This thing is so cool

So I am writing this from Window Live Writer Beta.  First off, Windows Live Beta has been out for a little while now, but it is the most awesome thing ever.  It comes with the latest messenger, then this blog thing that lets you write blogs easily while offline or online from a program on your desktop. 

It also comes with this picture editing program.  It’s all pretty pimpin. 

Plus it comes with Windows Live Mail, which you can use all of your e-mail accounts on and you can use it offline and it will send your stuff the next time your online.  But think about it, all of your e-mail accounts from one place.  It rocks my socks. 

So you should all go and download it, so you can see how amazing it really is. 

This past week…

This past week has had its good and sad moments.  First off, the sad.  My Grandpa’s prostate cancer has spread to his back.  Not good.  He is in so much pain, and it is very sad to see.  My grandpa has been one of the biggest influences on my life.  He has been a man of great integrity, and has led a life by example.  He starts radiation this coming week, but only to stop some of the pain, not stop the cancer. 

It was good to be with my parents.  They were up at a retreat in McCall, and spent some time down here as well.  We had fun. 

Finally this past weekend was spent up at McCall on a retreat with the religion department here at NNU.  It was pretty fun.  I really enjoyed getting to know some of my fellow students and staff better.  And we played two ball a lot.  The one of the best games ever!

Also, I enjoyed this song:

OMG!! They ran out of gas in Tennessee!!! Look at Zimbabwe!

So the headlines on CNN today read that 3/4's of the gas stations in Nashville were out of gas today. What a catastrophe! We won't be able to drive down to the mall or go down to the local McD's for lunch! Saddest day of our lives...

Ok, now think about the country of Zimbabwe.
They have had acute fuel shortages for almost a decade. People would wait in line for gas over night sometimes. Often times lines were at least 200 hundred cars long. I watched the news the other day and people were so upset to wait for 10 cars in a line. Somewhere in the Southeastern US.

We have become such a demanding society.

We only care about us. But seriously! Think about the people of Zimbabwe, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Rwanada, Congo, and the list goes on. People are suffering daily around the world, and they become accustom to living lives that Americans could never ever dream about living.

Seriously lets try not to be so ignorant, and lets try and be thankful for what we have.

$5 a gallon for gas? What about $18 a gallon in Sierra Leone.

A bad economy? What about inflation at 70 MILLION PERCENT in Zimbabwe!

Hungry from taking a 24 hour fast? Try not eating for 120 hours in a row, a reality facing many people in Zimbabwe.

one chance...

The average person in the US lives 2,453,500,800 seconds. Does anyone else think that isn't really all that much? i mean, ya that is definitely a big number, but those are only seconds, not minutes or hours or anything. they go by sooo fast. blink and another one is gone.
so with that in mind, think about how many times you only get one chance to make an impact...
I know personally it happens ALL the time...
i wrote this little poem thingy:

One chance

I see the man with no money
But I look the other way
I see the angry woman walking down the street
But I fail to smile
I see the friend who is so sad
But I don’t give them a hug
I see the most beautiful girl in the world
But I neglect to say hello

I see the dying yearning for help
But I look the other way
I wake up to the most spectacular day
But I fail to smile
I see the person who has experience a loss
But I don’t give them a hug
I see a complete stranger
But I neglect to say hello

In life we have thousands of one chances… But they could be our last