This trip was amazing, and super busy! I saw so many friends this time around that I hadn’t seen a long time. It was only missing Cory and Misha, who couldn’t come since they were working on moving to Utah before Cory’s trip to med school.
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A Paradise in San Diego
I couldn’t run the Spartan Beast I was set to run in Temecula, CA, due to an emergency root canal I had to have the day I was supposed to leave for CA. But, I still went and tried to see if I could at least run the 4-miler, which ended up being cancelled due to people having serious heat issues on the course during the Beast. So, despite still feeling crappy due to some antibiotics that induced a fever in me (no, not an infection, the antibiotics themselves), I took myself down to San Diego and explored around and actually had an amazing time. It was the most fun trip I’ve ever been on alone and I can’t wait to go back!
Negativity
Something I’ve noticed even moreso lately – you can say there are many ignorant people in the world, and our world still consists of a myriad of social problems – gender roles, racism, etc. Due to this, many people have become very negative just by living in the world today. They get absorbed in history as well as peoples’ ignorance in the present, and their emotions get involved. They don’t realize how negative and absorbed their thoughts have become.
Where I see the problem is they don’t realize how the time they spend thinking about these things affects them — their own minds, perceptions, emotions — as well as the issue itself. The more energy you put into something the more it will grow. You may think that you have a handle on the issue or are above the issue if you’re placing your opinion on it and putting energy into it. But you are actually contributing to the divide between people by reasserting that it exists or has existed. But we want to move past these issues for the future, right?
Just because things are or have been a certain way doesn’t mean they should be or they will be forever. But in order to shift the focus in a different direction, less time needs to be spent even thinking about these things. It’s time to move on and put energy into a more positive direction, even if others are keeping to their ignorance. Remember the issues of the past and present as you wish but don’t dwell on them. Work instead at creating the world in your mind that you want to see manifest in reality. Dreams can come true, and your own thoughts are a very legitimate tool that will shape yours and others’ realities. The issues of the world will hold you down to their level forever if you let them —
“Humans are divided into different clans and tribes, and belong to countries and towns. But I find myself a stranger to all communities and belong to no settlement. The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe. People are weak, and it is sad that they divide amongst themselves. The world is narrow and it is unwise to cleave it into kingdoms, empires, and provinces.” – Khalil Gibran
the meaning of enlightenment
“A young man had spent five arduous years searching for truth. One day, as he walked up into the foothills of a great mountain range, he saw an old man approach from above, walking down the path, carrying a heavy sack on his back. He sensed that this old man had been to the mountaintop; he had finally found one of the wise — one who could answer his heart’s deepest questions.
“Please, Sir,” he asked. “Tell me the meaning of enlightenment.”
The old man smiled, and stopped. Then, fixing his gaze on the youth, he slowly swung the heavy burden off his back, laid the sack down, and stood up straight.
“Ah, I understand,” the young man replied. “But Sir, what comes after enlightenment?”
The old man took a deep breath, then swung the heavy sack over his shoulders and continued on his way.”
I love this. I can relate.
madness
today i want to vent but I’m not sure what I want to vent about honestly. I think I am just tired as my sleep has sucked majorly this week. All day I have been extremely irritable. Sometimes I have a difficult time dealing with people (when people talk too much – this is a big one, when they don’t drive like I want them to drive because I have road rage, when people say they are going to do something then don’t, etc). My ego often delights in thinking about making “pet peeve” lists because I seem to have a lot of them. My weakness is irritability. It has gotten better over the years, but still.
My life has turned into madness lately (though not in a bad way) with taking on some big projects as well as the personal training certificate and i have about 500 things I want to accomplish outside of that as well.
in progress:
-community health ebook
-personal training studying, anatomy (certain amt of hrs per week)
-japanese studying (certain amt of hrs per week)
-finish book “How to Win Friends and Influence People” (halfway through)
-finish book “Power Foods” (haven’t started yet)
-finish book “Making Ideas Happen” (halfway through)
-more health research so that i can have more info on health site
-regular quick health tip videos
-isagenix prospects, holding contests, online marketing
-aiming for gym 5x/week (currently at about 3-4)
-cook something new once per week (I cook all the time but only the stuff I know how to cook. I want to cook new and better things).
This is the priority list as of now, aside from my side projects + full-time job. There’s quite a bit more but this is what needs to be focused on. Once I clear up a lot of this I will be in a much better position and can start my plant-based nutrition certificate which I am really excited about.
open
“Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means also being open to the bounty and beauty. Don’t mask or deny your vulnerability: it is your greatest asset. Be vulnerable: quake and shake in your boots with it. the new goodness that is coming to you, in the form of people, situations, and things can only come to you when you are vulnerable, i.e. open.”
― Stephen Russell, Barefoot Doctor’s Guide to the Tao: A Spiritual Handbook for the Urban Warrior