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| ...I feel this is an accurate description of our current society. I don't mean this in an apathetic, angst-ridden way, but as a reminder that most of us fall victim to this description more often then we would like to let ourselves admit. "The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but
shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend
more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses
and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more
degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts,
yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too
little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too
tired, read too little, watch TV too much , and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too
much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life.
We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to
the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new
neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done
larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the
atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan
more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We
build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies
than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small
character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days
of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These
are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one
night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from
cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the
showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can
bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to
share this insight, or to just hit delete...
Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not
going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because
that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.
Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is
the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a
cent.
Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but
most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes
from deep inside of you.
Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person
will not be there again.
Give time to love, give time to speak! And George Carline time to share the
precious thoughts in your mind."
-George Carlin | | |
| i got this from Kim Estrada...this amazed me...so i felt like sharing
Women are great liars. As good as they are at lying to
others, they are even better at lying to themselves.
STUPID LIES GIRLS SAY:
"I can't help it! I'm in love!"
"I can change him!"
"But he needs me!"
DESPERATE HOUSE LIES:
"If you really love me, you won't leave me!"
"If you breakup with me, I'll kill myself!"
"If you leave me, I'll hurt you!"
"I'm pregnant!"
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Some of us take our HEART BREAKS to another level by immediately
hooking up with another person after we just broke up. This is our
desperate attempt to get our ex jealous OR to forget the pain.
This explains why SOME people get addicted to clubbing,
partying, drinking, and getting high. They're NOT trying
to "just have fun"...
THEY ARE DESPERATELY AVOIDING REALITY.
THEY ARE RUNNING FROM THE PAIN OF THEIR PAST.
LADIES and GENTLEMEN, this is not love.
This is infatuation. Love does NOT make you do STUPID things.
Love is a commitment to do what's BEST for another person.
(Even if that means breaking up with them)
ANSWER THIS QUESTION HONESTLY:
Have you ever thought you were "IN LOVE,"
but later realized you were lying to yourself?
If you have... could it be that maybe...
JUST MAYBE, you might be wrong right now?
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WHAT IS LOVE?
"Whoever is without Love does not know God,
for GOD IS LOVE!" --1 John 4:8
If God is Love... Then why is he hardly
the center of most of our relationships?
If God is Love...
Then why not ask HIM for advice
when it comes to understanding what TRUE Love is?
Going to anyone else is like going to a Honda
Dealership for a Volkswagen part.
MYTH: All men are jerks!
TRUTH: Anyone who believes this statement is an idiot.
There are plenty of great guys all around. These are the
guys who comfort you when jerks break your heart.
They’re the ones who don’t always tell you what you
want to hear, but what you need to hear.
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WORD OF THE DAY:
in·cen·tive. Something, such as the fear of punishment or
the expectation of reward, that induces action or motivates effort.
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FUN FACT: BOYS follow incentives.
If you date a boy while he’s still a boy, guess what?
He’ll stay a boy. This is because you REWARD HIM
before he has a chance to grow up.
BUT if you make a boy WAIT and become a MAN before
he can date you, this will eliminate the odds of you dating a jerk!
Believe it or NOT, guys who are made to WAIT are far more likely
to be faithful to you, than the average guy!
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If any of you "NICE GUYS" are reading this blog, and you can RELATE to
what I'm saying, then here's some words of encouragement for you:
"Nice guys DON'T finish last.
They LAST to the finish."
If a girl passes you up because she wants to date a GUY
that her girlfriends think is cuter, then it's HER LOSS.
DON'T rush into random relationships in hopes of eventually finding
the right person! BE PATIENT. Let God write your love story.
See. I don't know about you, but I'd rather have a LOVE STORY filled
with twists and turns, than a bunch of failed relationships full of
MISTAKES, LIES, and DECEIT!
So...
SLOW DOWN people.
Let Go and Let God! 
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MY ADVICE: "Don't date someone unless you consider marrying them."
"WHAT?!? BeeJay!!!
Have you lost your mind??"
Let's sit and think about it. When you date someone, YOU might think it's
"just for fun," but there's no way of predicting FEELINGS that might
eventually grow. What if you FALL for someone, and they don't fall
for you? Who gets hurt?
What if you date someone for fun, sex, and scamming,
and they end up falling for you? Now they're the one who gets hurt?
In other words,
make sure you choose carefully who you date because FEELINGS
are involved. If you play with feelings, you can REALLY hurt someone.
In fact, some of you are STILL hurt because of a few people you've dated.
So take dating seriously. PLEASE.
MY ADVICE: Don't "play" hard to get. BE hard to get!
Having a great "LOVE LIFE"
means MORE than finding the right person.
You also have to BE the right person!
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Sex is good. Real good. Even God said it was good!
BUT there is one condition: GET MARRIED FIRST.
BEFORE you label me old fashioned or boring, here are a few
statistics I've learned from psychology and science journals!
Teens and young adults
who have premarital sex
are FAR more likely to:
Get divorced
Become suicidal
Go into depression
Be unfaithful during marriage
Have severe marital problems
Teens and young adults who
get pregnant before marriage
are FAR more likely to:
Not finish college
Have an abortion
Go into poverty
These statistics are NOT meant to discourage you.
These statistics are here to HELP YOU understand that
ALTHOUGH GOD CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS,
HE WON'T HEAL ALL SCARS.
God allows SCARS to remain NOT because he hates you,
BUT to remind you that foolish actions DO have consequences.
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SEX IS LIKE DUCT TAPE.
The first time you stick duct tape on someone, it REALLY sticks.
The next time you do it, it's not as sticky. The more you do it, the
less sticky it becomes. In other words, the more sex you have with
different partners, the HARDER it is to commit. Eventually, you won't
even be able to feel any LOVE or PASSION towards your partner(s).
It will become an empty, emotionless act.
What is the REASON for sex?
Some of you will say "pleasure."
But is that it? How about eating? EATING feels pleasurable?
Is that the REASON we eat? NO. We eat because it helps sustain
life and health. Likewise, we must understand that sex is not just
for pleasure. Sex also CREATES LIFE. This is why sex is
considered so sacred. This is why sex is NOT to be abused.
FUN FACT: Of all our bodily functions
(digesting, sleeping, breathing, etc),
CREATING A CHILD is the only bodily
function that requires TWO people.
CHRISTINA AGUILERA QUOTE:
"Shouldn't we test drive the 'vehicle' before we drive it off the lot?"
(Christina comparing premarital sex to test driving a car)
Okay. Let's pretend you find a great "sex partner."
You decide to marry them, BUT one day, they get
into a terrible accident and they can no longer
have sex. Would you divorce them?
JEFF FOXWORTHY QUOTE:
"Getting married to have sex is like buying a 747 to get free peanuts!"
Marriage is about more than just sex. It is a commitment to be there
for your spouse through sickness and in health, for better or for worse,
till death do you part. It is the coming of two souls to become one.
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OLD MESSAGE FROM A FRIEND
Hey BeeJay! I'd like to share these verses
recited at my Wedding ceremony:
"My husband and I knew we were ready for the
commitment of marriage when we were BOTH
able to insert each of our names
in place of the word 'LOVE'.
Love is patient and kind.
Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.
Love does not demand its own way.
Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged.
Love is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful,
And endures through every circumstance. Love will last forever..."
--1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-8
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Any Questions?
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| i think its time for an update, so summer ended, and school started, school's a lot harder then i thought it would be, but it's ok, i'm taking 2 sciences, maybe that's y, ohh well it's fun i like it
homecoming was this past saturday, it was so much fun! thanks charmaine, so many memories from the night hahaha at Jan's house in the morning during homecoming everything was just really really good
i've realized some things this year, and i'm a litlte less naive i would say, went through a little bit of a down time were everything was sucking, but now everything is going pretty well THANK GOD....
SAT I's are over, i'm so happy, just one more month of SAT II's and i'm done for life, i can't wait....the reality of college is starting to set it, and part of me is starting to think that i might actually wanna dorm, after saying i never wanted to, well i have to get in first before i worry about that
Garba's coming up, i hope i can go, same with knott's scary farm, intro day, and a couple of preformances
my cellphone screen isn't only conneted to the body by the wires, i have to kepp it closed with a rubber band, and my computer won't even turn on, i took it to compusa to fix it
umm i think that's all for now
until next time
take care
-Ramy | | |
| something i've learned this summer:
doors will slam themselves shut in your face, but at the same time....another door with quietly creek open, you just have to pay attention and find it! | | |
| yeastetrday i went to the beach...it was fun really relaxing
let's, woke up at 10 theresa came over dropped off some stuff, left the house @ 2 to go to ralph's and by some supplies for psst board, then got gas, got to the back at 4...iono y it took so long...stupid traffic, then i picked up erin and got back to the beach at 6 it was pretty cool i like being with her she makes my life seems so much more fun then it really is...
the beach was pretty cool, it was nice seeing everyone again, i was kinda feeling werid though, like not to energetic, didn't really feel like talking to me, just standing there and watching, or lying there and relaxing, i took a couple of walks up and down the beach, Danica, Erin, and Natalie...
walks on the beach are so nice especially when you have something good to talk about, 2 bad it was cloudy and you coudn't c the sun setting or the moon's reflection on the water, that would have been all romantic and waht not
the waves were glowing and if you kick the sand it glows 2, other then that being really cool, it's kinda scary that all that stuff is in the water lol
left at like 10:15, took natalie home, then went home and slept like a rock
Good Day, let's do it again
take care
-Ramy | | |
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