Coercing Me To Consider (Again)

I'm still loving this website; MakesMeThink.com.  It really helps get me in a deep-thinking mood in the morning.
Here are my thoughts for today;

Today, the bottles of liquor in our kitchen cupboard are gathering dust. Five years ago my parents almost got divorced because my mom was an abusive alcoholic. MMT

Thought: There's hope.  The very temptation that rips your life apart can someday sit right in front of you and have no effect at all.  You can gain back control of your temptations and make right your life.  It's beautiful. 

Today, when I lifted my sleeve to cut, the sentence, “You are beautiful.” was written in blue ink on my arm over my scars. I fell asleep in the back of the auditorium during drama class at the end of the day. One of my classmates must have written it while I was asleep. It made me smile and I didn’t cut today. MMT 

Thought: Again!  Loving avidly, adamantly, unendingly, outwardly, and Godly can change everything for someone- so why don't we do it constantly?!

Today, I came to the realization that I waste 75% of my life on the Internet. Then, 5 minutes later, I caught myself publishing this insight on my blog. MMT

Thought: This will be the last time I get online today.  Maybe I'll even do a fast from it.

Today, I realized that some of the most interesting and insightful people in my life are the ones who made me think, "What a weirdo…" when I first met them. MMT

Thought: I think I'm that person to others haha

Today, I got a phone call from my grandfather. He's been in a coma for almost a year. Last week the doctors told my family he may never wake up. MMT

Thought: I'm going to call my grandpa.  Because it's beautiful that I can.

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Coercing Me To Consider

I found a new website today:  MakesMeThink.com
It's somewhat like My Life is Average, only it's deep.  Very deep.
Here are some of the entries and what they made me think:


Today, I asked my 6 year old son what he wants to be when he grows up. He said, "Mommy, all I want to be is happy." MMT

Thought: It would appear that this little guy misunderstood the question... or that he understands the question better than most.



Today, my cousin died. He has been a Marine for 6 years. He fought for our country overseas on 3 separate tours in Iraq. He came home on leave 2 weeks ago and was killed by a drunk driver. MMT

Thought: He fought for America- and a flaw that is a part of America (drunk driving) killed him.  He fought for this??  I will never drive drunk.  Ever.



Today, while I was driving my grandfather to his doctor's appointment, I complained about hitting 2 red lights in a row. My grandfather chuckled and said, "You always complain about the red lights, but you never celebrate the green ones." MMT

Thought: So, old people get it.  And children get it.  How do we all get so lost somewhere in the middle?



Today in downtown San Diego, I watched a blue collar Mexican man get harassed for being Mexican. It was a blatant act of discrimination. And the man actually began crying. As he left the office building, he took off his jacket. His t-shirt underneath read, "I love the USA!" MMT

Thought: We need to love.  Avidly.



I can't go on, because I'm getting very tearful reading some of these.  It's a good reminder to love, but not for the easy criers. 

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Phobophobia?

 This post is not recommended for the phobophobic.

Staying with the light mood, here are some very intriguing phobias;

Phobophobia - Fear of phobias

Allodoxaphobia - Fear of opinions.

Anablephobia - Fear of looking up. 

Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. 

Bromidrosiphobia - Fear of body smells.

Chaetophobia - Fear of hair.

Caligynephobia - Fear of beautiful women.

Chromatophobia - Fear of colors.

Clinophobia - Fear of going to bed.

Decidophobia - Fear of making decisions.  *I must have this one... I think... :/ I dunno, I can't decide*

Deipnophobia - Fear of dining and dinner conversation.

Euphobia - Fear of hearing good news.

Geliophobia - Fear of laughter.

Homilophobia - Fear of sermons.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words.

Soceraphobia - Fear of parents-in-law.

Rhytiphobia - Fear of getting wrinkles.

Phronemophobia - Fear of thinking.

Optophobia - Fear of opening one's eyes.

Namatophobia - Fear of names.

Melophobia - Fear of music.

Linonophobia - Fear of string

Kathisophobia - Fear of sitting down.

Theatrophobia - Fear of theaters

Uranophobia - Fear of heaven.

Vestiphobia - Fear of clothing.

Walloonphobia - Fear of Walloons.  Walloon: one of a people inhabiting chiefly the southern and southeastern parts of Belgium and adjacent regions in France.
 
Xanthophobia - Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.

Zemmiphobia - Fear of the great mole rat.

 

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Keeping it Light

For once, I want to blog light.  Everything is always so heavy and emotional- it's like eating a steak for dinner every night when your body really just wants a nice salad- let's keep it simple.


20 Things I've Learned This Week;

1. What you think your future holds is hardly ever right

2. You can't get through even a small home renovation without having some sort of issue
 
3. Renovation issues, though they may seem to be Armageddon, are not.

4. If you train your dog, then stop training it, it very efficiently unlearns everything you taught it

5. Trying to re-train your dog is much harder than training your dog right the first time

6. You're never too young for daily vitamins, benefiber, and omega 3 pills

7. Procrastination doesn't always lead to failure

8. Exercising stops being appealing after awhile

9. Ann Coulter is mean, but funny, and usually right.

10. There are websites that actually tell you exactly how to do amazingly at a job interview

11. It's extremely exciting to know someone liked your application enough to call you in for an interview

12. The prospect of having a job is even more exciting

13. Not everyone is going to be happy for you when you succeed.  In fact, many will be too busy being sad for themselves.
 
14. Being an A student in high school doesn't guarantee you will be one in college

15. Professors don't actually notice whether you're on Facebook during class or not

16. White eyeliner is NOT just for black people

17. Different mascara gives you different looks

18. Washing your face too many times can seriously hurt the skin around your eyes

19. Being too scared to wash your face because of the pain and sleeping with your make up on makes getting ready in the morning much easier

20. There's nothing that will make you feel classier than treating your man to a date.

21. Prolife pins look great on knit caps

There you have it- the lightest blog I've ever blogged.  Not even 100 calories!

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