Define happiness?

this is me taking off with my uncle in his plane yesterday =]

is anyone experienced with window media center or technical issues? i get on netflix on media center and it shows i am logged in. my user name is displayed on the top corner. when i go to play a movie, i am then prompted to sign in again, except it does now allow me to type ine the character fields. 

does anyone have any idea what is up with this?

I have a Tumblr! XD

Hello friends! I pose a question to you. I want to get a study bible, and I have it down to either the Macarther or the Holmans. What do you know about these two? Which would you recommend? Why?

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

By Shelburne Ferguson – March 7, 2010

A couple of decades ago when I was executive vice president of Milligan College, I called the dean of Davidson College to find out why they had such a high student retention rate. Once a student entered Davidson he or she rarely left before graduation.

I was expecting the usual, “We’re more selective…” “Our campus environment is conducive…” “Our scholarship program supports retention.”

What the dean said has lingered in my mind ever since. He uttered these words…….

“Our students know what they want to be before they ever arrive here on campus.”

At the time I thought he meant only that their students had already decided on a vocational path, I assumed that these students had early on figured out the career for each of them.

As the years have passed I have a different perspective having watched my own children, grandchildren, and friends’ children grow up and some head off to college and others to jobs. My initial perception was too narrow. I now realize that when the dean said their students “know what they want to BE,” he meant in every aspect of life: moral, ethical, attitudinal and relational.

Obviously, each of us has to decide who we want to be on our own. That doesn’t ignore that we are a product of our environment, including the influences of our parents, siblings, grandparents, teachers, friends, our church, synagogue or mosque, etc.

This recurring thought of the “Davidson Experience” prompts me to share my own environmentally influenced view of what I want to be when I grow up, not to suggest that I have it all together or that I’m so special. But to look at two things:

1. We all can continue to develop and grow into being who we need to be. Growing up never stops unless we refuse to see it as a process and think of it as a destination.

2. If I can do it, then you can, too. Remember that there are so many people surrounding you who want you to become all you can be.

Here is a part of my growth path in no particular order:

 - Don’t allow yourself to get caught in a comfort zone.

 - You will become what you think you are.

 - Never be satisfied with what you know right now.

 - If it’s worth measuring it’s worth doing with excellence.

 - The more I practice anything the “luckier” I get.

 - There is always a reason to laugh.

 - When I feel down, I look for someone to help.

 - Make people grateful you were there when they needed you.

 - “Please…thank you…it’s my fault…and…I’m sorry” are some of the most humbling words you can speak.

 - Excellence is something you strive for but others decide if it is.

 - Honesty is not something that you alone define.

 - Don’t allow yourself to remain silent when you see injustice.

 - Attitude is far more important than aptitude.

 - It is much more significant to learn to ask all the right questions than to know all the right answers.

 - Seeing what is there is important. Seeing what is not there feeds creativity.

 - You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking. (two ears – one mouth..)

 - Always hire people who are better than you.

 - You are a leader if you look back and see someone following you.

 - Don’t let your actions tear down everything you stand for.

 - What you should value has nothing to do with price.

 - If you don’t have a goal you will always achieve it.

What do you want to become as you grow and grow and grow? (We are always in the process…)

Although I respect it, it does kinda suck

spiritualinspiration:

www.getoutthebox.org

this was rather calming when i read it. thank you. =]

I met this really cute girl on a networking website, and we talked a little, started to text, and then finally got to talk on the phone while I was at the beach. I got the privilege of meeting her yesterday evening, and spent basically the rest of the night with her. Chelsie is a great girl, and I loved talking to her, and just getting to spend time with her. I anticipate the next time we get to go out. =]


(I made this a question only to allow comments) ?

These are the photos I chose to edit on Photoshop from the other selection.