Okay how many of you when you are asked to write about yourself had a difficult time? I have been asked to write something that will be published in a local publication in which I will be featured. I kept drawing a blank as I was writing it. I know I do a lot in the community and do volunteer for a lot of things. But to have to put it to paper or to a screen is difficult. I have always done things not so much for how it will appear but rather to give to others. I know a lot of people who will do things or volunteer to do things so they could get a plaque for their wall or a picture in the paper. That has never been my way of looking at things. If I get praise for what I do it is cool if i don't who cares.
So what you think?
Life of Tony and what his thoughts are about
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
It gets Better
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. -- Winston Churchill
I know I have not posted a blog in a long time I want to get back to doing it a regular bases. Life for me has taken some interesting turns. If you have been following me on facebook you have seen how it has gone. I have to say I am the happiest I have been in so long.
On Youtube there is a page I have been checking out on a regular bases. It is called it "It gets better" Project. It is in response to the recent suicides of gay teens. First off I am saddened by the death of these talented young people. The world has lost their potential contributions to society. I hope their family and friends can find peace.
It has made me think of my own growing up. It has reminded me of how difficult it was to grow up and to feel there was no one out there who knew what it was like to be me. I grew up the oldest grandchild and the oldest child in my family. I was envious of my younger family members because they had someone they could look up to whether it was me or one of my cousins. The other kids around were older than me and many felt they could knock me around and tease me. Sadly know in my family ever knew about it and how painful it was. The teasing went on in school as well and it forced me to keep to just a couple of friends. When the school I was going to closed they went to other schools and left me alone. While I have always been in active in high school and college I tended to be a person who was very much to myself.
I am grateful to the brothers of my fraternity who showed me that I was worth something. To this day some of them are the closest friends I have in the world. They accepted me as goofy as I was and as naive as I was. They were there to support me in each of my major decisions of my life and without question have shown me that life is worth every moment. Thanks to those guys I could not have asked for better friends and brothers.
To those who might find this blog and are struggling with whatever life had thrown your way I say life does get better. I approach each new challenge in my life with that attitude that life gets better and life is worth the living. Life only gets better day by day and year by year. I am so thankful for having found someone who makes me happy on a daily bases. I choose to life each day with him in my life because it brings greater fullfillment.
To those who choose to disagree with me that is your choice. We all have choices in our life and we can choose to disagree with someone. What we don't have a right to do is bring pain and hurt to someone else s life. Forcing our personal values on others is not right and is hateful. While a group may agree on certain values to believe it doesn't mean that those values are correct or right. So choose to live your life your way and leave others to live their lives their way.
Bottom line is that life gets better my friends and I can't wait for the next chapter to begin.
I know I have not posted a blog in a long time I want to get back to doing it a regular bases. Life for me has taken some interesting turns. If you have been following me on facebook you have seen how it has gone. I have to say I am the happiest I have been in so long.
On Youtube there is a page I have been checking out on a regular bases. It is called it "It gets better" Project. It is in response to the recent suicides of gay teens. First off I am saddened by the death of these talented young people. The world has lost their potential contributions to society. I hope their family and friends can find peace.
It has made me think of my own growing up. It has reminded me of how difficult it was to grow up and to feel there was no one out there who knew what it was like to be me. I grew up the oldest grandchild and the oldest child in my family. I was envious of my younger family members because they had someone they could look up to whether it was me or one of my cousins. The other kids around were older than me and many felt they could knock me around and tease me. Sadly know in my family ever knew about it and how painful it was. The teasing went on in school as well and it forced me to keep to just a couple of friends. When the school I was going to closed they went to other schools and left me alone. While I have always been in active in high school and college I tended to be a person who was very much to myself.
I am grateful to the brothers of my fraternity who showed me that I was worth something. To this day some of them are the closest friends I have in the world. They accepted me as goofy as I was and as naive as I was. They were there to support me in each of my major decisions of my life and without question have shown me that life is worth every moment. Thanks to those guys I could not have asked for better friends and brothers.
To those who might find this blog and are struggling with whatever life had thrown your way I say life does get better. I approach each new challenge in my life with that attitude that life gets better and life is worth the living. Life only gets better day by day and year by year. I am so thankful for having found someone who makes me happy on a daily bases. I choose to life each day with him in my life because it brings greater fullfillment.
To those who choose to disagree with me that is your choice. We all have choices in our life and we can choose to disagree with someone. What we don't have a right to do is bring pain and hurt to someone else s life. Forcing our personal values on others is not right and is hateful. While a group may agree on certain values to believe it doesn't mean that those values are correct or right. So choose to live your life your way and leave others to live their lives their way.
Bottom line is that life gets better my friends and I can't wait for the next chapter to begin.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Is your life as bad as others?
I was introduced to a site called Fmylife.com. It is really funny things that happen to people and they have posted it on this site. Here is one as an example.
"Today, I had to confront my boyfriend after finding a girl's phone number next to my bed. He said I was over reacting. When I told him it was over, he asked for the number back so he could call her." FML
I found this one and others to be funny as they are true. There is the one where someone's dad called them the dogs name and it wasn't the first time. Some you wonder what people are doing. I know that sometimes I can get so focused on my own life and how stressed I can be and how crazy things life is. I go to this site and I find that my life is not that bad. As we travel the road of life we find that it takes different turns and we didn't expect and sometimes they can bring us to a new realization or okay maybe more pain. Here is another example from the FML.
Today, my dad threw my $300 dollar iTouch out the window. Apparently the alarm went off and he didn't know how to turn it off. It was his solution. FML
So when you see something dumb in your mind next time remember there are crazier things in the world and a laugh is sometimes the best medicine.
"Today, I had to confront my boyfriend after finding a girl's phone number next to my bed. He said I was over reacting. When I told him it was over, he asked for the number back so he could call her." FML
I found this one and others to be funny as they are true. There is the one where someone's dad called them the dogs name and it wasn't the first time. Some you wonder what people are doing. I know that sometimes I can get so focused on my own life and how stressed I can be and how crazy things life is. I go to this site and I find that my life is not that bad. As we travel the road of life we find that it takes different turns and we didn't expect and sometimes they can bring us to a new realization or okay maybe more pain. Here is another example from the FML.
Today, my dad threw my $300 dollar iTouch out the window. Apparently the alarm went off and he didn't know how to turn it off. It was his solution. FML
So when you see something dumb in your mind next time remember there are crazier things in the world and a laugh is sometimes the best medicine.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Old Technology
I love movies and so when I see movies for sale cheap I of course check them out. Today I was at the store with a friend and they had a bin with movies for $5.00 each. Well I was looking through and found first season of 21 Jump Street.
Now for those of you who are not familiar with this series it was made in the 1970s. Johnny Depp was one of the starts and was when people started noticed him. Now what is funny is to watch what they thought was technology. They needed to go to a pay phone to make a call as cell phones were not around at the time. The cars that they were thinking were the best cars. I also was watching another movie where flip phones were the in thing for the time.
It makes me think a little bit about how technology has changed our lives. I can remember when cell phones were a brick and there was no way that it would have fit in pocket. There is also the technology when it comes to music. We begin with vinyl albums and 45 LPM. There was 8 track tapes and they were the thing and players were everywhere. Now they don't exist well none that I have seen. Then came cassette tapes and now you don't find them anymore. Then there was CD's and those are still around. What is even scarier is if you went and asked a high school kid what some of these methods of listening to music they will look at you and say never heard of it or that is old school.
What are some of the other things has technolgy changed?
Now for those of you who are not familiar with this series it was made in the 1970s. Johnny Depp was one of the starts and was when people started noticed him. Now what is funny is to watch what they thought was technology. They needed to go to a pay phone to make a call as cell phones were not around at the time. The cars that they were thinking were the best cars. I also was watching another movie where flip phones were the in thing for the time.
It makes me think a little bit about how technology has changed our lives. I can remember when cell phones were a brick and there was no way that it would have fit in pocket. There is also the technology when it comes to music. We begin with vinyl albums and 45 LPM. There was 8 track tapes and they were the thing and players were everywhere. Now they don't exist well none that I have seen. Then came cassette tapes and now you don't find them anymore. Then there was CD's and those are still around. What is even scarier is if you went and asked a high school kid what some of these methods of listening to music they will look at you and say never heard of it or that is old school.
What are some of the other things has technolgy changed?
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Bars
Last night I was in the mood to go out. Now that is unusal as I don't particularly care for bars/clubs. Now don't get me wrong I do like to go with friends ocassionaly. Last night I went with a friend I had not hung out with a long time. As I was driving I did not drink. The bars/clubs are 40 miles from where i am at.
So needless to I was sobber. Being sobber I spent a lot of the night observing people. It is interesting how a lot of people at the bars/clubs seem to be focused on getting drunk. I ended up with beer from the pitchers in peoples hands on the dance floor. I don't know about you I am not much for wearing beer. I also looked around I could see how for some it seems that the bar/club seems to be their only socail outlet. I know I have talked with some who will go to the club every weekend to the bars/clubs. They will go two and three days on the weekend.
Now I would say that bars/clubs are not the ideal place to meet someone for a dating relationship. Now I am sure there are some out there who have met their significant other at bars. But how often does that happen and how often does it last? I don't know about you but I like to talk to the person I am dating and get to know who they are and what they are about.
I also would have to say that for a lot of people at the bar they can be very self absorbed. Getting back to the fact I ended up with beer on my legs with no acknowlegement of what they did says they didn't care. I meet a lot of people at the bars if you don't meet their standards they will not be civil. Case in point I was introduced to a friend of a friend last night and after we were introduced he procced to cut me out of the conversations and physically placed himself so as to cut me out of the converstation. Now as I mentioned I was sober and it made me wonder about others and as I watched others I could see the same thing occuring around the bar/club. I don't know it is my observation.
So needless to I was sobber. Being sobber I spent a lot of the night observing people. It is interesting how a lot of people at the bars/clubs seem to be focused on getting drunk. I ended up with beer from the pitchers in peoples hands on the dance floor. I don't know about you I am not much for wearing beer. I also looked around I could see how for some it seems that the bar/club seems to be their only socail outlet. I know I have talked with some who will go to the club every weekend to the bars/clubs. They will go two and three days on the weekend.
Now I would say that bars/clubs are not the ideal place to meet someone for a dating relationship. Now I am sure there are some out there who have met their significant other at bars. But how often does that happen and how often does it last? I don't know about you but I like to talk to the person I am dating and get to know who they are and what they are about.
I also would have to say that for a lot of people at the bar they can be very self absorbed. Getting back to the fact I ended up with beer on my legs with no acknowlegement of what they did says they didn't care. I meet a lot of people at the bars if you don't meet their standards they will not be civil. Case in point I was introduced to a friend of a friend last night and after we were introduced he procced to cut me out of the conversations and physically placed himself so as to cut me out of the converstation. Now as I mentioned I was sober and it made me wonder about others and as I watched others I could see the same thing occuring around the bar/club. I don't know it is my observation.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
What can happen at the Gym
This afternoon I went to the gym for my daily workout. Generally when I go to the gym I put my headphones on and go about my business of working out. Occasionally I will run into a friend or two that works out there. Needless to say nothing every happens. Today was an exception to the rule. I was down to my last exercise when suddenly I see a commotion a few feet away from where I was. It turned out that a young guy I am talking about a teenager had fainted. Then it got scary the kid stopped breathing. The staff and others began to do compressions and mouth to mouth. They paramedics and ambulance did get there and they did get him breathing again and I found that the kid had an enlarged heart and the doctors had never told his parents.
I am glad the kid will be okay. Here is the thing I was not sure what I should be doing. There were lots of people with the kid and his mom who happened to be there. Some people around the gym were standing around and watching everything. Some people were continuing with their workout. I moved a couple of pieces of equipment for them to have room to bring the equipment in. I also watched and I also finished my workout. So what do you think I or anyone who was not helping should have done?
I am glad the kid will be okay. Here is the thing I was not sure what I should be doing. There were lots of people with the kid and his mom who happened to be there. Some people around the gym were standing around and watching everything. Some people were continuing with their workout. I moved a couple of pieces of equipment for them to have room to bring the equipment in. I also watched and I also finished my workout. So what do you think I or anyone who was not helping should have done?
There are good people
I had a rather interesting experience so to speak this weekend. I was traveled up to Albuquerque for a family function and yes it was a fun and I had fun. That is not what was interesting. I was traveling to a family members home and my car died. It was right in the middle of a busy area. It would not start and I had to push it out of the road. I started to do it and two guys jumped out of their cars and helped me push it out of the way. That was really cool and to those strangers I am thankful for their help. Well that is not the end. One of the gentlemen was in an SUV with a woman. That woman while we were pushing the car drove across the street to the service station and bought a big bottle of water and brought it over to use so that we had water while we waited for the tow truck. Now that was something nice and thanks to that woman for doing that. Now if that is all that happened you would say wow. But yet another truck with a young couple stopped to see if we needed some help as well.
I would have to say that despite what we hear in the news that people are not helpful or friendly these days I would say that is not the case. To those people who helped me out know I will be paying it forward I think that is the best thing I can do. Who else has something to pay forward.?
I would have to say that despite what we hear in the news that people are not helpful or friendly these days I would say that is not the case. To those people who helped me out know I will be paying it forward I think that is the best thing I can do. Who else has something to pay forward.?
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