Cowboys and Angels

Have you ever felt that life was passing you by? Did you ever feel like there was something missing? If you knew what that something was would you know where to look for it? Would you even know where to begin?

Did you ever feel like you were missing out? Did you ever feel like you didn’t belong? I used to feel that way, big time. I thought that by changing the way I looked and dressed I could plug all the gaps in my life. I wanted to be a part of something - anything. I didn’t care what. I didn’t care how. I thought that I could buy a style; a style to change me. Create a new me - make me someone else. It was only when I realized how wrong I was that I suddenly saw the person I wanted to be looking right back at me. Now for the first time in my life I can see what is beautiful, and what’s really important; and it’s all around. So close, I just have to reach out and it’s there. I’ve found my voice.

The Little Things

"We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them." ~Abigail Adams

"You ask me why I do not write something....I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results." ~Florence Nightingale

Since my car accident, it's has been becoming more apparent to me who is and isn't concerned with my health and well being. It's not only about the words they've spoken but also the actions they've taken. The moves they've made. What happened in making sure that I was ok? What happened to checking up on me? Helping me? Comforting me? It's ok, though. It's ok. If you have any interest in knowing about the accident and how a boy almost died... call.

People keep asking why I don't post much anymore... well the truth is I feel that my words are becoming more empty with each post but mainly because I feel they are "falling on deaf ears". People aren't reading it anymore and few of those who do read actually care about what it says.

I have a personal motto (ok, so I have a lot of them, lol). Three words: KNOW. CARE. ACT. Knowledge is power, and in that strength a person has the ability to make change but first they must care. You have to care about the matter at hand in order to make a positive change that would be worth while but that can only happen after you act.


A question and food for thought:

Should the countries of the world initiate a population control effort by limiting the number of children a family can have? A limit of 2. Why? Why not? My answer to this is: YES. I'll give my reasoning in my next post.

Indecisive by Nature

Dustin, you are Balanced-brained



You have a balanced brain — able to draw on the strengths of both the right and left hemispheres depending on context. Typically, people with balanced right and left hemispheres are very comfortable with switching between local and global perspectives — that is, paying attention to both small details and larger issues when the circumstance indicates. That means they can identify elements that make up an image or situation and also attend to the larger, more holistic pattern or unified whole that those details comprise. You are able to capitalize on the left hemisphere's skills in verbal communication as well on the right hemisphere's focus on patterns and association making. This rare combination makes you a very creative and flexible thinker.Depending on the situation, you may rely on one hemisphere or the other. Some situations may lend themselves to using your right brain's creativity and flexibility while other situations may call for a more structured approach as dictated by your left brain. That's how your brain processes information. And while your dominant brain hemisphere certainly contributes to the way you process information, there is also a style of learning, unrelated to your dominant hemisphere, that determines the ways in which you are best able to pick up information. When you're learning something new, your dominant brain hemisphere will want to take over. But there are times when the information being presented is not well suited to your dominant hemisphere's abilities. That's why, in addition to your hemispheric dominance, you also have a style of learning that is dominant for you. Whether you know it or not, you are naturally predisposed to learning things visually, aurally, or through a combination of the two.

The down side to being balanced-brained is that you may sometimes feel paralyzed by indecision when the two hemispheres of your brain are competing to solve a problem in their own unique ways.

Normality

You Are 70% Normal (Really Normal)

Otherwise known as the normal amount of normal You're like most people most of the time But you've got those quirks that make you endearing You're unique, yes... but not frighteningly so!

How Normal Are You?

Memory Loss

" 'I have done that,' says my memory. 'I cannot have done that' -- says my pride, and remains adamant. At last -- memory yields " ~Nietzsche

" The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. " ~Peter Berger

There are a great many people in the world with a great many things that they'd like to forget. I myself have never been a person of such acclaim. Memories help to mold us and create the person we so choose to be. The things we choose to remember and the things we choose to forget show the type of person we want to portray to our peers. With that said:

As many of you know my the past month of my life is a blur. Few things have been committed to memory and have been able to stick. Where has the time gone? What did I spend it doing? Why can I not remember? Can anyone fill me in on my life?

There is one thing that is forcibly committed to memory. My birthday - more so - something in particular about it. First let me start by saying that last year I took the time from my busy schedule to hunt down the perfect cards for birthdays and Christmas and what not. Now you can call me petty or childish but then reflect upon yourself and tell yourself that it wouldn't bother you when it seems as if everyone forgot your birthday or just didn't take the time to call, write, or anything. I received in the mail a total of 3 cards (thank you Allison, Ashley and Kacy). This just let's me know where I stand with people. Hurts.

That's all I have, it's the only thing that stands out. I felt the need to share it.