I've Got Stuff To Say

All I can do is give you my "Two Cents Worth", and i've got plenty of it... What you do with it is up to you!

I've been quiet way too long. Not that keeping my opinion to myself was always bad or wrong, but i think it's time to let some things out. We'll start with a few of the basics, and down the road we'll dive into the deeper things.

First, and foremost... FOR GOD'S SAKE PEOPLE, JUST LOVE EACH OTHER!!! Do I have to quote Bill and Ted's "Be excellent to each other" ??? Is it really that difficult to separate how you feel about someone's actions from how you feel about the person themselves? Holy Cow! Let It Go! From here on out, i expect all of you to express when you don't like something without insulting the person who's doing it. Let them know "i don't like this thing you did or said... but i do love you!"

Secondly, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY!!! We all have our burdens, we all have our obstacles in life, we ALL have reasons why it's difficult, in this life, to be us. Stand up and be a Man (and by be a man, i mean Be A Grownup!) and take on as much as you can possibly take on! I like to portray it with the analogy of carrying camping gear. We all have our own packs with our own stuff to carry AND there's a bunch of big huge stuff for the entire group that also needs to be carried. I completely understand that there are times where you cant help carry all the big gear, but please please please know that i'm not going to carry all the extra gear AND your individual pack! It's really simple, everyone carry their own pack and then those that can, help with the big burdensome stuff, okay??? Okay.

Third, and last for tonight, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF! Seriously, it is not noble or even admirable to sacrifice your health and well being under the guise of "i have to take care of someone else and my wellbeing (or health or happiness or strength or success or anything) is just not as important as theirs is.

Your body, mind, and soul are your vehicle through this existence... if you do not maintain them, nourish them, take care of them, exercise them, grow them, and protect them... you will NOT be able to help all those other people who are Oh So Much More Important to you! In the camping analogy, just as it's wrong to make someone else who's carrying their own pack, and the big gear for the group to also carry your personal pack... it's just as wrong to carry so many other people's packs and gear that you cant possibly carry your own!

Put it another way... You can drive the car you own as far as you want. 100K, 200K, even 500K miles... as long as.......... (yup, you guessed it!) you take care of it! You maintain it, wash it, put gas in it, change the oil, the spark plugs, and fix it if it breaks and in return it can carry you (and additional passengers) as far as you need it to! In life... you have to treat yourself as you would your car, and if you do, you can support and take care of and help all the others that you want!

Okay, I'll leave you with those for now... and i'll be back later with more of my two cents.