Living @ MindSay

We didn’t enter this world being able to stand on our own.
We were carried.
Then we crawled.
Then we stood, only to fall.
Then one step, then two
Til finally, we walked
We walked to where we are now.

Learning to walk was a process, and continuing to walk is our journey—
A journey that is completely unique to us, for we are the sole owners of our feet.
One step at a time we have made our way to the present. Ask yourself, “Am I happy where I am standing in this present moment?” If not, why not? Why not move yourself to a different place? Why not keep walking? Perhaps on your walk, you find someone who matches your pace. Perhaps you find someone who walks just a little bit faster than you, but they’re headed in the same direction, so you push yourself to keep up. Perhaps these people you encounter on your walk are the ones you grow to love.

Of course we all trip, and many of us fall. But if we don’t get back up and begin moving again, our journey has ended. We remain idle for the continuation of our lives. Our journey never ends unless we let it.

The world is ours to explore. And the exploration begins with just one step. We don’t even need to know where we are going because our spherical world has no dead ends. So if we can’t fail, why be paralyzed by a fall?

We must walk to truly live. We must live to find love. We must love to experience happiness. If we never moved, we would never meet the people who mean so much to us. Happiness would only be a concept— when it is meant to be our reality. So live a little, love a lot, and walk some more.

 

Is It True That Some of the Early Popes are Antichrist?

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Randy Pausch, professor at Carnegie Mellon, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He gave his "Last Lecture," and it was nothing short of symbolic of the life he's led/contributions he's made. In one word, "Amazing."   No doubt, despite a very discouraging diagnosis, he will live on in the work he has done, lives he has touched and in the family he has built. 

 

His lecture made national/international news.

I've posted  a reprise he did on "Oprah" of the lecture as well as  the full version of his lecture. The full version is long, but worth watching.


Short Oprah version:
http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=ithct48cqw

Full Version:
http://www.taudiobook.com/closed_caption/randy_pausch_full/

Randy Pausch's website:
http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/

This is one of his projects to teach kids about 3d programing - Really Cool:
http://www.alice.org/

I have to be out of my house by the end of this month.  So, I have 28 days left to find a place and move out.  A bit daunting...  I figured I'd get an apartment where I used to live before we bought the house I'm currently living in.  I probably still will, but a new option presented itself today. 

 

A friend of a friend just bought a place and she's looking for a roommate.  Now, I've only met her once, and her place is a little further away than what I was planning, but I'm also thinking that this could be kinda fun.  It could be a good way to meet some new people, but am I really ready to move in with someone I barely know?  She seemed cool enough when I met her, but I don't know.

 

Oh, and just cuz I liked it, here's a little something, but it's not directed at anyone, so relax :)

 

silph is back on the net

PROGRESS REPORT:

got a GF (she's white and t kinda ticks my folks off but i could give a shit less)

learned a new ability (dreamwalking)

got a new political position that suits yet doesn't suit me cuz of it's veiws. (NAACP i knw i knw white gf and a group that all about the {black power} won't work well but they don't knw)


i still hate living here cuz of the lack of leniency that allows me to go out and do a little free running

my  friends from NC don't talk 2 me  much anymore. (i think something happened with one of them)

technically the only friend i have at this point is my GF

i think i may have figured out a new way to relieve some pressure on myself with cutting (i like fire =P)


and last but damn sure not least i'm still here and alive.... for the most part lol