Miracles

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”...... Albert Einstein

I love this quote, and I've been thinking about it a lot lately.  What this scientific and mathematical genius said is 100% true.  There really are only two ways to live your life, and they are just as described above.  We either believe that EVERYTHING is a miracle, or that NOTHING is.

Note that he doesn't say "as though miracles exist," or "as though some things are miracles."  Rather, he uses the terms "nothing" or "everything."  This is very specific.  You're either a Nothing person or an Everything person... there are no Somethings people.  Although we can all imagine how some people in the Nothing category live their lives, I would like to skip them and go straight to the Everything people.

Everything people know that everything they have is a gift from God.  They recognize that every time the sun comes up it's a new day; a new chance to get better and improve.

Everything people realize that every success they have; every test they passed; every time their brakes work properly when needed is a miracle.

Everything people realize that everything happens for a reason, and that there are things that they can learn from every situation and from every person around them.

Take breathing for example.... When was the last time you did it?  How many times did you breathe today?  Do you know what you breathed?.....  Isn't it a miracle that you don't have to think about breathing?  Isn't it a miracle that the stuff we need to breathe and to keep our bodies alive is in the air all around us?  In fact, IT IS THE AIR!  That's the stuff that we breathe!  How cool is that!  Isn't it a miracle that our body does all of that for us?  Isn't it a miracle that we even have bodies?

The sun, the moon, the blue sky, air, water, our hands, our eyes, our brains, prehensile thumbs, peanut butter, electricity, computers, not passing that class in college, plants growing from sunlight, bees pollinating everything and making honey, Italian food...... ALL of these are miracles!!!  Actually, everything is.

So next time you wake up, or walk outside, look around and notice how many miracles you can see, because really, after all... there are only two ways to live your life.  Which one are you living?

I'M BACK!!!!

And when I say I'm back, I mean I'm back, and have been for almost a year now.  WOW how the time flies!... So yeah... How's it going blogging world?  I felt that I should break this long silence and get back into the the swing of things... Everything's about social media these days...  Does a blog count as social media?  It says I have 5 followers.  If any of you see this, I thank you sincerely.  You guys rock!  Well, I'll be off thinking of something clever to blog about.  Have a great day!

Status:

Mission Time. See ya in 2!

Waiting...

Waiting to leave on a mission is like trying to catch a stray piece of paper on a windy day....... just as you get close enough to touch it, the wind blows it a week away from you.

Excerpt

Once upon a time there was a magnificently vacant old house located deep in the mountains of an obscure western state. It was home to an immensely valuable doorstop fashioned after the image of a Scottish canine in the most exquisite example of modern metallurgy known to man....





Just checking if anybody reads this.

Can you tell that I'm bored?

I was eating Chocolate Cheerios for breakfast this morning, and as I neared the end of my cereal, there were 2 whole Cheerios left and two halves. Quite randomly they rearranged themselves to spell the word "COCO." It was a touching moment.

Awesomest Grandma Car EVER

This is my car. Well, was my car. We sold it. I could never think of a single name for this car, but I did manage to narrow it down to three. I appellated it The Jolly Green Giant, The Green Revolution, or The P.O.C. Okay, THAT was the name of my car- "The Jolly Green Giant, The Green Revolution, or The P.O.C."- That's what I used to introduce her as. Oh, that and "My Grandma Car," but that's a different story...

I had a lot of good memories in that car, some bad memories, and a whole bunch of weird memories, but I will always be grateful. It served me well. I will miss the constantly flashing "LOW COOLANT" light. Oh, and the 10-disc CD changer. THAT was awesome. So much better than the real radio.

Well, as for me, if I ever want to go anywhere in the next two and a half weeks, I'll be hoofin' it.... Literally- I just bought a horse.

Just kidding.

got beef?

Tonight for dinner I had a Bison Bacon Cheeseburger. Now, I don't know for sure if it was really bison meat, but it was delicious. SO GOOD!!! I love bison.

Intelligent life?

I just watched 2001: A Space Odyssey.
What. The. Heck. ?

Curiosity

I want to know what cats do at night. You know, while they're running around the neighborhood after dark, dodging headlights and hiding under parked cars. Seriously. Is it some kind of Secret Cat Combination? Should I be worried?

For you.... Fifty shekel! Just for you!

Dude, I just got back from ISRAEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

It was so AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

*If you would like to find out more about Ryan's trip to Israel, ask him about it sometime.

Oh- I also rode a camel.

The Physics Cessation Sensation

Today I took my physics final. My LAST physics final EVER. I feel like I just lost 500 lbs. I feel great! I'm pretty sure I failed that test. I made somewhat-educated guesses on EVERY SINGLE QUESTION. I'll be surprised if I manage to scrape up 5 measly points on the whole test. I have never seen problems like that in my life. I'm pretty sure they were impossible to solve. But you know what? I feel good. I haven't felt like this in ages. It's kinda like that feeling when you take out that big wad of junk you've had in your pocket all day. Or like when you take off wet socks. Yeah, it feels good. And the sky outside the testing building was so incredibly blue! It was amazing! Everything is so much more beautiful now. I feel like I can breathe again... Ok, it wasn't that bad. I did learn a lot... But it sure has been a very long, physics-filled year, and I am very glad that is now over.... Take that to within 10% to 100% WebAssign!

Brazil

Yeah, I'm gonna live there.

Calculus

I love calculus. I thought I should just throw that out there.... What I don't like however, is when you know you are doing your calculus right, but the online computer program with which you have to submit your homework keeps telling you your answer is wrong. I mean, come on people! We all know that the indefinite integral of the acceleration function -9sin(-3t) with respect to time equals -3cos(-3t) + C. And with the given condition that at t=0, the velocity function equals 1, then we should be able to conclude that C = 4, therefore the final correct answer is -3cos(-3t)+4. Am I right?!?!??? Seriously, you do it and see what answer you get because mine obviously isn't working.

Hesitation

Do you ever have those moments when you're all alone, but there are people you don't know all around you, and you really need to do something, but you hesitate because they might think you're nerdy?

Well, I just had one. But then I realized I was in the Physics building, and I didn't care anymore.

My Post-Game Comments:

I like Utah. In fact, I love them. I love everything about them. I love their program, I love their fans, I love everything... I think the whole university, their fans and their organization, is full of class... I respect them, and they deserve it.

The Chase

So the other day as I was riding Trax to school and staring blankly out the window, we were stopped at an intersection when a tall, lurpy man came into view. He ran across the street into the parking lot next to us. Well, he wasn't really running... it was more of a jog. He had long slow strides, was wearing a black hoody over his head, and was carrying what looked strangely like a purse in his left arm... kind of like a football. My first thought was, "Dude! That guy just stole somebody's purse!" But that theory quickly died because he wasn't hardly running at all. It was like he was in slow motion.... But then, another man came into view. A shorter, chubbier man who looked like he was wearing clothes indicative of a police officer or security guard. He was also running.... or at least trying to. His velocity was much slower than that of the first man, but he looked like he was pushing hard. He even grabbed what looked like a radio on his chest and spoke into it as he trudged along.....clearly calling for back up.... So I was right the first time! This was a highway purse robbery! That guy really did steal somebody's purse, and he really was jogging to get away from the authorities- JOGGING because well, that's all he needed to do. He just sort of looked like he was merely taking a leisurely prance through the parking lot, and not like he was a criminal on the run.

It was kinda funny.

At least I thought so.

But then again, I guess it wasn't really all that funny for whoever the victim was... or the officer.... I hope the culprit was apprehended in the end.

But I hope we can all learn a lesson from this one.... For all you thieves out there:
You can jog, but you can't hide.

Are you serious!?

So KJZZ is no longer showing any regular season Jazz games. What the heck? This makes me really, really mad.

Well now they can't be called KJZZ anymore. That would just be stupid. They should change their name to NOJZZ. I mean, why keep the name KJZZ if they don't even show any JAZZ GAMES ANYMORE!??!???!!!!??!!!!!

I'm just a little annoyed.

That's all.

NEVERMORE

So, I am unemployed once again. I did manage to get a job though; between now and the last time I posted anything. I worked at a lovely little company which shall remain nameless, but I quickly became FedUp with it and have since moved on.... I'm thinking outside the BOX if you will..... Yeah, that TRAILER LOADED WITH PACKAGES has been SHIPPED, if you know what I'm saying.....

Yeah it wasn't working too well with school and all, but I was able to save most of what I made which was great. I wasn't crazy about it, but overall it was a pretty good job.

Now my job is to get the money my friend owes me for mowing all those lawns for him.

The MVMM

This summer has been pretty darn lazy. For most of the time I have been unemployed. "Funemployed".... yeah ok, it was a pretty fun most of the time. However, two wonderful and temporary job opportunities were offered to me and I GLADLY excepted them.

I have two friends who are big on the lawn mowing scene. They are the grass giants, the trimming tycoons of their neighborhoods. Anybody's who's anybody has their lawn cut by these teenaged entrepreneurs. Respectively, they dominate the lawn business in their own wards.

A few weeks ago, Friend 1 went on vacation and allowed me to mow his lawns for the week. These last couple of weeks Friend 2 has been out of town and has hired me to do his lawns in his absence. I'm a lawn mowing substitute. It's a great job. All together I mowed 21 lawns at an average of $23.43 each, and at an average rate of $18.13 an hour. Not bad. Combined with the two lawns of my own that I mow, I made more like $20.35 an hour during those 3 weeks.

I did have to borrow my mother's minivan, take out the back seat, and stuff the lawn mower and other equipment in there, but it all worked out awesomely.

So if you ever need someone to mow your lawn for you while your out of town, just give me a call. I am the MiniVan Mower Man................ Yes! That's what I'll be when I grow up! A substitute mower!