Ada Louise Huxtable said, ~Summer is the time where one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world.~ Essentially, a person has to sober up to the fact that all things must come to and end and unforunately, though you want it to keep keeping, the end of summer is at hand. Let me ask you this question, when you look back at it, were your experiences memorable ones or would you rather forget them alltogether? Personally speaking, my experiences of summer 2005 have been filled with absolute craziness and looking back there are things that I miss, as well as, not miss.
One of the things that I will miss is antagnozing/messing with all the kids who have antagonized/messed with us. Unlike past summers, this particular one has been absolutely for the simple of reason that there is a cast of characters that truly make us laugh and have made our job very intersting. There is one child that we love to antigonize/mess with due to his name which is associated with a chipmunks cartoon character and whenever we call him we say the other two names too. As wrong as that sounds, its quite entertaining even though we may be responsible for him going into therapy later down the road. For the most part, its all in good fun and the kids know that...at least I hope they know that.
Another thing that I will miss are the field trips that we don't have to pay for ourselves and some that are just free to go to. Its just on of the perks that myself and my fellow co-workers have enjoyed going over the past years and won't take for granted. Field trips that have involved food, such as pizza, have been particularly enjoyable because the tab is picked up by the asylum, which isn't bad thing its a good thing. With this summer being such a scorcher, going to the swimming pool has never been so good although, one can get sick from swimming 2 or 3 times a week. Its simply one of the drawbacks of going to the swimming pool, but hey its part of job that you have to deal with.
Without a doubt, the things that I will not miss are things that can get under a person skin when it involves kids, especially 6 & 7 year olds. Having the same question asked over and over again such as: 1.) When is snack? 2.) Where are we going? 3.) Are we there yet? Its those kinds of questions that will make you go into a dark room to either cry, break things or go completely insane. When its not the questions, its dealing with the constant complaining, whining, and fighting that happens every day by the same usual suspects, who seemingly enjoy what they do. Its evident on the smiles on their faces and to be perfectly honest we might testify against them after we first join the witness protection program and I'm not kidding on this.
In retrospect, I have loved...liked...spending time with "my kids" over the summer, BUT they have to go back to school. Can I get an A-men from the parents and to those that work with kids! Let me tell you something I need a another vacation from my working summer vacation. I'm ending this thought with a greeting to a teacher named Mr. Kotter from a popular television show from the 70's that introduced to us a young actor named John Travolta a.k.a Vinny Barbarino, who is now a meg movie star. So, In the end, with sigh of relief/disappointment I say see you later to summer 2005 and to the returning school year I simply say welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.
Saturday, July 30, 2005
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Somebody Like You
Someone once said, ~Opening your heart to someone isn't always the easiest thing to do, but giving your heart to someone is about a million times harder.~ If you think about, its within our own heart that we can feel safe, secure, and where you can truly be yourself. Undeniably, there will be always be someone looking into your heart and wishing that he or she sees himself or herself in there. Its an aspect of love that will never change because its a place that guys and/or girls want to be and only one person can fit perfectly in it, so to speak. For its the attention one receives that can inevitably leave one trying to read what's really true or false in that person's own heart.
Without a doubt, a person can have doubts as to why there is a certain amount of attention directed one's way which can have you closely gaurd your heart. Its those doubts that can lead you to ask three question or more depending on how big they are and reasons, if any, as to why your not throwing caution to the wind. Those three questions that a person can ask himself or herself are: 1.) Does that person have an interest in me because I am easily approachable? 2.) Is that person only interested in me because of how I look? 3.) Is that person interested in me for me and not with me just for ulterior motives? Whatever question you have trust your own instincts and the answers will reveal themselves in due time.
Yet, in the meantime, you simply go with the flow even the feelings you have for that particular person may be unclear to understand. However, its not being able to understand that makes you a better person which is witnessed by the smile on his or her face. A smile that can represent sunshine beaming down on you to where you actually feel that person's love. Its like a feeling of a warm embrace which can tell you there's nothing in this world or the next that you can't handle. Unfortunately, before ever reaching that point of euphoria one must take a few steps back in order to figure out if you both are heading in the right direction or merely going around in circles.
Essentially, what it comes down to is trust; the trust that you have within yourself to take that so called leap of faith for love and completely let go of you heart which is a gamble that every person has taken. In some aspect, its like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute and the only that will prevent you from ending up six feet under is having him or her be your cushion and safely catch you. To be perfectly honest, there is no telling if one will get badly hurt or not because quite frankly nobody can ever prepare of how big of an impact you may or may not suffer. Let me ask you this question, is there someone who you have been thinking about lately that you would glady jump out of an airplane for without a parachute on?
Roberta Sage Hamilton said, ~In our deepest moments of struggle, frustration, fear, and confusion, we are being called upon to reach in and touch our hearts. Then, we will know what to do, what to say, how to be. What is right is always in our deepest heart of hearts. It is from the deepest part of our hearts that we are capable of reaching out and touching another human being. It is, after all, one heart touching another heart.~ In retrospect, there will be someone who you'll want to fully open and ultimately giving your love and heart to. In the end, if that person accepts your loving heart you can thank him or her by simply saying its somebody like you that I can now finally feel the way I do and song that somewhat reflects this thought is Somebody Like You by Keith Urban.
Without a doubt, a person can have doubts as to why there is a certain amount of attention directed one's way which can have you closely gaurd your heart. Its those doubts that can lead you to ask three question or more depending on how big they are and reasons, if any, as to why your not throwing caution to the wind. Those three questions that a person can ask himself or herself are: 1.) Does that person have an interest in me because I am easily approachable? 2.) Is that person only interested in me because of how I look? 3.) Is that person interested in me for me and not with me just for ulterior motives? Whatever question you have trust your own instincts and the answers will reveal themselves in due time.
Yet, in the meantime, you simply go with the flow even the feelings you have for that particular person may be unclear to understand. However, its not being able to understand that makes you a better person which is witnessed by the smile on his or her face. A smile that can represent sunshine beaming down on you to where you actually feel that person's love. Its like a feeling of a warm embrace which can tell you there's nothing in this world or the next that you can't handle. Unfortunately, before ever reaching that point of euphoria one must take a few steps back in order to figure out if you both are heading in the right direction or merely going around in circles.
Essentially, what it comes down to is trust; the trust that you have within yourself to take that so called leap of faith for love and completely let go of you heart which is a gamble that every person has taken. In some aspect, its like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute and the only that will prevent you from ending up six feet under is having him or her be your cushion and safely catch you. To be perfectly honest, there is no telling if one will get badly hurt or not because quite frankly nobody can ever prepare of how big of an impact you may or may not suffer. Let me ask you this question, is there someone who you have been thinking about lately that you would glady jump out of an airplane for without a parachute on?
Roberta Sage Hamilton said, ~In our deepest moments of struggle, frustration, fear, and confusion, we are being called upon to reach in and touch our hearts. Then, we will know what to do, what to say, how to be. What is right is always in our deepest heart of hearts. It is from the deepest part of our hearts that we are capable of reaching out and touching another human being. It is, after all, one heart touching another heart.~ In retrospect, there will be someone who you'll want to fully open and ultimately giving your love and heart to. In the end, if that person accepts your loving heart you can thank him or her by simply saying its somebody like you that I can now finally feel the way I do and song that somewhat reflects this thought is Somebody Like You by Keith Urban.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Life is Good
Elias Canetti once said ~Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. Then children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves.~ Working in the asylum, deception is sometimes the name of the game when you deal with kids who physically, mentally, and emtionally break you down. Its that kind of deception where you pay them back, in a fun way of course, for all the times they don't listen to anything you say, don't tell the truth, and most definitely throw temper tantrums when they don't get their way. Its basically sweet retribution for basically losing your mind to where you and/or your fellow co-workers plan or do do something on the fly merely for entertainment purposes.
One such thing that isn't considered deception but rather something fun to do is announcing to the kids that you've changed your name. Although you haven't legally done it, there comes a point where having your name said repeatedly over and over again can make you lose your mind. Its like a child repeating "momma" and without a doubt moms have a limit to the number of times it is said and so do we. Anyways, its that proverbial go to name that usually is well thought out or picked out at the spur of the moment. Personally speaking, I've changed my name several different times over the years and the name that I've told "my kids" to call me this time is Mr. Ziloolee.
In any case, there comes a point where we will find it necessary deceive them and simply say three words that come in handy when a question is asked which are I don't know. Its primarily a relflex response that comes second nature when you don't have an answer to give to them. Although we may know the answer, we don't want them to know that we know because if they know that we know they will hound us to tell them and you know that is opening up a pandora's box that should be left closed. When you work with kids, especially 6 & 7 year olds, you come across questions that tend to be left to the parents to answer such as the one pertaining to the circle of life and that is all that I am saying.
There comes a point where...I don't want to say we lie but rather give something that seems fairly close to the truth. One such example is canceling a field trip due to unforseen circumstances and when the kids ask where they are going the response is Disneyland. Let me tell you something, no matter how many times I give that response "my kids" actually think they're going until they find out where they are really going. Another example would be giving something as a reward for doing what we ask them to do; yet we don't specifically say what the reward is and its usually a well deserved handshake for a job well done. Hey, it only seems fair as they tend to stretch the truth a bit, so why can't we?
Last Friday, myself and two co-workers deceived the entire 6 & 7 group by merely making up a whole scenerio where something happened and every child was involved somehow. We interrogated every child on what they knew and the funny thing is that they had no idea what they knew and started thinking. What made it even more hilarious was we gave them names that were supposedly involved like Toucan Sam, Snap, Crackle, and Pop, and many more that I can't think of right now. Ultimately, it was a success deception even though three kids did cry, but they laughed afterwards and were part of the lynch mob that beat me up. In the end, when you've sucessfully had a bunch of 6 & 7 year old get punk'd, you simple say to yourself or to your co-workers around you life is good.
One such thing that isn't considered deception but rather something fun to do is announcing to the kids that you've changed your name. Although you haven't legally done it, there comes a point where having your name said repeatedly over and over again can make you lose your mind. Its like a child repeating "momma" and without a doubt moms have a limit to the number of times it is said and so do we. Anyways, its that proverbial go to name that usually is well thought out or picked out at the spur of the moment. Personally speaking, I've changed my name several different times over the years and the name that I've told "my kids" to call me this time is Mr. Ziloolee.
In any case, there comes a point where we will find it necessary deceive them and simply say three words that come in handy when a question is asked which are I don't know. Its primarily a relflex response that comes second nature when you don't have an answer to give to them. Although we may know the answer, we don't want them to know that we know because if they know that we know they will hound us to tell them and you know that is opening up a pandora's box that should be left closed. When you work with kids, especially 6 & 7 year olds, you come across questions that tend to be left to the parents to answer such as the one pertaining to the circle of life and that is all that I am saying.
There comes a point where...I don't want to say we lie but rather give something that seems fairly close to the truth. One such example is canceling a field trip due to unforseen circumstances and when the kids ask where they are going the response is Disneyland. Let me tell you something, no matter how many times I give that response "my kids" actually think they're going until they find out where they are really going. Another example would be giving something as a reward for doing what we ask them to do; yet we don't specifically say what the reward is and its usually a well deserved handshake for a job well done. Hey, it only seems fair as they tend to stretch the truth a bit, so why can't we?
Last Friday, myself and two co-workers deceived the entire 6 & 7 group by merely making up a whole scenerio where something happened and every child was involved somehow. We interrogated every child on what they knew and the funny thing is that they had no idea what they knew and started thinking. What made it even more hilarious was we gave them names that were supposedly involved like Toucan Sam, Snap, Crackle, and Pop, and many more that I can't think of right now. Ultimately, it was a success deception even though three kids did cry, but they laughed afterwards and were part of the lynch mob that beat me up. In the end, when you've sucessfully had a bunch of 6 & 7 year old get punk'd, you simple say to yourself or to your co-workers around you life is good.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Old School
As kids we've all heard our parents, grandparents and every other grownup go on with their rants and raves of how easy modern life is for us. In a sense, we did actually have it easy unlike them who supposedly traveled to school each day by walking through a snowy blizzard, rainy monsoon, or whatever catastrophic weather conditions they endured. Now that I'm reaching thirty, I'm now realizing that these kids today are really living the good life and to tell you the truth I wish I could be a kid again. Essentially, with every generation there is one phrase that gets metaphorically passed down from adult to child and solidifies you as a grown up which is back in my day.
Let me tell you something, back in my day there weren't any emotional teen angst television shows like the O.C. that the younger generation is crazy about now. Growing up, it was about actions shows like the A-Team where you had endless amounts of bullets flying everywhere and yet nobody got hit or hurt. We had 6 Million Dollar Man, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, and Knight Rider, in which a guy drove a pimped out black trans am which talked and made wisecracks. But most of all we had Miami Vice where two cool looking guys wearing expensive trendy looking clothes and drove fast cars. This was the show that gave guys the idea that wearing pastel colors and wearing shoes with no socks was a cool fashion statement.
Back in my day, we didn't have cell phones to carry around and different ring tones to figure out who was calling you. Initially, you had to be at home if you were expecting an important phone call or kept calling that person to get in touch with him or her. Half the time, it was a complete surprise who called you and also as a kid, thee were no buttons to push due to the fact you had to physically dial the numbers yourself. For it was a prehistoric device called a rotary phone that you had to dial with your finger in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise motion. For its hard to fathom for the kids of today how we were able to manage and to be perfectly honest, we managed just fine.
Game systems such as PSP, PS2, XBox, Gamecube, SNES, NES were nothing if you first didn't have an Atari system. You weren't a real gamer unless you were holding a black plastic joystick with only one button that made your whole hand cramp up unlike today's controllers that have so many buttons to figure out and only made your thumbs hurt. When it came to beating games there were no cheat codes or strategy guides, we just used patience and our own instincts to beat the game. Speaking of games, PACMAN was THE game to have and to tell you the truth I was the master at it. Who knew that a little yellow face who chased ghost and was being chased by ghosts around a maze would be hours of fun for a kid like me.
Looking back, there was no internet and the way to look up the information you needed were in actual books. When it came to watching television there were no remote controls and what you actually had to do was get up and physically change the channel yourself. When it came to burning CD's, we simply had a double cassette player that would record our favorite songs on cassettes and play such classics as Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield, Celebration by Kool and the Gang, 867-5309 by Tommy Tutone, and Billy Jean by Michael Jackson. In the end, if you remembered certain shows, a time without cell phones, and had calluses because of the Atari controller then my friend you are most definitely old school.
Let me tell you something, back in my day there weren't any emotional teen angst television shows like the O.C. that the younger generation is crazy about now. Growing up, it was about actions shows like the A-Team where you had endless amounts of bullets flying everywhere and yet nobody got hit or hurt. We had 6 Million Dollar Man, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, and Knight Rider, in which a guy drove a pimped out black trans am which talked and made wisecracks. But most of all we had Miami Vice where two cool looking guys wearing expensive trendy looking clothes and drove fast cars. This was the show that gave guys the idea that wearing pastel colors and wearing shoes with no socks was a cool fashion statement.
Back in my day, we didn't have cell phones to carry around and different ring tones to figure out who was calling you. Initially, you had to be at home if you were expecting an important phone call or kept calling that person to get in touch with him or her. Half the time, it was a complete surprise who called you and also as a kid, thee were no buttons to push due to the fact you had to physically dial the numbers yourself. For it was a prehistoric device called a rotary phone that you had to dial with your finger in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise motion. For its hard to fathom for the kids of today how we were able to manage and to be perfectly honest, we managed just fine.
Game systems such as PSP, PS2, XBox, Gamecube, SNES, NES were nothing if you first didn't have an Atari system. You weren't a real gamer unless you were holding a black plastic joystick with only one button that made your whole hand cramp up unlike today's controllers that have so many buttons to figure out and only made your thumbs hurt. When it came to beating games there were no cheat codes or strategy guides, we just used patience and our own instincts to beat the game. Speaking of games, PACMAN was THE game to have and to tell you the truth I was the master at it. Who knew that a little yellow face who chased ghost and was being chased by ghosts around a maze would be hours of fun for a kid like me.
Looking back, there was no internet and the way to look up the information you needed were in actual books. When it came to watching television there were no remote controls and what you actually had to do was get up and physically change the channel yourself. When it came to burning CD's, we simply had a double cassette player that would record our favorite songs on cassettes and play such classics as Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield, Celebration by Kool and the Gang, 867-5309 by Tommy Tutone, and Billy Jean by Michael Jackson. In the end, if you remembered certain shows, a time without cell phones, and had calluses because of the Atari controller then my friend you are most definitely old school.
Monday, July 18, 2005
That Thing Called Love
Someone once said, ~When you love somebody, you should follow your heart. Sometimes when you are with the person you love the most, you feel confused. You don't know who you are or what you want but that is totally understandable. Its is natural to let go of a part of yourself to be with that person but the important part is that you don't lose your own identity in the process.~ The chances each and every one of us take when we follow our heart can have a person sometimes not know where and who it is leading us to. For the most part, our own heart can lead us in many different emtionally and physically to the point where can become absolutely lost, as well as, confused.
It can truly be a confusing feeling when you have absolutely no idea what to do or say as you decide to follow your heart towards someone that may or may not feel the same way. For its that physical journey towards possible happiness a person also takes an additional journey of the emotional kind. It within that emotional journey where a person through many different reason, in one's head, as to why he or she give one a chance of a lifetim, in a manner of speaking. Yet, even though we have many different reason for that particular person to be given a chance, in the back of one's mind there are many different reason that he or she may have for you not to be given the chance, which you do unfortunately take into consideration.
Without a doubt, every person has been in this type of situation and if you haven't...just wait you will be. When one is following his or her heart, you basically are letting go a part of yourself that you try to keep in control. A part of yourself that can have you not remember your own name and its that part that you try to keep in control. A part of yourself in which you can be scared to be yourself because quite frankly you can say or do some stupid things at the wrong time or right time depending on the atmosphere you both are in. To be perfectly honest, there is no telling how much of yourself you are letting go and once its let go you may not be able to get it back again.
However, its that type of situation that has made some people turn their back on the word itself and any possibility of ever coming his or her way. In their own experiences, following one's heart is a journey they have taken some many times before and so many times afterwards he or she has ended up with a broken heart. If you think about it, you can lose your own identity in the process by way of an unmistakeable smile that can mostly definitely brighten a room or bring a smile to other people's faces. You can also lose that one of a kind sense of humor which can make a person's day that much more enjoyable. Whatever you may lose, it inevitably takes someone special to give a simple word such as love to bring back meaning and feeling behind it for yout.
In retrospect, every person has a story to tell in which they followed their own heart to be with someone that they truly cared for. Stories that either had one traveling great distances, in competition with another guy or girl, etc. Whether there is a happy ending its that particular person's story to tell and share. For the question can be asked, why do we continue to follow our heart when there is a great risk of heartbreak. My answer..because you have nothing to lose by trying and at least they know how you feel, which does count for something. In the end, its that thing called love that makes each of us insane, foolish, cynical, frustrated, say things that make no sense at all; but you know what I wouldn't have it any other way, how about you?
It can truly be a confusing feeling when you have absolutely no idea what to do or say as you decide to follow your heart towards someone that may or may not feel the same way. For its that physical journey towards possible happiness a person also takes an additional journey of the emotional kind. It within that emotional journey where a person through many different reason, in one's head, as to why he or she give one a chance of a lifetim, in a manner of speaking. Yet, even though we have many different reason for that particular person to be given a chance, in the back of one's mind there are many different reason that he or she may have for you not to be given the chance, which you do unfortunately take into consideration.
Without a doubt, every person has been in this type of situation and if you haven't...just wait you will be. When one is following his or her heart, you basically are letting go a part of yourself that you try to keep in control. A part of yourself that can have you not remember your own name and its that part that you try to keep in control. A part of yourself in which you can be scared to be yourself because quite frankly you can say or do some stupid things at the wrong time or right time depending on the atmosphere you both are in. To be perfectly honest, there is no telling how much of yourself you are letting go and once its let go you may not be able to get it back again.
However, its that type of situation that has made some people turn their back on the word itself and any possibility of ever coming his or her way. In their own experiences, following one's heart is a journey they have taken some many times before and so many times afterwards he or she has ended up with a broken heart. If you think about it, you can lose your own identity in the process by way of an unmistakeable smile that can mostly definitely brighten a room or bring a smile to other people's faces. You can also lose that one of a kind sense of humor which can make a person's day that much more enjoyable. Whatever you may lose, it inevitably takes someone special to give a simple word such as love to bring back meaning and feeling behind it for yout.
In retrospect, every person has a story to tell in which they followed their own heart to be with someone that they truly cared for. Stories that either had one traveling great distances, in competition with another guy or girl, etc. Whether there is a happy ending its that particular person's story to tell and share. For the question can be asked, why do we continue to follow our heart when there is a great risk of heartbreak. My answer..because you have nothing to lose by trying and at least they know how you feel, which does count for something. In the end, its that thing called love that makes each of us insane, foolish, cynical, frustrated, say things that make no sense at all; but you know what I wouldn't have it any other way, how about you?
Sunday, July 17, 2005
I Can Fix That
Leo Buscaglia once said, ~The heart is the place where we live our passions. Its is frail and easly broken, but wonderfully resiliant. There is no point in trying to decieve the heart. It depends upon our honesty for its survival.~ Every person has had or will have one's own heart broken which you can't avoid. Essentially, nobody is immune to it and the experience can leave a person confused, angry, sorrowful, as well as depressed. Its those experiences that we don't to feel, but we do due to the fact that we can't help who are own heart likes, is attracted to, or falls in love with. For its when we are left holding or looking at our broken but beating heart, we slowly try to fix the pieces that are left back together again.
In some aspect, the times one suffers heartbreak are the times when you tend to look back and contimplate what you either could, should, would have done or vice versa. For when we are left alone with are thoughts, a person can intially fix the problem and hopefully not let what happened happen ever again. However, one can't really ever know if the mistakes of the past will be fixed and come back to haunt a person in the present you are forging a potential or in a current relationship. Undeniably, one can beat himself or herself up mentally for not fixing or going overboard in fixing the problem such as communicatingby way of sharing one's feelings, listening to that person, or showing affection.
For the most part, women can't go back and fix the times they cried themselves to sleep because of a particular guy. A guy that either didn't notice her, didn't give her much attention, gave her too much attention, or spurned her to the point where swears off all guys for good. For it can take a either a guy who is a real jerk or someone that is really special to have a women become absolutely emotional over. Think about this real hard ladies, how many times have you truly cried your heart out over a guy that meant something special to you that you thought he could actually be the one, but in the end turned out to be the wrong one who completely wasted your time and patience?
Without a doubt, both men and women can't go back and fix the things they said wrong at the right time or the wrong things at the wrong time. In a sense, everytime we stick our foot in our mouths a metaphorical truck smashes into our heart, as well as, that particular person too leaving behind tire tread marks that leave a lasting impression. Depending on how many times we say the wrong things can either greatly lesson or add one's chances of having that truck miss one's heart or completely smash it to pieces. Oftentimes, the wrong things that are said can actually help in fixing a potential/significant relationship or end one which inevitably needed some much needed truth even though he, she, or both doesn't want to accept it.
In retrospect, the human heart is like a house that needs to be fixed after suffering some damage to it. The foundation of one's own heart can no longer support the many times it has been broken. For it one own heart that will sink lower and lower with every heartbreak until he or she can't see or feel the beat of it any longer. Unquestionably, the tears that one sheds can represent a leaky roof that has been leaking for a said period of time. Whether or not its tears of joy, anger, or sadness its only that person who really knows for sure. In the end, someone truly special will come along who will gently lift your head up by the chin, look into your eyes, wipe those tears away and simply say I can fix that.
In some aspect, the times one suffers heartbreak are the times when you tend to look back and contimplate what you either could, should, would have done or vice versa. For when we are left alone with are thoughts, a person can intially fix the problem and hopefully not let what happened happen ever again. However, one can't really ever know if the mistakes of the past will be fixed and come back to haunt a person in the present you are forging a potential or in a current relationship. Undeniably, one can beat himself or herself up mentally for not fixing or going overboard in fixing the problem such as communicatingby way of sharing one's feelings, listening to that person, or showing affection.
For the most part, women can't go back and fix the times they cried themselves to sleep because of a particular guy. A guy that either didn't notice her, didn't give her much attention, gave her too much attention, or spurned her to the point where swears off all guys for good. For it can take a either a guy who is a real jerk or someone that is really special to have a women become absolutely emotional over. Think about this real hard ladies, how many times have you truly cried your heart out over a guy that meant something special to you that you thought he could actually be the one, but in the end turned out to be the wrong one who completely wasted your time and patience?
Without a doubt, both men and women can't go back and fix the things they said wrong at the right time or the wrong things at the wrong time. In a sense, everytime we stick our foot in our mouths a metaphorical truck smashes into our heart, as well as, that particular person too leaving behind tire tread marks that leave a lasting impression. Depending on how many times we say the wrong things can either greatly lesson or add one's chances of having that truck miss one's heart or completely smash it to pieces. Oftentimes, the wrong things that are said can actually help in fixing a potential/significant relationship or end one which inevitably needed some much needed truth even though he, she, or both doesn't want to accept it.
In retrospect, the human heart is like a house that needs to be fixed after suffering some damage to it. The foundation of one's own heart can no longer support the many times it has been broken. For it one own heart that will sink lower and lower with every heartbreak until he or she can't see or feel the beat of it any longer. Unquestionably, the tears that one sheds can represent a leaky roof that has been leaking for a said period of time. Whether or not its tears of joy, anger, or sadness its only that person who really knows for sure. In the end, someone truly special will come along who will gently lift your head up by the chin, look into your eyes, wipe those tears away and simply say I can fix that.
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Like Father, Like Son
Someone once said, ~Friends are like television. Some are like PBS and always asking for money. Others are like the news, with sad tales to tell everyday, some are like that one station with the foreign language; you don't understand a word of it but you listen and watch anyway. And then there are the ones like the commercials, always changes, ever-so-annoying and only seem to be there when you are bored. But every once and a while you meet someone who's like a really good movie of the week or that one tv show you hardly ever get to see anymore because you're so busy. My point is hold on to the friends you care about and since we don't have a remote control to mute someone or just change the channel, pick your friends carefully.~
Let me ask you this question, how long have you known your partner(s)in crime who you can basically consider them as your brothers and/or sisters. You know, the funny thing about the friends that we run with either from childhood or over the years is that we oftentimes don't see them as the people they are now or vice versa. Its that underlying truth we all can try to hide from or escape from but can't. Without a doubt, they change on the outside, but they don't change who they are on the inside. If you think about it, they can become an important and/or successful person in a particular field and despite that fact we still treat them as if they never made it big for themselves.
Each and every one of us will and forever be a part of a group of friends that has their own individuality. Its those same friends that you can fight with on a semi-daily basis and yet can keep that bond of friendship in tact...most of the time. Essentially, they can give you the biggest headaches by doing things that can totally embarrass you to the point where you just can't believe they you are associated with them. On the other hand, they can give you that much needed source of entertainment when life just get a little bit boring. Hey, you may not be able see eye to eye with them at times, but the one thing you know for sure is that when you need a friend or friends you can count on to be there for you and you for them.
As with life, friends move on and have their own lives to lead either on professional or personal level; but one will try to stay in contact. For its nice to read an email or get a phone call from a friend that you haven't seen or talked to in years and find out what they have been up to lately. In some cases, it can be a sad situation to hear that he or she has fallen on hard times and is just trying to keep one's head above water. However, it can be a great situation indeed to run into a friend who you haven't seen in years and find out they got married and has a family of his or her own. It can be news that either does or doesn't surprise you, which really depends on the friend in question.
Several weeks ago, on a field trip at bowling alley, I ran into an 2 old friends and former co-worker that I haven't seen in quit some time. Though I have seen his wife out and about, her husband, my old running buddy from the asylum days I found out was on leave from Iraq for about 2 weeks. For the most part, he hadn't changed a bit because he was the same goofball but one thing had changed he was a father, which I could never grasp that concept around my head. You see during his asylum days he was the biggest hyperactive kid working there and now he has a 2 kids of his own. From what I could see his son looked like his mom. but the hyperactivity that I saw was exactly just like his dear old dad and in the end, what I thought was true saying in deed which was like father, like son.
Let me ask you this question, how long have you known your partner(s)in crime who you can basically consider them as your brothers and/or sisters. You know, the funny thing about the friends that we run with either from childhood or over the years is that we oftentimes don't see them as the people they are now or vice versa. Its that underlying truth we all can try to hide from or escape from but can't. Without a doubt, they change on the outside, but they don't change who they are on the inside. If you think about it, they can become an important and/or successful person in a particular field and despite that fact we still treat them as if they never made it big for themselves.
Each and every one of us will and forever be a part of a group of friends that has their own individuality. Its those same friends that you can fight with on a semi-daily basis and yet can keep that bond of friendship in tact...most of the time. Essentially, they can give you the biggest headaches by doing things that can totally embarrass you to the point where you just can't believe they you are associated with them. On the other hand, they can give you that much needed source of entertainment when life just get a little bit boring. Hey, you may not be able see eye to eye with them at times, but the one thing you know for sure is that when you need a friend or friends you can count on to be there for you and you for them.
As with life, friends move on and have their own lives to lead either on professional or personal level; but one will try to stay in contact. For its nice to read an email or get a phone call from a friend that you haven't seen or talked to in years and find out what they have been up to lately. In some cases, it can be a sad situation to hear that he or she has fallen on hard times and is just trying to keep one's head above water. However, it can be a great situation indeed to run into a friend who you haven't seen in years and find out they got married and has a family of his or her own. It can be news that either does or doesn't surprise you, which really depends on the friend in question.
Several weeks ago, on a field trip at bowling alley, I ran into an 2 old friends and former co-worker that I haven't seen in quit some time. Though I have seen his wife out and about, her husband, my old running buddy from the asylum days I found out was on leave from Iraq for about 2 weeks. For the most part, he hadn't changed a bit because he was the same goofball but one thing had changed he was a father, which I could never grasp that concept around my head. You see during his asylum days he was the biggest hyperactive kid working there and now he has a 2 kids of his own. From what I could see his son looked like his mom. but the hyperactivity that I saw was exactly just like his dear old dad and in the end, what I thought was true saying in deed which was like father, like son.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Best Of You
Someone once said, ~The power of love can bring a grown man to his knees in tears, can bring an icy woman to melt down. The power of love can bring light to the darkest night and soothe the beast. The power of love is binding and can make tight the world and make the weak strong.~ One of the greatest mysteries about love is that it brings out qualities in a person who either hasn't shown them at all or hasn't shown at all due one's social status and have someone fall for you. Every person has those unique qualities within themselves that make us absolutely special and attractive in our very own way; but it takes that one truly special someone to bring it completely out in the open for him or her to see.
Yet, it can sometimes be intimidating fo a person to strike up a conversation with someone who he or she is attracted to at first. Why is that? For the most part its due to our own fear; but the question is what are we so afraid of in the first place that we don't risk walking up to someone that you don't know or telling someone that you've known for quite some time that you would like to go out with that person or better case scenerio tell that person you love him or her. For the most part, its better to risk your heart and show the qualities that will gradually reveal themselves through time, which will show how truly special one is, than to never have taken the risk and kept hidden the qualities from that guy or girl. In the long run, the greatest reward that are ever exchanged is two human hearts that are in love with each other.
Essentially, its withing those qualities that you tend to act and feel like a kid again. For it can bring someone new life, new energy, as well as, a new attitude when you are around or with that certain someone. Who among us hasn't acted hyperactive that one is perceived as a complete dork to where we probably smacked our heads against something without even looking. Hey' its that adrenaline rush that gets you pumped up and makes you do wacky things. Its kind of like how tom Cruise is when he is around Katie Holmes or when her name is mentioned to him; but its little more toned down than that and whether or not you jump on top of furniture is all really up to you.
Let me ask you this question, what qualities make you a prime candidate to be great boyfriend or girlfriend for someone out there who wants to be or maybe looking to be attached? Oftentimes with that question being asked so many times its somewhat like going through a job interview, only its not your qualifications that he or she is actually looking at. For its what you can fully give with your own heart added with that the trustworthiness, honesty, affection you continually give to that person, plus dependability, openness of mind, a pinch of humor and what you have is an equation to a formula of an outstanding relationship tat exceeds far beyond you and that particular person's expectations.
In retrospect, its not so much the qualities that you bring to the table, so to speak, that make you worthy of that guy or girl's heart or attention. As a matter of fact, its the way you use the qualities that keeps a smile on his or her face through the good times and through the bad times as well. We all have are own special qualities about ourselves; but the ones that we don't see are seen by people or by that one person who sees who you truly are deep inside your heart. Without a doubt, love has that special power to change people, change lives, and change the way he or she feels about love. In the end, when it comes to love its the ties that bind one heart to another and what the eyes of a person's heart will see through time is the best of you.
Yet, it can sometimes be intimidating fo a person to strike up a conversation with someone who he or she is attracted to at first. Why is that? For the most part its due to our own fear; but the question is what are we so afraid of in the first place that we don't risk walking up to someone that you don't know or telling someone that you've known for quite some time that you would like to go out with that person or better case scenerio tell that person you love him or her. For the most part, its better to risk your heart and show the qualities that will gradually reveal themselves through time, which will show how truly special one is, than to never have taken the risk and kept hidden the qualities from that guy or girl. In the long run, the greatest reward that are ever exchanged is two human hearts that are in love with each other.
Essentially, its withing those qualities that you tend to act and feel like a kid again. For it can bring someone new life, new energy, as well as, a new attitude when you are around or with that certain someone. Who among us hasn't acted hyperactive that one is perceived as a complete dork to where we probably smacked our heads against something without even looking. Hey' its that adrenaline rush that gets you pumped up and makes you do wacky things. Its kind of like how tom Cruise is when he is around Katie Holmes or when her name is mentioned to him; but its little more toned down than that and whether or not you jump on top of furniture is all really up to you.
Let me ask you this question, what qualities make you a prime candidate to be great boyfriend or girlfriend for someone out there who wants to be or maybe looking to be attached? Oftentimes with that question being asked so many times its somewhat like going through a job interview, only its not your qualifications that he or she is actually looking at. For its what you can fully give with your own heart added with that the trustworthiness, honesty, affection you continually give to that person, plus dependability, openness of mind, a pinch of humor and what you have is an equation to a formula of an outstanding relationship tat exceeds far beyond you and that particular person's expectations.
In retrospect, its not so much the qualities that you bring to the table, so to speak, that make you worthy of that guy or girl's heart or attention. As a matter of fact, its the way you use the qualities that keeps a smile on his or her face through the good times and through the bad times as well. We all have are own special qualities about ourselves; but the ones that we don't see are seen by people or by that one person who sees who you truly are deep inside your heart. Without a doubt, love has that special power to change people, change lives, and change the way he or she feels about love. In the end, when it comes to love its the ties that bind one heart to another and what the eyes of a person's heart will see through time is the best of you.
Saturday, July 09, 2005
Here We Go Again
Dennis "The Menace", a once popular television show from one's childhood, but not such a popular name given to a Hurricane. As may who love in the Gulf Coast know that even the possibility of a Hurricane can change one's plans in an instant. For those who are old pros at this, so to speak, can oftentimes reassure the one's who are going through it for the first time tips and pointers to get through the storm. Essentially, its just a matter of keeping a positive outlook even though past storms such as Ivan "The Terrible" didn't give people of the Gulf Coast a reason to smile. For the most part, keeping yourself distracted and/or busy can hopefully get one through the storm we're going to experience.
Undoubtedly, it can be tough to distract yourself mentally from the carnage that is going on all around you. With all the sounds and debris that one hears, especially at night, can make a person jumpr and/or a little edgey to the point where paranoia can set in. The tapping of branch on a window, or the howling winds pushing against one's house can make you somewhat feel as if you're in a movie somewhat like The Wizard of Oz; but what Dorothy went through in the movies can't compare to what people are going to go through in real life. Nobody can fathom the thoughts and feelings a person goes through and yet one can fairly have a good idea what those thoughts and feelings are.
There comes a point when the Hurrican is over and one witnesses the aftermath of what it has done, you now find yourself without the necessities that you are so used to. Necessities such as hot water, air conditioning, and most of all electricity, which in all honesty one wants back on when Hurrican Dennis is over. However, it doesn't work that way and one has to endure what everybody else has to endure for the period of time the storm lasts and how fast the power companies can save the day, in a manner of speaking, by turning on the power quickly. Let me tell you something, a person will actually do the happy dance when power cuts on and my dance is somewhat uncoordinated, as well as, a little dorky.
Keeping yourself entertained can be a tough task indeed. One can most definitely can have cabin fever being stuck in one place for quite a bit of time with people who you generally get along with, but will knock out without hestiation if one spent more time with them. In any case, doing activities such as listenting to CD's, playing board games, writing, drawing, and playing ping pong can help with the boredom of not having power, as well as, not going postal on your friends or family. Fortunately, my brother's ping pong table arrived a couple of days ago so he and I know what we are doing when the power goes out, plus it gives a chance to see who wins the title of champ for ping pong supremecy.
In retrospect, it's all in God's hands now as the storm gets stronger and stronger by the minute. Who knows what the Gulf Coast will be in store for as Hurrican Dennis slowly but surely approaches. Keeping my sense of humor though all this, here is the plan just in case I land on your doorstep or in your tree. First off, check to see if I'm ok and If I am take me to the airport or put me in taxi for home, depending on far Dennis throws me. If I'm not ok take me to the hospital, then to the airpoit or taxi. Anyways, as of right now this is my last Yodaism, but I'll be back when the power is on. So, in the end, to the people of the Gulf Coast batten down the hatches and all there is left to say is here we go again.
Undoubtedly, it can be tough to distract yourself mentally from the carnage that is going on all around you. With all the sounds and debris that one hears, especially at night, can make a person jumpr and/or a little edgey to the point where paranoia can set in. The tapping of branch on a window, or the howling winds pushing against one's house can make you somewhat feel as if you're in a movie somewhat like The Wizard of Oz; but what Dorothy went through in the movies can't compare to what people are going to go through in real life. Nobody can fathom the thoughts and feelings a person goes through and yet one can fairly have a good idea what those thoughts and feelings are.
There comes a point when the Hurrican is over and one witnesses the aftermath of what it has done, you now find yourself without the necessities that you are so used to. Necessities such as hot water, air conditioning, and most of all electricity, which in all honesty one wants back on when Hurrican Dennis is over. However, it doesn't work that way and one has to endure what everybody else has to endure for the period of time the storm lasts and how fast the power companies can save the day, in a manner of speaking, by turning on the power quickly. Let me tell you something, a person will actually do the happy dance when power cuts on and my dance is somewhat uncoordinated, as well as, a little dorky.
Keeping yourself entertained can be a tough task indeed. One can most definitely can have cabin fever being stuck in one place for quite a bit of time with people who you generally get along with, but will knock out without hestiation if one spent more time with them. In any case, doing activities such as listenting to CD's, playing board games, writing, drawing, and playing ping pong can help with the boredom of not having power, as well as, not going postal on your friends or family. Fortunately, my brother's ping pong table arrived a couple of days ago so he and I know what we are doing when the power goes out, plus it gives a chance to see who wins the title of champ for ping pong supremecy.
In retrospect, it's all in God's hands now as the storm gets stronger and stronger by the minute. Who knows what the Gulf Coast will be in store for as Hurrican Dennis slowly but surely approaches. Keeping my sense of humor though all this, here is the plan just in case I land on your doorstep or in your tree. First off, check to see if I'm ok and If I am take me to the airport or put me in taxi for home, depending on far Dennis throws me. If I'm not ok take me to the hospital, then to the airpoit or taxi. Anyways, as of right now this is my last Yodaism, but I'll be back when the power is on. So, in the end, to the people of the Gulf Coast batten down the hatches and all there is left to say is here we go again.
Thursday, July 07, 2005
I Have A Plan
Mark Twain once said, ~If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it's the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.~ Working at the asylum, otherwise known as the Youth Center, you have to be able to think of ideas and oftentimes do it on the spur of the moment. Yet, it's during those times of brainstorming for good ideas, there comes a point where we start formulating other ideas that technically aren't worthy or should I say ready to be implemented...yet.
One such idea that usually comes up around the ole' water cooler, so to speak, is the “take your child/children and as many other kids home with you” plan. Its a simple plan really in which a parent arrives to pick up his or her kid/kids and when they ask for their whereabouts we direct them to where he, she, or they are. BUT, before doing that we greet them, schmooze with them, and then spring the plan into action. It's that particular plan we do on a seemingly regular basis and to be perfectly honest it has never really worked to perfection. Essentially, its just a matter of time until a parent actually says yes and then the other plans we have in store will come to fruition...hopefully.
Another idea that needs to be tweaked around a bit more before it is perfected is the youth center child exchange program where you send several of our children of the corn to another youth center and we receive their children of the corn. It's a month-long program where we see if a change in environment helps them or a particular child and if there is any that the youth center keeps that child or children; somewhat like a trade in baseball only there is no money involved. Again, it's one of those ideas that needs to be tweaked to where documents need to be signed, parents' permission must be needed, several lawyers present, and probably a judge to see if things are legit; but other than that it could possibly work.
When it comes to the mother of all ideas, this one takes the cake in a manner of speaking and all we need is the parent's, as well as, the military's permission. The plan, called Operation Oompa Loompa, is to ship every asylum child to Iraq, drop them off, and there they will be given a mission to find Osama Bin Laden. You basically have to know the mindset and mentality of the kids at the asylum because quite frankly they scare us at times and there are particular few that we actually fear for our life..I'm not kidding. Think about it, they can blend in, the Taliban won't suspect a thing, and let me tell you something "my kids" will fight dirty and when I mean dirty...lets just say one of the kids at the asylum is a biter.
In retrospect, when it comes to thinking up crazy ideas that deal with the kids of the insane asylum, we can be a little twisted at times; but we do love all of them...well some of them. In any case, the ideas we do come up with are usually put into two categories which are: Ready To Go and the other is Are You Out Of Your Mind? Most of the ideas we do come up on our own or as a group sometimes fall into the Are You Out Of Your Mind category due to the fact we might either get fired, sued, or arrested. Thankfully, nobody has gotten fired, sued, or arrested...not that I know of anyway. In the end, when or if you ever get the chance to work at the asylum be fair warned when you hear the following words come out of our mouths which are I have a plan.
One such idea that usually comes up around the ole' water cooler, so to speak, is the “take your child/children and as many other kids home with you” plan. Its a simple plan really in which a parent arrives to pick up his or her kid/kids and when they ask for their whereabouts we direct them to where he, she, or they are. BUT, before doing that we greet them, schmooze with them, and then spring the plan into action. It's that particular plan we do on a seemingly regular basis and to be perfectly honest it has never really worked to perfection. Essentially, its just a matter of time until a parent actually says yes and then the other plans we have in store will come to fruition...hopefully.
Another idea that needs to be tweaked around a bit more before it is perfected is the youth center child exchange program where you send several of our children of the corn to another youth center and we receive their children of the corn. It's a month-long program where we see if a change in environment helps them or a particular child and if there is any that the youth center keeps that child or children; somewhat like a trade in baseball only there is no money involved. Again, it's one of those ideas that needs to be tweaked to where documents need to be signed, parents' permission must be needed, several lawyers present, and probably a judge to see if things are legit; but other than that it could possibly work.
When it comes to the mother of all ideas, this one takes the cake in a manner of speaking and all we need is the parent's, as well as, the military's permission. The plan, called Operation Oompa Loompa, is to ship every asylum child to Iraq, drop them off, and there they will be given a mission to find Osama Bin Laden. You basically have to know the mindset and mentality of the kids at the asylum because quite frankly they scare us at times and there are particular few that we actually fear for our life..I'm not kidding. Think about it, they can blend in, the Taliban won't suspect a thing, and let me tell you something "my kids" will fight dirty and when I mean dirty...lets just say one of the kids at the asylum is a biter.
In retrospect, when it comes to thinking up crazy ideas that deal with the kids of the insane asylum, we can be a little twisted at times; but we do love all of them...well some of them. In any case, the ideas we do come up with are usually put into two categories which are: Ready To Go and the other is Are You Out Of Your Mind? Most of the ideas we do come up on our own or as a group sometimes fall into the Are You Out Of Your Mind category due to the fact we might either get fired, sued, or arrested. Thankfully, nobody has gotten fired, sued, or arrested...not that I know of anyway. In the end, when or if you ever get the chance to work at the asylum be fair warned when you hear the following words come out of our mouths which are I have a plan.
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
You Can't See Me
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, ~Within man is the soul of the whole, the wise silence, the universal beauty to which every part and particle is usually related, the eternal one. When it breathes through his intellect, it is genius; when it breathes through his will, it is virtue; when it breathes through his affection, it is love.~ When you meet me in person I tend to be man of very few words; but when I get a pencil and paper in my hand I have a lot to say. Essentially, everything that is written and eventually sent to you guys is primarily all seen through my own perspective; yet, in some aspect, you can see yourself going through or have gone through those same things even though your situation may be different.
For the most part, you're metaphorically walking a journey in my shoes even though you aren't physically in them. A journey in which each and every one of you have been on, but the only difference here is that it's partially my life that you are reading. In some weird way, it's like you've been given a key that opens a small door into my own mind and practically reliving certain aspects of my life have happened to me or people around me. It's kind of like that movie Being John Malkovich, though there isn't an actual doorway that leads into someone's mind...at least I hope not. Although enticing as it sounds, its merely a fantasy and besides reality is much more interesting, as well as entertaining don't you think?
There comes a point in these Yodaisms, there is a wise silence in which you kind of feel like you're going for an intellectual ride. A ride in a submarine to be exact and you basically start off on the surface then as you eventually descend deeper and deeper into my heart, mind and soul. For one can be amazed at what truths can be discovered when you yourself go on a voyage to find what lies beneath the surface of your own heart, mind, and soul. Undoubtedly, it can be a scary situation to look deep into your own heart and not drown in all the emotions that you go through when it comes to love. Initially, you have to work through it slowly, and resurface too quickly or you will suffer the bends, which every person has gone through one time or another.
Speaking of love, the affection you have for that particular guy or girl can leave you, at times, trying to get his or her absolute attention. Let me ask you this question, have you done something so out of the ordinary or genuinely nice/sweet to get that particular person's attention and see you? How many times were you unsuccessful and how many times were you successful? Hey, oftentimes the good outweighs the bad and it can also be the other way around; but the unsuccessful times in your life will prepare you for true success in love as seen through your own eyes. Personally speaking, when it comes to the subject of love as seen through my own eyes, it's honest and truthful to the point where it can be perceived as totally irrational.
Someone once said, ~Rationality does not reside in love; it can't and it never will, because love is all about being irrational; doing things for people that most would consider foolish, giving up things and dedicating yourself to the one you love.~ In retrospect, when it comes to the human heart, irrationality happens to everyone including myself and whether or not I'm considered the biggest fool or a fool worth giving a chance for, it's all in how she truly sees me. Anyways, there will be guys, as well as girls, who are unable to look deep into a person's heart and see someone worth loving. In the end, if he or she can't see into that then in the immortal words of WWE Champion John Cena, you simply say to that person face to face...you can't see me.
For the most part, you're metaphorically walking a journey in my shoes even though you aren't physically in them. A journey in which each and every one of you have been on, but the only difference here is that it's partially my life that you are reading. In some weird way, it's like you've been given a key that opens a small door into my own mind and practically reliving certain aspects of my life have happened to me or people around me. It's kind of like that movie Being John Malkovich, though there isn't an actual doorway that leads into someone's mind...at least I hope not. Although enticing as it sounds, its merely a fantasy and besides reality is much more interesting, as well as entertaining don't you think?
There comes a point in these Yodaisms, there is a wise silence in which you kind of feel like you're going for an intellectual ride. A ride in a submarine to be exact and you basically start off on the surface then as you eventually descend deeper and deeper into my heart, mind and soul. For one can be amazed at what truths can be discovered when you yourself go on a voyage to find what lies beneath the surface of your own heart, mind, and soul. Undoubtedly, it can be a scary situation to look deep into your own heart and not drown in all the emotions that you go through when it comes to love. Initially, you have to work through it slowly, and resurface too quickly or you will suffer the bends, which every person has gone through one time or another.
Speaking of love, the affection you have for that particular guy or girl can leave you, at times, trying to get his or her absolute attention. Let me ask you this question, have you done something so out of the ordinary or genuinely nice/sweet to get that particular person's attention and see you? How many times were you unsuccessful and how many times were you successful? Hey, oftentimes the good outweighs the bad and it can also be the other way around; but the unsuccessful times in your life will prepare you for true success in love as seen through your own eyes. Personally speaking, when it comes to the subject of love as seen through my own eyes, it's honest and truthful to the point where it can be perceived as totally irrational.
Someone once said, ~Rationality does not reside in love; it can't and it never will, because love is all about being irrational; doing things for people that most would consider foolish, giving up things and dedicating yourself to the one you love.~ In retrospect, when it comes to the human heart, irrationality happens to everyone including myself and whether or not I'm considered the biggest fool or a fool worth giving a chance for, it's all in how she truly sees me. Anyways, there will be guys, as well as girls, who are unable to look deep into a person's heart and see someone worth loving. In the end, if he or she can't see into that then in the immortal words of WWE Champion John Cena, you simply say to that person face to face...you can't see me.
Sunday, July 03, 2005
Just Bring It
Keri Smith said, ~Children possess this divine awareness. They are naturally joyous and passionate. They also instinctively know what they want, and they find ways to act on their instincts, doing exactly what they want.~ Working in the asylum, you can most definitely see, hear, and/or experience the best of children; but one can also see, hear, and/or experience the worst. It's one of the aspects of the job that a person will become used to because you get somewhat of a crash course in parenting 101, which can prepare one to have kids someday. Essentially, kids have a violent side and when it comes to "my kids" they can show it to the fullest extent in three ways: verbally, nonverbally, and most of all physically.
Without a doubt, when a child doesn't have one's own way, he or she will give you a verbal attitude to the utmost degree. It's that kind of verbal attitude that if you ever mouthed off to your own parents that way back in the day one would not see tomorrow. Yet, it's not so much the verbal attitude that is tossed at us by the kids but rather the kids towards each other when it pertains to something he or she wants. The insults/threats that come out of these seemingly innocent children towards each other can either make you laugh, completely dumbfounded, embarrassed, or absolutely speechless to the point where you think to yourself or say out loud, Tell me I didn't just hear that particular child say that.
Kids can show you emotion without even saying a word and it's all in their nonverbal body language towards each other and towards us. We've all made that "I want to hurt you face" which is a face that primarily stares a hole right through you or that particular child. Its primarily in that child's eyes that you either see or look for ahead of time so the fight potential fight can be squashed before it ever happens. However, there are times where you just look into a particular child's eyes and see that the lights are on but nobody's home. It's at that very point you turn to your fellow co-workers with a worried look on your face and say to them these words which are be afraid, be very afraid.
Let me tell you something, kids play rough and they do it to the point where one, the other, or both get hurt. On any given day at the asylum you will find yourself in the thick of things trying to stop a fight that may or may not have you getting beaten up as well. Personally speaking, there have been times where I, the proverbial peacemaker, have been punched and kicked separating two kids. To be perfectly honest, even though I am considered the peacemaker there are times being a referee crosses my mind so both of them can learn a valuable lesson. Unfortunately, its a lesson that the kids in the asylum don't at times follow and they continue to go after each other despite the consequences they will suffer in the end.
In retrospect, the violent tendencies that kids have aren't just seen and/or experienced by kids 6 years old and older. For it can also be seen and/or experienced by babies as well, particularly by my own godson who I'm predicting might grow up to be a professional wrestler someday. Several months ago I was holding him and to be playful I gave him a light headbutt to his forehead. Well, he looked at me, smiled, and then preceded to give not 1, not 2, but 7 consecutive headbutts to my nose and the side of my head. I can freely admit that I was almost knocked out by my own godson who was laughing the whole time he was doing it. Anyways, there will always be a power struggle of wills between kids and adults to where both sides will look at each other and in the end, say these three words...JUST BRING IT.
Without a doubt, when a child doesn't have one's own way, he or she will give you a verbal attitude to the utmost degree. It's that kind of verbal attitude that if you ever mouthed off to your own parents that way back in the day one would not see tomorrow. Yet, it's not so much the verbal attitude that is tossed at us by the kids but rather the kids towards each other when it pertains to something he or she wants. The insults/threats that come out of these seemingly innocent children towards each other can either make you laugh, completely dumbfounded, embarrassed, or absolutely speechless to the point where you think to yourself or say out loud, Tell me I didn't just hear that particular child say that.
Kids can show you emotion without even saying a word and it's all in their nonverbal body language towards each other and towards us. We've all made that "I want to hurt you face" which is a face that primarily stares a hole right through you or that particular child. Its primarily in that child's eyes that you either see or look for ahead of time so the fight potential fight can be squashed before it ever happens. However, there are times where you just look into a particular child's eyes and see that the lights are on but nobody's home. It's at that very point you turn to your fellow co-workers with a worried look on your face and say to them these words which are be afraid, be very afraid.
Let me tell you something, kids play rough and they do it to the point where one, the other, or both get hurt. On any given day at the asylum you will find yourself in the thick of things trying to stop a fight that may or may not have you getting beaten up as well. Personally speaking, there have been times where I, the proverbial peacemaker, have been punched and kicked separating two kids. To be perfectly honest, even though I am considered the peacemaker there are times being a referee crosses my mind so both of them can learn a valuable lesson. Unfortunately, its a lesson that the kids in the asylum don't at times follow and they continue to go after each other despite the consequences they will suffer in the end.
In retrospect, the violent tendencies that kids have aren't just seen and/or experienced by kids 6 years old and older. For it can also be seen and/or experienced by babies as well, particularly by my own godson who I'm predicting might grow up to be a professional wrestler someday. Several months ago I was holding him and to be playful I gave him a light headbutt to his forehead. Well, he looked at me, smiled, and then preceded to give not 1, not 2, but 7 consecutive headbutts to my nose and the side of my head. I can freely admit that I was almost knocked out by my own godson who was laughing the whole time he was doing it. Anyways, there will always be a power struggle of wills between kids and adults to where both sides will look at each other and in the end, say these three words...JUST BRING IT.
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