equalizer...

i was thinking about this past weekend and really there has been so much on my mind.

just this past weekend, i was driving to HB to see 50/50 and i was passing westminster cemetery and i haven't been there in...i don't know how long, but a long time... and i thought about visiting my family (my entire family is buried there). so i checked the rear view and saw that it was clear; so i crossed 3 lanes and managed to get over. i then proceeded to drive around and get out where i thought the graves were, but sadly, i couldn't find them. i continued on looking, but i ran out of time....i had no idea where they were.

50/50 caused me to think of my deceased family and how death is always right around the corner. and how we just don't know when our time is up.
the movie just dug up so many things that i've had to deal with time and time again.

sidenote:
50/50 - awesome movie. best movie this year. i wont spoil any of it. but i'll talk to you if you wanna trade thoughts.

but that brings us to today's RIP.

gg steve. your commencement speech was amazing. it really resonated with me. mostly cuz, i'm pretty much in agreement with most of what you said. and to be honest, i'm going to probably have to use some of that wonderful life experience you've had and just go with my gut feeling in the years to come.

::Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.::


this one is so ill. this is one of the things i've learned first-hand through witnessing death so often in my life. 
death is the ultimate equalizer. 
it doesn't eff around, but gets right to the heart of the matter. 


if you die right now, are you satisfied with what you've done, how you've lived, and who you have become? 
such a sick question because of the answer for it.


::Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.::


ahh, wise words from a decent man. another thing i've grown to learn over the course of this year is that we are all unique in how we are made.
fact: be who God created you to be. yourself. not someone else. 
fact: no two people see EVERYTHING the same exact way and that's fine. in fact it's more than fine because it's perfect and that's how it should be. 
it tilts me so hard when i hear/see people not being who they are wired to be. i mean, who really cares? especially when they just "go with it" and "settle" and end up being someone they aren't. that's complete crap IMO. i'm not saying don't stretch/grow yourself, but how about you just be you instead. be who God wants you to be.



I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
(Psalm 139:14 ESV)


it is meant to be this way. dont be like middle man mcgee you see everyday, he's got his own life to worry about.
cut the middle man out. the only person you should try to be, is Christ.
but in this process, just be you. and be the best you possible.


::Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.::





thanks for your life steve. i'll remember your words of wisdom.