Hello, my name is Betty

by on October 22, 2011 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Life is the ultimate challenge.  It drives us, it guides us, it shapes us.  It heats us with pain, it molds us with strong hands, and it helps us find our limits.  Without it, we could never learn what we are made of or grow into our full measure.  Life makes us who we are.  Without it we would have nothing and be nobody.  But we all have something, and we all are somebody, so celebrate the life that made us what and who we are.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on October 21, 2011 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

We all have a ship.  The thing, when it comes in, that will change our lives.  All of our ships are different.  It may be money for one, a college degree for another.  If we really want to change our lives for the better, we can’t just sit and wait for our ships to come in.  We have to go find our ships if we’re gonna value ’em.  I found mine, but I didn’t get the ship I looked for.  I got the one I needed.  I suppose it helped she wanted to be gotten of course.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on October 20, 2011 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

I stand in peace.  I stand in war.  I stand in rain.  I stand in sun.  I said I would always be your friend, and I will hold to that oath as long as we live.  I will shield you from what you cannot weather, and when the sun is out we will stand together.  I will be your umbrella if you promise to walk out of the rain.  Accept my hand and we will go where only gods have gone before.  Everywhere.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on October 19, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Courage takes on a lot of aspects.  Some people will stand in front of an enemy army and not run, but are scared spitless at the idea of walking off a cliff into the unknown.  My cliff was the Shang.  Even after the war, I wanted to fight them.  I didn’t want to admit it at the time, but I was afraid of losing sight of my worldview.  We can’t discover new views if we don’t have the courage to leave where we come from behind.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on October 18, 2011 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

We all have setbacks.  We all have things happen that we wish wouldn’t.  We are all presented with a choice.  Give up or try again.  I’ve seen the people who give up, stop trying to be better than they are.  They’ve forgotten that by refusing to give up no matter what, we can change our lives for the better.  We can make ourselves better.  If we ever stop trying to be better than we were the day before, we might as well be dead because we are dead men walking.

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