Wednesday 30 June 2010

The End of All Things

Death. A simple word really, often comes up in day to day conversations, but is often overlooked. Death should not be feared. It is a natural process, it happens to all of us eventually. And no matter what religion you follow, it's widely accepted as the next step in our eternal lives. Without death we can never fully value life. We would never learn how much it hurts when a loved one dies, and that is an important Lesson to learn. For death treats every person as equal. It is the greatest equaliser, it has no preference and will take when it wants. But whats important is not how much time we have on this good Earth, but what we do with that time. Nothing we own belongs to us. Everything is borrowed, and when we show charity and give it to those who need it (time, money, love, warmth, advice) it wont come back empty handed. Those people will see your care and responsibility, and that might be the first step in their lives as to becoming a better person.

Sunday 27 June 2010

Looking In From Outside

Life. Some people call it the endurance of one type of pain after another. Thats not true. Sure life does involve many types of pain, but thats only a tiny part of it. To dwell and focus on those isn't only selfish, it's the ignorance of life itself.
Maybe oneday every person will see how much of a gift life is. The joy we know, the love we experience, even the friendships we make, are all tiny threads which make up the carpet of our life. Taking that idea further, it takes many carpets to make a house feel and look complete. So go out there and be a member of your family, of your community, of your group of friends. And live life together for everyday.

Friday 25 June 2010

The Relevance of the Past

People often say that time is like a wheel where events repeat themselves over many decades. Personally i don't think this is true. I do believe however that having a respect of the past can prevent us from making the same mistakes again.
If your sat in your life, watching the world go by, wondering if your existence has any relevance at all, then look around you. We are seeing great problems but also great things happening. This year is a record breaker. Who knows you may one day be involved with great solutions if you just get a few life goals.
Listen and don't cast this aside, everybody is born equal. Everyone is an important member of society and everyone can do something amazing.
If you look through history there are dozens of cases of people doing amazing things because of love. So maybe you feel like nobody in your life loves you. That's IS NOT TRUE. Everybody on this planet is loved by someone. And i knew this would be brought in eventually, but here is the religion aspect. God loves us all, God created us all, and God knows every intimate detail about us, he loves us all equally. So be happy your life has a purpose, a plan beyond anything you can imagine.

Can 1 Person Change the World?

If you are looking for a basic yes or no answer them I'm sorry.
There are many things to consider and usually relies on the general mood of the population at the time you plan to change the world.
As for the answer, all I'm going to say is it's possible. And if you believe the facts and opinions you are voicing, then you will get much further than saying something with no meaning.
Of course, if you are passionate about the issue at hand you may be able to show people how you see something and they may be convinced, or even join you fully.
As we develop is the world (as individual people) we have to be able to take criticism (good and bad) otherwise we will never develop or grow confident in our life.
If it is a completely new idea, which may take years to spread. it probably will change the world. But how many completely new and radical ideas are made by 1 singular person?
Embrace history and look at the present to find problems that need solutions, then think on it. Make notes and test your ideas and theories to ensure they work. Read the news to find out things that are happening and people's points of view. And do things that are relevant.

Tuesday 22 June 2010

Meaning comes from the past

Life is hard. Even when things seem to be going your way, you still have to work for them. Don’t you see that life isn’t against you? It’s against everyone. So try harder, work better, and be the light in your work place, in your family, in your social group. And let them see what it is in you that makes the difference. You have friendships that aren’t going anywhere. Is it lack of trust, or just lack of contact. Trust, friendship and eventually love, takes long years to form properly. If you try to speed them up, you’ll destroy a delicate thing. But once it has been forged for good it is virtually unbreakable. So have the patience and wait, rushing about does no-one any good. The end lies in the beginning, but from a different perspective.

Monday 21 June 2010

Is This A Vital Process?

Is your life filled with uncertain areas. Areas where you can't decide on what you should do? It shouldn't be. Life should come naturally, then living should fall into place so you can enjoy it all. Here's a thought: If your spending all your life working, just so you can enjoy yourself, your doing something wrong. If you find you can live without something, then carry on with life, not thinking about, you'll enjoy life even more. So, on that level of thought, how many things can i live without. The answer is unique and diverse for each of us, and it depends where we are in life as well. It takes a great person who can help others, without first experiencing the same problems. So if you are good at this, then give your advice. Stand up and let people know you can help. A man wont be heard if he doesn't speak, and now is your time.

Friday 18 June 2010

The Heart of The Matter

Be bold, in your decisions. Be loyal, in your choices. And forever hold your peace.
Stick with people through the thick and thin, through the bad and good times. For they will notice your dedication, and they will stick with you. Help when you can. Stand up against injustice, give your extra to the needy and don't collect items you already own.
When you are in need, tell someone, don't refuse help and support for the sake of appearing strong and independent. Use your time wisely and consider all things. Keep an open mind, but don't be persuaded too easily. Stick to your opinions, your values, your morals, and only add things that are in line with those. Don't be a hypocrite and keep yourself in plain view. Don't tangle yourself in a web of your own lies, for you will only suffocate. Spend part of your life exploring the reality and the world around you, then as you come to understand, start to explore the rest of your life, greet everyday and think things through, then you will be at peace. Look beyond life, to eternity, and marvel at it's glory.

Monday 14 June 2010

The Time It Takes

Yes. You'd be surprised, everything takes time. Even if it's that 30 seconds while your "lunch" cooks in the microwave. Being impatient humans, we want most things straight away, but usualy this is not so good for us. Wether it's a relationship, or infact just waiting for a new film to come out, that extra time spent waiting is usualy what keeps us interested, and leads to a sucess. Now why is this? Honestly I do know, maybe it's the same principle as what makes the most aged wine taste the richest, who knows. All I can say is that in this world, where speed is essential, and waiting still exists. Stop. Take a breath in life and see the world around you and get involved in it. You'll find life so much easier. Andm aybe you'll discover love of some kind, who knows? Thats life! Get living it!

Saturday 12 June 2010

Making It

That moment as you finish a race, everyone has two endings. You either race across the line into first, or you crawl across in last. But what about the third ending where you give up? We we're all made never to give up, so I don't even consider that and really you shouldn't either. So what makes the difference between the winner and the looser. Training, practise, self-belief, faith, endurance, peace of mind, yes all these things help. And without them, you can't call yourself an expert in a certain field. But maybe knowledge is also important. I mean it's good if you can hit a bulls eye every time. But if you don't understand the rules for other games, you have no chance. So do some background studies on the field/sport/job you want and you'll get by.

Friday 11 June 2010

Freetime and hobbies

You know I do love to cycle. Whenever i have enough free time and the weather is nice (cause this is England) I go cycling. Not only is it good for me physically due to all the exercise, but also mentally. It's good to get out into the country and spend a bit of time relaxing. A time where you don't have to think about anything, and can let the motion take you anywhere. Sometimes that hour or two of peace can really help you get through the week. No matter what it is you do to relax, nothing really can compare to the feeling of comfort and security.

Wednesday 9 June 2010

Now for some reflective relaxation...

Yes, the time has come where people of lots of different ages and from every country (just about) will be finishing their exams. I have in fact finished all my exams, and will start enjoying my holiday A.S.A.P. So what am i going to do? Well, I'll spend some time reading books, cycling, writing books, watching TV, meeting friends, and enjoying life! And after all that, I'll still have 9 weeks to do more random things. But it is not the end. This is the beginning, for next year will be much more challenging than this. And if I pull through, to find myself out of college, what then? I have no idea! Maybe a job or onto university if I find a suitable course.

Monday 7 June 2010

A Picture Suited To All

You want to live your life? You Want to live it to the full? Then get up! Go outside (whatever the weather) and do things and meet people! If you just walk down the street and blend into the background of everyday "life" passersby will forget about you. But if you step out of the norm, out of your comfort zones and do interesting things, people will want to know more. Don't let this world stop you. You try to do things and people put rules and guidelines in your way, which mean you have to fill out form after form just to do something you could have done in an afternoon. If we as people don't experiment with things how can we invent new things? Sometimes it's a stroke of genius, most of the time, it's an accident. So go! Get up and achieve something!

Saturday 5 June 2010

The Moment Between Thinking and Doing

Practise. If you want to do something, practise. There is no quick way around things. I have tried for many years to find quick ways around many things and found nothing. So if you want to pass your exams (GCSE, A level, driving test, whatever) practise at doing the things they will assess you on. Oh and don't leave out the bits that you can't do. Why? Because it will only drag you down later on. e.g. the exam day. If you don't understand something, ask. Don't be scared if you don't know, you want to do well in life? Then ask until you understand and can do it without it hurting your head from thinking. I have a great deal of respect for people who can do things i can't; sing, dance, shoot a bulls eye every time, remember seemingly unimportant details, and so on. But if i could be bothered practising, i could learn to do most of these things. Then all it takes is time. And like most other humans who have a life. I have precious little time to myself (or so I seem to believe). So what can i do? Well I could stop going to college and thus skewer my future, or I could get my priorities straight. Thus allowing myself to waste not a second of my time...
This is the real world however and i'm sure there would be days when i just couldn't be bothered.

Friday 4 June 2010

Checking out the news

You know whats good? Staying in touch with family. It's made really easy by things such as skype or msn, especially when parts of your family live overseas due to better weather (well not at the moment). As our culture has advanced so has the speed of communication so we can get up to the minute news from the entire planet. But this speed increase usually means our lives have to speed up as well. And sometimes that's a bad thing indeed. We need peace we need relaxation in order to enjoy life. If we don't whats the difference between us and robots? ( it comes from the Czech word robotiti: "to work as a slave or a drudge") and I'm sure non of us are slaves since it was abolished in 1807 (in England anyway). So enjoy work but also enjoy life. Since work is a larger part of peoples lives, it makes sense not only to enjoy it but also to be around people who you get on with, so they can make your job seem a little more worth while.

Thursday 3 June 2010

Making Choices

It has always been an opinion of mine that, when making a decision I should think it through for a couple of days first. Weigh up the pro's and con's and then tackle the main issue head on. I only suggest this because i have not done so before in other situations and it has ended very badly. I am a great lover of music. I enjoy most types and have a massive collection, mainly from the 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's. But i have older and newer music than these. I enjoy pop, rock, ska, techno, blues, metal, country, classical and so forth. But now i reach a choice. Do i collect only music i like/know, or do I collect it all. Every song by every band for the last 50 years. The first would refine the collection and make it mine, make it personal. The second would make it a database, for my friends to look up songs by. After several weeks I'm still torn and both seem pretty good to me. So I'm going to try my best to weigh up the pro's and con's and then I'll make a decision.
Not to make a decision is to not live life to it's fullness. And i definitely want to live.

Wednesday 2 June 2010

The Road Between Junctions

Times have changed, that's true enough. Life has changed, that ain't true at all. Life seems harder as you grow older, but that's only because we make it harder for ourselves. When we we're young we had people to look after us every whim. But as you grow older you gain responsibilities. I often used to ask myself if, as a child, i have lived life to it's best everyday. But that's the past, and i realise i must have because i can still have a good time right now. And i wouldn't want to change the past. If i changed the past I'd change myself, and then who would i be? but responsibilities are good for us. They can teach us things (sometimes the hard way but that's life). And it's good that we learn. It gives us wisdom, which we can teach people with, but also learn from. I'm not saying forget the past, I'm not saying try to live as you did in the past; I'm saying embrace the past as you would the future, learn from it and help others to learn. It may just save someones life. Live your life how you want to live it. If you don't you miss out on things, you miss out on being yourself. And that's a pretty big crime if you ask me.

Tuesday 1 June 2010

Plans and Ideas

I have often wondered what i am going to do with my life. But I've never dwell ed on the subject as i don't think much beyond the day I'm having. It's an odd place to be when you realise that you want to do and see so much, but you'll never have enough time in a lifetime to do it. So what can we do? Try a little variety if your stuck. Don't go and visit 30 different countries to look at the architecture or the museums. Explore. Sometimes you don't get anywhere following words on a page, in a guide. Yo have to write your own words, do your own crazy things, be yourself. I want to travel the world. All of it, every country to meet the culture, the people, the excitement, to ask them why do they get out of bed knowing sometimes they have nothing? It amazes me. And one day, i will do it. I'm going to plan it and ensure i can do it before i even try it. A brain surgeon doesn't operate on someone, if they've never had any training, why should i be different? 10 years i'll travel for and i'm going to invite some friends i dont know who yet but it'll be educational.