okay okay so i lied...i didn't get a blog written last week like i had promised to do. sue me. i was busy.
the title of this entry pretty much entails what it's about really. so far 2011 has been nothing short of outstanding. i mean i got this new ba job with bbva compass bank, i moved into a brand new apartment downtown with one of my best buddies ever, and i started my last semester of graduate school. i mean life is looking pretty amazing right now, which it usually is in my eyes.
2011 is going to be a year that when it is over, i want to look back and say i did a lot of things this year that i never thought i could do. i want 2011 to be the year that i can look back and say this wasn't just another year of going through the motions, but it was a year of getting off my butt, stopped talking about things i wanted to do and actually did them. life is too short to look back and say i wish i would have done this or i wish i would have done that. that has sometimes been a hard concept for me in that i was just doing what was necessary on a day to day basis. i have since been challenging myself to take a larger step and do what is extraordinary on a daily basis. i'm usually not one to challenge others either, but that should be a goal for each and every one of us. start each day with a plan of goals and ideas you would like to accomplish on that day, week, month, etc. let it be your goal each day to work towards what you want to accomplish not only on that day but on future days as well. if you haven't a clue about a goal or something you want to work towards...pray for it! i guarantee He will show you exactly what you are looking for in one way or another.
speaking of 'new', i have also been trying some new things that i really haven't done ever. cooking, reading, and of course blogging come to mind immediately. the more i have grown and matured the more 'new' things i want to try just for exposure and to broaden my knowledge and uniqueness. i mean hey why not. call me weird but i mean really everyone is weird in their own way!
lastly if any of you readers are out there a quick update on marathon training. i will be running a half marathon on february 13 which will put me well on my way to completing my goal of a full marathon by the end of the year.
a few bible verses concerning new, so take a look:
1 Peter 1:3
2 Corinthians 5:17
Phillipians 3:13-14
P.S. A big black bear shout out to CJ Johnson!!!!!!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Number 1
so, this is it...the blog i've been wanting to start for months and i finally quit talking about it and made it happen. i figure what better way to share my opinions, views, and beliefs than to create a blog. the title sort of explains what i'm doing with my life right now. another thing i've been talking about doing for a while now is run a marathon, hence the road to 26.2. there are 26.2 miles in a marathon and i WILL do one in 2011.
so i was sitting at breakfast the other morning with two guys at IHOP of all places. last place i wanted to go for breakfast but hey i wanted to enjoy the companionship while filling my stomach with 1000 calorie all-you-can-eat pancakes. what better way to start my day right. anyway, i had just run a 5k race on saturday and somehow it came up in conversation. i was asked what place i had finished and i had no clue and really didn't care. i finished my first race of the new year and that's all that mattered to me. then i was asked what the point was in running if my goal wasn't to win. i just shrugged at the notion and went about it. however, strangely enough i kept thinking yeah why wouldn't i want to win if i'm gonna be in the race. back to that in a second. i have recently figured out that i do my best thinking while running. i just put the headphones in a my mind just races in twenty different directions. that's essentially how this blog came to be. in a sense i'm using this blog to vent about my passions, obsessions, and beliefs and because i'm in the process of training for a marathon, i'm running a lot, therefore thinking a lot, and if you know me at all that could be a good or a bad thing depending on who you are....anyway back to my thoughts of running in a race if i'm not trying to win it. while i was on my daily run on thursday afternoon i really began to think...why am i running if i don't want to win? i mean isn't that the point? i was running 6 miles so my mind was justa going. then i related that to my faith. kinda weird comparing running to my christian faith, but to me it makes perfect sense. i am currently running a race with heaven as the finish line. god is the mediator and the prize that i get when i finish the race of life. the point i'm trying to get across is that why run the race if we are just doing it to do it. mediocrity is something i despise, and the lord doesn't want our mediocrity and we shouldn't want to give him our mediocrity. in the book of colossians chapter 3 verse 17 it says "and whatsoever you do, do WHOLEHEARTEDLY in the name of the lord, giving thanks to god the father through him. to me this verse says it all about giving everything you do to the lord, and not doing it half way, hence the all caps wholeheartedly. google bible verses about mediocrity and you will find much more about what the lord says about mediocrity and how it shouldn't exist in our lives.
to end, i just had my mind racing while running and a found this to be a very viable comparison. the race i ran and the races i will do in the future can be directly tied to our faith in jesus christ. we train, we get hurt, we get back up again, but in the end it isn't about just finishing the race. it's striving for that prize!
in this blog i hope to do many things. i want you readers to understand a little more about me and read my venting about what could be some random things that go on in my life. i'm hoping to do at least one per week so stay tuned for some fun from stew.
Revelation 3:15-17 - Thought this was a fitting ending verse
so i was sitting at breakfast the other morning with two guys at IHOP of all places. last place i wanted to go for breakfast but hey i wanted to enjoy the companionship while filling my stomach with 1000 calorie all-you-can-eat pancakes. what better way to start my day right. anyway, i had just run a 5k race on saturday and somehow it came up in conversation. i was asked what place i had finished and i had no clue and really didn't care. i finished my first race of the new year and that's all that mattered to me. then i was asked what the point was in running if my goal wasn't to win. i just shrugged at the notion and went about it. however, strangely enough i kept thinking yeah why wouldn't i want to win if i'm gonna be in the race. back to that in a second. i have recently figured out that i do my best thinking while running. i just put the headphones in a my mind just races in twenty different directions. that's essentially how this blog came to be. in a sense i'm using this blog to vent about my passions, obsessions, and beliefs and because i'm in the process of training for a marathon, i'm running a lot, therefore thinking a lot, and if you know me at all that could be a good or a bad thing depending on who you are....anyway back to my thoughts of running in a race if i'm not trying to win it. while i was on my daily run on thursday afternoon i really began to think...why am i running if i don't want to win? i mean isn't that the point? i was running 6 miles so my mind was justa going. then i related that to my faith. kinda weird comparing running to my christian faith, but to me it makes perfect sense. i am currently running a race with heaven as the finish line. god is the mediator and the prize that i get when i finish the race of life. the point i'm trying to get across is that why run the race if we are just doing it to do it. mediocrity is something i despise, and the lord doesn't want our mediocrity and we shouldn't want to give him our mediocrity. in the book of colossians chapter 3 verse 17 it says "and whatsoever you do, do WHOLEHEARTEDLY in the name of the lord, giving thanks to god the father through him. to me this verse says it all about giving everything you do to the lord, and not doing it half way, hence the all caps wholeheartedly. google bible verses about mediocrity and you will find much more about what the lord says about mediocrity and how it shouldn't exist in our lives.
to end, i just had my mind racing while running and a found this to be a very viable comparison. the race i ran and the races i will do in the future can be directly tied to our faith in jesus christ. we train, we get hurt, we get back up again, but in the end it isn't about just finishing the race. it's striving for that prize!
in this blog i hope to do many things. i want you readers to understand a little more about me and read my venting about what could be some random things that go on in my life. i'm hoping to do at least one per week so stay tuned for some fun from stew.
Revelation 3:15-17 - Thought this was a fitting ending verse
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