Thursday, January 28, 2010

time.

time
[tahym]
noun.
duration regarded as belonging to the present life as distinct from the life to come or from eternity; finite duration.

Time is the thing everyone wants more of.
At some points time seems to be slipping through your fingers, at others time seems to be dragging.

We waste so much time with each day that passes.
I don't know how much time I have left on this earth.
How much time do you spend daily on the computer? cell phone? TV?
Now think about how much time you spend with God.

Time is of the essence.

"There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under heaven."


Don't sit by idly while time passes you by.
Get up and do something.

You wanna see something change in your school?
Do something about it.

You wanna change your life?
Do something about it.

You wanna change this world?
Do something about it.

Don't waste the time you have!


Get up and do something.


Time can be on your side.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

think.

Emotion.
[i-moh-shuhn]
noun.

1. an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.

2. any strong agitation of the feelings actuated by experiencing love, hate, fear, etc., and usually accompanied by certain physiological changes, as increased heartbeat or respiration, and often overt manifestation, as crying or shaking.

What's the big deal?
Emotions.
Everyone has them. Everyone has experienced an emotion before. Everyone experiences several emotions every day.

What causes emotions?
Are they just sperratic? Or does some sort of action need to be implemented to cause an emotion?

It could go either way, I suppose, but usually emotions are the effect of something that's been done.
Maybe someone gave you a huge compliment or a hug you really needed, or perhaps maybe someone said something that put you down.
Which brings me to the next subject:

Words
[wurds]
noun
speech or talk: to express one's emotion in words.

Do people just talk to talk? Or do they actually think about what comes out of their mouth?
Do people realize the power of words?
Words have the ability to lift someone up or shut them down.

I don't think people understand the importance of words.
They just throw stuff out there. Not realizing the affect it could leave on someone.
You could scar someone for life by saying the wrong thing.
Think about that!

What words do you want people to remember from you?
What emotions do you want to feel?
Words lead to strong emotions.
What kind of emotion are you looking for when you speak to someone?
Do you even think about that when you speak?

Don't be ignorant.
Remember the power of a spoken word.

"Treat others the way you would like to be treated."
Do it. Or don't expect any better back.

Monday, January 4, 2010

New Year, New Fun, New Beginnings

Happy New Year!
Well, it's officially 2010. Can you believe it?
There right before our eyes another year flashed by.
To kick off the new year we had an aaammmaaazzzziiinnnggg weekend.

Thursday (New Year's Eve)
A bunch of family && friends gathered together for a murder mystery pirate party to welcome the new year.

Friday (New Year's Day)
Hello, 2010! We headed to a youth retreat where we heard an awesome message and got to hang out with some of our favorite people ever. (:

Saturday (January 2nd)
Played some really fun group games && took a "leap of faith" at the high ropes course. (still at retreat)
When afternoon rolled around it was time to pack up and head to our next destination:
Dallas, Texas.
We had such a crazy, amazing, fun night filled with delicious food, gobbling, cops and search for Starbucks. (:

Sunday (January 3rd)
Woke up early to go to Gateway for church, had an awesome time rocking out for God.
Lunch at Mcalister's.
Headed back to the hotel to get ready for the big night.
Went and hung out at Hard Rock Cafe, probably one of the coolest places on the entire planet.
Ate at House of Blues.
Waited, waited, waited and waited at House of Blues for the doors to open.
Rushed inside as soon as the doors were open. Got spots less than 10ft from the stage. (:
Had an AWESOME time at the concert, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
(Kate got to stand less than 5ft from Joe, Kevin, Danielle and Frankie)

Monday (January 4th)
Drove home! (:



That's our weekend in a nutshell.
We had a BLAST.