Chittenango Falls

Just wanted to share these photos with you.  They are from a small falls at the bigger Chittenango Falls.  Our family likes to go there once a year at the very least.  Enjoy.

Life, Dreams and Goals

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.  - Albert Einstein

"To accomplish great things, we must
not only act, but also dream, not
only plan, but also believe."
- Anatole France


Recently my family has taken the time to make some goals.  To setup some dreams for our life.  They are not too ambitious, but considering the economy they are ones that we need to have some patience with.  If my job situation changes then that will make a big difference in making these goals come closer to being reality.  In the mean time I have some goals or dreams that I hope to work toward.


I want to become a better Hammer Dulcimer player so that I can play for others enjoyment and possibly to make a small amount of money on the side.  I also repair computers on the side.  That makes me a little bit of money, but that is few and far between.  I am not expecting to become a pro Dulcimer player and do that for a living.  I wouldn't even know where to begin for that.  I just want to be better at playing so I can play for others and have them enjoy the music.  Sometimes I want to open a computer repair and sales shop too.  I don't have the time or the money to do that either.  Most important to me is to have a place of our own.  A place that my wife and son can call our very own.


I think it is very important that people have dreams, goals, wants.  It makes for an interesting life.  It makes for a life that is not boring, hum drum, stagnant.  Everyone needs to have something to shoot for.  A target that they can reach for.  Not something outside their grasp, but within their reach.  Something that makes them grow, stretch, make a mistake or two and in the end achieve something they did not realize was possible.  So I think the two quotes I put at the beginning are rather appropriate.


To all you out there just living and getting by, Get up and Try something.  Figure out something you want, don't hurry, just sit back and see what you can figure out, but figure something out and go for it.  While playing the Dulcimer I find some things don't work and I keep trying until I find something that does work.  Life is full of trial and error, don't give up or give in.  Keep trying and keep moving forward.

QotD

"The secret of getting started is breaking
your complex, overwhelming tasks into
small manageable tasks, and then
starting on the first one."
- Mark Twain

An Attached Fuel Hose

An Attached Fuel Hose

This really spoke to me. It reminded me that things of this world are nothing. They are worthless compared to belonging to God and being His child. I know I have a long way to go to be untangled from this world and what it offers and how it is, but I am trying. Each day I try a little and each day that does more for me than others things. But each day I have to keep trying to be free from this world and more focused on God's will and I still don't always follow through.

I also like Psalms 34.

Enjoy.

QotD: A new Quote that I like.

"I long to accomplish a great and noble
task, but it is my chief duty to
accomplish small tasks as if
they were great and noble."
- Helen Keller


I really like this.  It really speaks to me about life and just being good at what we do no matter what.

Pi or Tau

So since today is March 14th, 2011.  3/14 also known as Pi day.  You know 3.14.  Which to you agree with Pi day or Tau day which is 6/28.  2Pi.  Here is a little article on CNN about it.

Let me know what you think.

I think we have room for both in this world.

Male and Female

Genesis 1:27 So God created human beings in his own image.
                     In the image of God he created them;
                     male and female he created them.

Think about this question for a minute: Who are you?

You don' t need to continue reading until you are ready. There is no hurry.

What I know about that question and its answer is vague and cloudy. I can list all sorts of things, all sorts of actions, descriptions, all sorts of pieces that equate to me. All evidence that says who I am. But none of it accurately describes me. I am most importantly a child of God. That outranks every other earthly description. I am also male and in my late thirties. Married to a wonderful woman and we have a wonderful son. Still I am a child of God and that outranks every other title that life has for me. I am a husband, computer fixer, musician, father, son, lay speaker, etc. The list can go on and on. Still it does not say who I am. I am a child of God. Created in HIS image. Not in image to an anyone else. Yes I look somewhat like my father and a bit like my mother. That is DNA and it happens.

What you can't see at first glance, but everyone should know is that I am a Child of GOD. Each one of us is. Made in the the image of GOD. So my being male does not mean that I am a warrior, or that I am a hunter, or a killer or any of the characteristics that depict most males. But I am a male. I look like a male, have the parts of a male and act like a male. God made me a male. But I do not exhibit any of the social norms of being a male and being masculine or musculine. I don't have urges to kill, hunt, and attack. I do enjoy fishing sometimes. I am someone who is a normal male. On the other hand I am not feminine either.

I am what God made me. I am happy doing what I do and being who I am. I want you know that being myself is more important than being what society thinks we need to be or act or things we are supposed to do as males and females. It is the way God made us. And when I say us I mean all of the human race. We are all created in God's image. God does not make junk. God made people. God is perfect.

I believe that people are meant to be themselves. Not to follow norms of society and act to what others expect. I believe we are all made in God's image, male and female. Not one better than the other. Each with equal rights, regardless of skin color or gender. We all belong to the human race and God made us to be who we are. I am what God made me and I want to be the best that God made. I want to do the best that I can and being what God wants me to be. I don't believe we need to be anything more than ourselves and to be the best we can be at that.

I don't want to try and fit into any mold that the world has defined as being male. I want to be just who I am and what God has made me. I am God's creation not what other people think I should be. God created us male and female in HIS image. Not masculine or feminine. Just male and female.