Here's a conversation piece: Stress

I have just been through a time in my life, where I was pretty sure I thought I could absolutely take no more. I did some analyzing and come to the conclusion that all those feelings of stress were emotions that I was putting into the different things that were stressing me all by myself. Goes to show me that it's true that everything is what we make it to be. Big or small.

I have financial issues; some huge. I have had legal issues. I have transportation issues. Relationship issues, blah blah. It is what it is and what "I" made it to be. That's it. Nothing more. I have been through almost everything you can imagine simply, from the best I can come up with, all on my own doing. Granted, most of the time, I had no intention on doing anything wrong or hurting someone or myself, but it happens based almost completely on my emotional status at the time. Learning from this is all you can do and move forward. Hard times build character if we accept it for what it is.

I would love to hear your stessors and how you cope. Don't be shy. Let's all get along, haha. Share this, Please.

Emotions and Feelings; The importance of being in control

If there is anything I know about, that I don't need an education from a book on, it is emotions. My life has been forcefully crammed with these so called feelings since I have had breath. There are times, when I'm being honest with myself, that I would classify myself as an "emotional basket case". The fact that I can admit this ,took me years, but the advantages for my heart and mind have been great. Most of my family has no clue who I am because I have either hid it or they judge too much and figure they know because I'm in their family and so I don't bother with that. They have no clue. I want and need the people around me to be there for a reason; because of love and that they want to. That's an insecurity in a sense and at the same time because I appreciate originality and being true to oneself; all the time...integrity. So let's talk about some emotion.

Of course I'm going to talk about relationships, what else? In my life and relationships, it has been a roller coaster of lessons learned that have made me into the man I hope to still become. I have learned the importance of understanding that emotions are feelings, nothing more. I have let them dig at my thoughts and heart to the point where I made bad decisions that had an impact on my life so drastic, that I thought sometimes I could go no further. Learning to deal with this so that I could contain my sanity was a must for me. How your different personality plays into how you deal with your issues has a lot to do with how you cope, and everyone is different and should be handled accordingly. Life is not over just because one person cannot find the answers for my questions. We should not spend forever trying to make someone see it from our point of view; but rather allow life to give you someone who already does or is open minded enough to try. If we are living our lives for us, then all this will take its role on its own. There are different things that people experience in life that creates our responses to emotion. Ultimately, live to be happy for you. Do what makes you happy and try not to put yourself in situations that are simply attractive at the moment. Who and what we put around ourselves will become who we are. Everyone seems to think they are above this rule. "Be courageous, it's easier than you think."-Shaun King.

I could sit and write about this for more than a day. I have chose to cut it off now for 3 reasons.
1. See if anyone finds, reads, and responds to this
2. Feedback and questions bring more conversation
3. I don't want these blogs to be rediculously long

Raw Journal from One of Our Doctors on the Ground

Raw Journal from One of Our Doctors on the Ground
This is a blog from a 30yr old pastor of the Courageous Church in downtown Atlanta. He has some really cool articles and this particular one touches on the situation in Haiti right now and children being sold to slavery as you are reading this. Check it out!!
www.shauninthecity.com
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To Be continued...

I have decided that as a career, I will no longer pursue Personal training. If an oppurtunity presents itself then maybe I would consider it if the circumstances are perfect. I feel that there are other things that I need to pursue and conquer before I continue down that path. I am going to continue, however, to use this spot and other blogspots to write. I don't think anyone even reads this stuff, haha, I'm just not that popular. Popularity is definitely not the focus here. So.....I have decided to use these blogs for my thoughts and feelings that I may feel strongly about, which will be mostly about fitness and other means of finding and securing personal contentment. If we are all honost with ourselves, is this not what we all seek? Personal contentment!? Unfortunately for most, nothing ever becomes good enough because we always want more. I desire to conquer those emotions and this may very well be my outlet. Like I said, I'm not too concerned about too many, if any, people finding this. I would like for this to maybe one day turn into a place where people can come to talk about things on their mind or to get encouragement or advice that won't always be coming from me, but from our friends and family. We shall see if I can turn it into that, and let's see if we can get just a few people to think more about others and this beautiful world around us rather than just ourselves and filling our hearts and minds with all that society throws at us. It takes a lot for someone to be humble and maintain integrity with themselves. I'm going to seek to use this blogging as my reminder to hold myself accountable. If I'm lucky, I may find a few of you to join me and see if we can change the world........hahaha, ok scratch that, but we can do what we can to keep ourselves honost and maybe just a smile sometimes could help shrug someone's struggle off.

Ok, the adventure begins...to be continued...