New Town, New School, New Post...

Well, I have moved to North Bay now. Settled in. And started studying. Only in my first week of Aviation Technician courses, but I am already lovin' it. It is great to be around airplanes again, and the instructors are all cool.

And to heap blessings on blessings, my girlfriend took a job at North Bay General Hospital so that she could be closer to me. She is a truly wonderful girl (I love you Ani).

It is really exciting and cool to start what is basically a new life. To make new friends, see new places, and create new memories. I can't wait to see what is in store for me over the next two years here, and I will try and post more often then I do.

Till later...

Crazy LIfe

Life plods on no matter what we want to happen, or what agenda we may have. I am heading back to school in the fall, and am I ready for it? Is it the right thing todo...who knows. At the time it seemed like a great idea, but now that it is only 2 months away, I am not so sure any more. How can you tell that you have ever made the right choice? Do we ever get some sort of sign or feeling to tell us that we are doing the right thing? There are times in life when everything is very cut and dry, and there is an instant feeling of having made the right choice. But more often then not we kinda creep along afraid to commit whole-heartedly because there is a chance that we have made a wrong choice.

Who is to say the best way to tell if we have made a wrong choice or a right choice...all we can do is make the choice that seems best to us, and commit to it. If you waffle around on the fence you can make what would be a good decision only a mediocre one because you don't give it the backing it needs to be great. Sometimes, you have to make a choice that you don't want to because it is the lesser of two evils. When you are faced with these choices, you have to make the best of the choice. It is a choice you made, and you have to follow through with it and make the best of it, and live with the consequences of your actions.

There is no neon sign to tell you that you have made the right choice...just the moral character to stick to your choice once you have made it. There is nothing to be gained by dragging you feet and saying "did I make the right choice". The choice has been made, and it is time to move forward with life...

My Lady

Cleaning Out The Closet

There is something amazingly freeing about laying everything at the foot of the cross. Even though God knows everything, so He already knows all the sin that is in your life, He still waits and wants for you to come to him with it. And when you do finally come, after trying everything on your own, He is standing there with open arms waiting to grab you and hold you close, and to take it all away. To take your pain and sorrow and anguish, and replace it with a peace and joy that can only come from Him.

"...He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet upon a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord."

Psalm 40:1-3 NIV

A Little Peeve Of Mine

This post is about a little pet peeve of mine. It is about something in life that I find slightly infuriating. It is when a person (like a parent) make decisions for another person (like an adult child), without consulting them, stating it is in the other persons best interest, and not having a clue what that person might really want. (Sorry about the run-on sentence). I can stand it when it is made as a suggestion of what the person might want, but not when they make it a statement of fact.

If you know the person, you can make an educated guess as to what they may want, but it is not guaranteed to be right. However, when you don't really know the person, or don't chose to really know the person, then it really irks me when people decide what you want without asking you.

Argh!

It's True...

It is very true what they say, you don't really miss something till it is gone. Take for example the hugs of a loved one. Not getting one for a couple of days is mildly uncomfortable, when compared to the knowledge that you aren't going to see them for 21 days. It really makes you feel blessed when you do have the person around.

I guess the point I am trying to make is this: Get all the hugs you can when the person is around...cause you don't know how long till you get your next "fix", so to speak...

Stay tuned for more random thoughts, at random times of the day... ;-)

Finding Joy in the Smallest Things...

Today I got to talk with my girlfriend who is on a 3 week missions trip to Ecuador. I have not had a chance to talk to her since she left almost a week ago, and tonight, hearing her voice over the telephone from all those miles away, it made my heart sore.

I think it is so cool that the human heart can take such pure joy from such little things. How nothing more then holding the hand of a loved one can send you over the moon. Or hearing their voice after not seeing them for a few days can make you feel like a kid in a toy store.

This really shouldn't be that much of a surprise though...I mean human beings were never meant to be alone...it is not how we were created. But it is so cool to see examples of this in your relationship with your significant other.