November 2011
3 posts
Lesson #47: For Those Needing A Little Moving-On
There will always be those days that you long for things to be back to the way they were. There will always be times that you wish to build a time machine to go back, “Oh how I wish for things to be the way they used to be.” But trust that there will be weeks, days, even minutes that you wish to go on forever, “Oh how silly of me to have never wanted things to change.”You will realize that...
Lesson #46: I'll Be There For You
Just because someone is around doesn’t mean they’ll be there for you, and just because someone isn’t around doesn’t mean they aren’t there for you.
We'll Be Back Soon
It’s been almost a year since we touched this blog. We’ll revamp it and make sure we pay a little more attention to it.
You know what?
I miss posting in this blog. And I also miss the other two that worked on it with me. We should get this going once more.
September 2010
1 post
Lesson #45: When a Dear Friend Dies
My interpretation
Too many times I have been told of a loved one passing away, and too many times have they held back from asking a simple question: How do I come to terms with their passing? One person finally asked me, but this is a lesson for all.
It is indeed a very difficult lesson to swallow, but first, we must understand whowe really are; what are we that walk around, doing the things we...
November 2009
2 posts
Lesson #44: Missing Someone You See Often
Don’t you hate it when you have a great friendship, with great talks and great times, and all of a sudden, the person you were just having a deep talk with is just another person you say hi to? Friends come and go, but when realizing that things don’t even seem the same as they were, it sucks. It’s happened to everyone, and everyone dislikes it, yet why does it happen? What...
Lesson #43: life
Life is short guys, I’ve realized these past two months that even though you may think you’re hella busy, it will come to an end soon enough, and here I am on my last week in marching band. I know we were trying to keep this as far away from personal as we could, but band has taught me so many valuable lessons for life. I used to think every Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday to practice...
August 2009
1 post
Lesson #42: Procrastination
Ever hear the phrase, “Procrastination is like masturbation. In the end, you’re just screwing yourself” ? Well, it’s true. There’s always something that we are putting on hold, or not doing right away (mostly school) and, admit it people, we all do it. Some more than others, but it’s still being done. When you put something off until the last minute,...
July 2009
2 posts
Lesson # 41: Remembering to post
It’s been a while guys, and we haven’t posted anything. I just thought it would be nice to let you guys know we’re still here. We’ve just been busy with a bit, but once school starts again I’m sure we’ll have time to get things back up and running and letting you know how to fix problems once more.
Lesson #40: To Live
It’s up to us, how we choose to lead our life.
It’s up to us to face a situation in a certain way, to be depressed over something.
We choose to make boring things fun and live optimistically.
We choose to face the fact that not everything goes to plan, and that life isn’t perfect, or we choose to not face it and pout over little things.
We choose to work over mess around....
June 2009
11 posts
Lesson #39: When The Past Bites You In The Ass
Be ready. One of the most annoying and hurtful things is when something from the past comes back to bite you in the ass. If you find yourself in that situation, just be ready and try to shake it off. If it’s in the past keep it there and don’t let it affect you, because who you were then and now are different people. You’re older and you’ve experienced more in that time...
Lesson #38: Feel Better
You know those times when something happens to someone and you want to make them feel better, but you don’t know what to do to make them happy? I know what that feels like, and quite frankly, I know how to fix that. It’s a simple solution.
Be happy and they will feel better. Be energetic and smile for them. A simple smile can brighten anyone’s day. A cheerful and encouraging talk can make their...
Lesson #37: Rides
If you want a ride from someone, and you are or were once close to that person enough to ask for a ride, you shouldn’t have other people ask for you. It’s that simple. If you need a ride, ask them yourself.
Lesson #36: Arrows
A bamboo bow and bbq skewer arrows are not things to play with, especially when they can shoot 70-80 yards easily. Even when your friends offer themselves as targets, don’t shoot at them. We hit our friend twice, once in the leg, it stuck, she pulled it out, and started bleeding through her jeans. She didn’t realize until a few minutes later… Another arrow grazed her neck, and...
Lesson # 35: Loyalty
Loyalty is a choice. One does not have to obey it. They only follow it because they care enough to hold it dear to them. They only follow it because they want to. It is a choice to not stray or abandon anyone. It is a choice to protect them, and to stay true.
Choices. We are always presented with them constantly. Whether or not it is the right one or the better is based on the outcome, or just...
“Lesson #33: Standing up for your morals
One’s dignity may be assaulted,...”
– Michael J. Fox
Lesson #32: Dependency
No matter how dependent you may say someone is, you should still never depend on them all of the time. There may always be that moment where the friend will do something terrible causing the end of a friendship. Humans do what they feel necessary in the time of need, much of the time, not thinking of the consequences.
Lesson #31
Her: You've got another year to make it up.
Me: I guess so. But if I just think where I'm at now, and where I should be at right now, where I could be at now...
Her: Here :]
Lesson #30: Admitting you're wrong
Everyone hates to admit when they’ve done something wrong, regardless of whether or not they’ve done it consciously. Mistakes are mistakes, and we all make them. Guys especially hate admitting they’ve made them, whether it’s ego or just plain stubbornness. Just admit it. You were wrong. You made a mistake. The faster you admit it, the faster it becomes forgiven and/or...
“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
– Gloria Steinem
Quote #1: The truth
May 2009
31 posts
Lesson #28: Believe in yourself
There are notable potentials within everyone. Have confidence in who you are and what you’re made of. Say to yourself that you can do it. Learn to endlessly repeat to yourself, “It all depends on me.”
Lesson #27: Change
“At the precipice, we can change” - The Day the Earth Stood Still
“This one line has stayed with me. How true it is that we can choose to act differently at any time, we can choose to think differently, we can choose to live differently yet often we refuse to change on our own. It is not until we hit bottom that we realize our life is out of control, it is not until the doctor...
Lesson #26: Mistakes
“You’re not the...
Lesson #25: Appreciation
When you lose something, whether be it a person or an object, how you feel by losing it depends on how important they mean to you. Objects can be replaced, but people can’t be. We as humans tend to take the people we love for granted because, as much as we know death is there, we think, “Oh, [insert name here] will always [insert feeling/action] (for) me.” It just doesn’t...
Lesson #24: Woman-->Love
They are the most complex things to have existed on this Earth. Yet with complexity comes a vast amount of value. When things have value, isn’t one supposed to treat it with love and care? One is supposed to, yet one doesn’t always do so. When will man finally learn that woman is the most important thing in a man’s life, no matter what else they may or may not have. It may not be as simple as it...
Lesson #23: Regrets
As cliché as this sounds, try not to die with regrets. People tend to wallow in their own self-pity when making a mistake, causing them to be so absorbed in that mistake, that the time wasted in that self-pity could instead be used to do something great. So it’s not necessarily possible to die without regrets, but you can die knowing that you’ve done better things that overshadow those...
Lesson #22: Getting up
When you have something to get up for, it’s easy. When you have something to get up to, it’s easy. When you HAVE to get up for something, it’s not easy.
Lesson #20: Daily Rituals
When you’ve grown so accustomed to the same daily rituals with another, you grow to appreciate them less and less as the days go on. You don’t realize what a privilege it is having a special moment with someone day after day. I am one to have succumbed to such a poor example of counting your blessings. Now that I have lost a potential daily ritual which I had started neglecting, I now...
Lesson #19
Lesson #18: Be Your Self
I believe that the definition of definition is reinvention. To not be like you parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. Completely… As stupid at it seems now, I wanted to talk like them, dress like them, carry myself with the ease of knowing that I wasn’t going to get pounded in the hallway between classes. Years passed and I learned to keep it all inside. I only talked to a few...
Lesson #17: Don't follow a path; make your own
Everyone follows a path. While some have a path paved out for them, others follow one that they believe is best. If you want to leave an impression on this world, do it by making a path that’s unique to yourself. Maybe someone else will want to follow it, or maybe your path is deemed too great for others to even want to try to follow, but rather admire while they walk down a path of their...
Lesson #16
Lesson #15: Family First
Friends? Fuck friends. There is no such thing as a friend, everyone is family, no matter what. Family comes first under all circumstances, therefore if a “friend” is in need, no matter how much they may dislike you, or you them, it is your duty to help them in a time of need. We weren’t put on this earth as individuals, sure we have our individuality, but we are one people....
Guest lesson #1:Appreciation
japlegend:
So when was really the last time you counted your blessings?
Now when was the last time that one of those blessings was a human person, and they did something that got you a crappy feeling, and you held onto that? Is it really worth it? When you think about it, is it worth being mad at someone who you care about?
Now let me ask this: If you were mad at someone, and something...
Lesson #14: Get up
Life tends to push everyone down, and sometimes you just want to lay there while watching the world around you move. All you can really do in times like that is get back up on your feet, and move on, because the world won’t wait. When you fall, do something about it, because just getting up can make you even just a little stronger than you were before.
Lesson #13: Playing the Cards
You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, even months analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, should’ve, would’ve happened or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on.
-Tupac
Shoulda coulda woulda. You can’t change the cards that you are dealt, only the way that you play them out. Don’t dwell on the...
Lesson #12: Moving On
Now really think about it. Was that thing really a big deal? When you really think deep down, why take it so seriously? Can’t we just let go of the negatives and keep the positives? Don’t let that kind of crap get in the way of your eyes to seeing the good stuff and being happy. Now the next time you think about doing that, the question you need to ask yourself is, “Is it all...
Lesson #11: Death
Death is experienced differently by everyone. It is never experienced the same way, even by the same person. No matter what, death is nothing two people can agree on, besides the one fact that it is not good. You can only share death experiences, you cannot say that one knows more about death if both have experienced death of someone close. When death has a true meaning to you is when you can say...
Lesson #10: Life is too short
Don’t dwell on your past, and make such big deals out of the small mishaps that happen. Worrying brings aging, and there’s just not enough time.
Lesson #9: Apologies
It is thrown around so loosely nowadays. It has lost its value of word. The word “sorry” now means, “I didn’t mean to make you feel bad, if it happens again, ok then” basically. I don’t believe in saying sorry anymore /b/ECAUSE it doesn’t make a difference. When people hear sorry, a lot of them just think, he’s just saying that, or they don’t mean that. The truth is that that’s probably right. It...
Lesson #8: Sleep is good
A nap around the same time daily has been proven to promote production rates.
Lesson #7: Singing creates a tranquil environment
Sing your heart away, it may lead you to a new love.
Lesson #6: Keep your word
Secrets are called secrets for a reason.
Promises are called promises for a reason.
Whatever happens. Mean what you say, and say what you mean.
Mistakes happen. You can’t always fix them. Try not to make them in the first place.
Lesson #5: Look Both Ways
I’m not teasing anyone. Really, look both ways. No matter what.
Lesson #3
Sex goes through everyone’s minds, regardless of whether or not they mean it in that way.
Be mature people.