. By the time you know it, we have a bunch of backstabbing people that have multiplied massively! Today I want you guys to be willing to accept someone else's concept of something even if you think you are right. Treat others like you want to be treated.
In the end you will find that your life will be more peaceful than what it was when you were fighting.
Cease fighting and wanting to be right and lay aside your selfishness!

Carpe Diem, Seize the Day

"Life is Like Photography...

...we develop from negatives.”

Did you catch that concept, "Life is like photography, we develop from negatives."

You guys may have dealt with things in your lives, "negatives" that cause us to stumble in life.

Raise your hand if that applies to you. (We should all be raising our hands.)

In the current day we have digital cameras that automatically develop the picture.

Digital photography isn't as satisfying as film photography.

In film photography, negatives of photography go through chemicals to develop the film.

It starts as this black and white, disgusting piece of film. 

It takes a good amount of time for the exposure to take place with the chemicals and negatives.

The whole process has to be done in a dark room or else the film will be ruined.

So to, in life, we go through negatives (or struggles and hard times) in life that create the beginning of the picture (our lives and our purpose).

In order to fully develop our negative we must be refined by the chemicals (the process in which we see the significance of the negatives) to bring out the beautiful picture!

Go through the struggles in life to develop that negative.

Go through the refining process to get the final and beautiful picture!

Carpe Diem, Seize the Day!

Good Experiences In Life

There is a saying that, "all good things must come to an end."
This is not necessarily true.
There are good experiences in our lives that we don't want to end.
We must learn to enjoy those good moments in our lives and to cherish the memories of those good moments.

A good moment could be going on a great trip to your favorite place, maybe the beach.
Remember the times that you laugh, and remember those hard times even though they seem hard at the time; they make you stronger in the end.

What would your life be like if you thought about the bad experiences all the time?
Your life would be messed up as the rest of the world is because we don't try to think and find the good things in life.

Think about a time in your life that was a good time.
Whether that is meeting the love of your life, buying your first car, having a child, or spending time with family and those you love!
Hold and cherish that time today as you think back on the good things of life.
Life is too short to dwell on those bad things that hold you down.
Share that memory with at least one person today.
They will be glad and share in your joy!

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” 
~Dr. Seuss

Carpe Diem, Seize the Day

Fragile Life

You have often heard people talk about the fragility of life, right?
All of these doctors holding newborn babies or just the plain sight of a dead person after a crash.
We don't realize, as humans, that we could die at any moment.
For instance, if you walk out the door, go to work, and crash in your car on your way?

Now, after imagining a tragedy like that consider these questions.
Have you accomplished everything in life that you wanted to?
Did you reach those dreams you have often dreamed of?
Did you tell your loved ones that you loved them?

So many hurt people in this world are affected by the choices we make in our lives.
You may not think that you are hurting anybody when you drink or smoke.
In fact, you are killing other people besides yourself just the same.
It is impossible to smoke or drink inside a box.
Secondhand smoke is prevalent to the people around you, as well as, the fact that you may drive when you are drunk and may take someone else's life because you drank too much.

What I'm trying to say is, take a look at your life from behind the looking glass (out of body, from the outer world's perspective.)
Are you taking care of the fragile life and breath that you possess?
Are you guarding your heart?
I will tell you right now that the heart is the wellspring of life, both spiritually, emotionally, and physically!
Do you protect it?

"Every man dies.  Not every man really lives.  ~Braveheart

Carpe Diem, SEIZE THE DAY

What Do You Listen To?

Have you ever stopped to think that what you listen to affects your mind and the rest of yourself?
Most of the world has heard of these younger artists and bands these days.
We often listen to this younger generation of artists and bands; and we often think and dwell on the lyrics we hear. Do you realize that your success in life could be put on a back burner because of what you listen to?

What do I mean by this?
I mean that if we would evaluate what we listen to and throw away the garbage that we might succeed in life and find ourselves bursting forth with energy to conquer our world!
Listening to rap artists that talk smut isn't helping you.

If you go through your music and find that all of your music is detrimental to your mind, emotional state, and yourself, then throw it away!
Have you ever heard the quote, "Silence is GOLDEN" before?

Take it from someone who knows that what you listen to can have good or bad affects on your life.
Listening to thrash metal music as opposed to light ambient piano is going to make you more uneasy about yourself.
I am not dogging thrash metal music, I like metal music for getting pumped up, just not for studying.

All in all, watch what you listen to.
Search your music and get rid of the junk.
You will be glad you did!

Carpe Diem, Seize the Day!

Carpe Diem Blog

My mind has often wandered all over the place.
I am someone that likes to be organized.
A thought I have been having is, "What if we lived every day as if it were our last?"
What if we loved...
What if we cared...
What if we did our best...
if it were our last day?
I will tell you what would happen.
People would love one another...
people would help one another...
our world would be a better place.

This is what the Carpe Diem blog is about!
"Without struggle, there is no progress!" ~Eric Thomas, the Hiphop Preacher

Carpe Diem, Seize the Day!