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Showing posts with label karma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label karma. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
Where's The Love?
I thought I was doing a decent job completing my challenges, testing my character, stockpiling good karma as I tried to make myself a better person.
I thought.
But it seems life is more willing to toss me additional challenges, rather than reward me with wonderful perks.
The past 48 hours have been particularly trying. Several personal and family friends were involved in the tragic fire in North Carolina, and I have been emotionally drained thinking and talking about them. (Video footage)
This comes on top of another unexpected death of a young friend I used to train with on my hometown swim team.
This is not to say I am not blessed and lucky. There are many great things in my world right now. I know life can be cruel and unfair as easily as it can be beautiful and forgiving, I just hope I get to see the latter characteristics sometime soon.
I thought.
But it seems life is more willing to toss me additional challenges, rather than reward me with wonderful perks.
The past 48 hours have been particularly trying. Several personal and family friends were involved in the tragic fire in North Carolina, and I have been emotionally drained thinking and talking about them. (Video footage)
This comes on top of another unexpected death of a young friend I used to train with on my hometown swim team.
This is not to say I am not blessed and lucky. There are many great things in my world right now. I know life can be cruel and unfair as easily as it can be beautiful and forgiving, I just hope I get to see the latter characteristics sometime soon.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Who Doesn't Love a Good Challenge?
I have some interesting roomates. I consider all three of them some of my closest friends, and we tend to operate on a level all our own, oblivious to the norms of the outside world.
Without them, my days would have far fewer heated arguments over the banana-ripening abilities of plastic bags, not nearly as many late night stints at Wal-Mart searching for slip n' slide materials, and significantly less quotes from "She's The Man".
We tend to get bored/put off schoolwork easily, so to fill all that free time, developing games involving dares and pranks has become our forte.
When I was searching for ideas of what to write about in this blog, I asked if they would be willing to help me out and create challenges for me to attempt each week.
I decided instead of silly, useless activities we have dared each other in the past, like buying a guy at a bar a shot of water, I would try to do things that will challenge my character, make me a better person, improve my karma.
Starting this Sunday, I will pick one challenge out of the three that my roomates (aka the Challenge Masters, as they have dubbed themselves) offer and try to stick to it for a whole week.
Tune in here to read about all my successes, failures, frustrations and joys. I am 100% dedicated to these attempts, and it will be interesting to see what the three Challenge Masters come up with each week. I will write honestly about my experiences, but they will also be keeping tabs on me and are sure to let me know any slip ups I have.
After all, who doesn't love a good challenge?
Without them, my days would have far fewer heated arguments over the banana-ripening abilities of plastic bags, not nearly as many late night stints at Wal-Mart searching for slip n' slide materials, and significantly less quotes from "She's The Man".
We tend to get bored/put off schoolwork easily, so to fill all that free time, developing games involving dares and pranks has become our forte.
When I was searching for ideas of what to write about in this blog, I asked if they would be willing to help me out and create challenges for me to attempt each week.
I decided instead of silly, useless activities we have dared each other in the past, like buying a guy at a bar a shot of water, I would try to do things that will challenge my character, make me a better person, improve my karma.
Starting this Sunday, I will pick one challenge out of the three that my roomates (aka the Challenge Masters, as they have dubbed themselves) offer and try to stick to it for a whole week.
Tune in here to read about all my successes, failures, frustrations and joys. I am 100% dedicated to these attempts, and it will be interesting to see what the three Challenge Masters come up with each week. I will write honestly about my experiences, but they will also be keeping tabs on me and are sure to let me know any slip ups I have.
After all, who doesn't love a good challenge?
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