too good. too smooth.
watched a lot of his interviews and radio appearances.
I gotta admit, I’m sold. very articulate, deep, and REAL. he’s a thinker.
Miguel earned himself another fan.
Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.
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| — | August Wilson |
It is a good time to stop
dreaming and hoping when your present starts to dissatisfy you.
Appreciate the moment right now,
because It’s gone every second, and…
it ain’t coming back.
#notetomyself
Simple Act of Care
Today I drove all over Suwannee, Johns Creek, and Buford giving guitar lessons. But in the midst of my busy schedule, I decided to visit my mom at work and drop off some nice, cold Starbucks ice coffee. She was so happy that I showed up! Apparently she was really craving ice coffee too. It was great seeing my mom being happy.I tangibly experienced what it means to be happy just by making my loved ones happy.
Simple act of care for someone may not seem much, but it can have greater impacts on the recipients. And love is the only thing that drives it.
Level of Understanding
I initially thought, now that I’m working and earning my own money, I was gonna get to spend it for myself, all swagged out and be happy forever. What a foolish thought. What about gas, food, insurance, oil change, loan payments, emergency stuff and whatnot? After all that, I’m pretty much left with nothing. It’s obvious and I knew it all along, but I am now tangibly realizing that I need to make WAY more money.
I came home today finally, and got to chat with my parents little bit. It was nothing unordinary seeing them tired from all the hard working throughout the week, but tonight for some reason I felt this rush of sympathy and respect for them simultaneously. It also put me to shame thinking how immature I still am and that a 20-year-old only-son cannot help them significantly enough.
My mom came home late and yet she was cooking for tomorrow’s meal and whatnot. So I decided to help as much as I could (although I eventually ended up just standing there watching her lol). She dropped a lot of wisdom about working and earning money that I really needed to hear. had I not been working these days, I would have never felt the need nor understood what she was saying.
She told me, “Even I’m running two, three jobs. Those few dollars an hour seems little and your pride may not allow you to make sacrifice, but give it a day. a week. a month. It all adds up. Look at you. You’re young, strong, speaks good English, great with people. What is there for you to lose? The time is now. Experience as much as you can.”
I’m starting to understand a whole lot more. The reason why my mom tried TOO HARD to push me to become a doctor. The reason why she told me to go to a good college. The reason why I needed to get a job. The reason why I needed to study. Now that I’m in her shoes little bit, all that anger and resentment that I once had toward my parents turned into thankfulness and love. I’m still not gonna become a doctor (more like it’s kinda late, and my passion is elsewhere), but I should start focusing on building my career. So much time has been wasted in college. I don’t want to worry about what restaurant I’m going to be working at, or what part-time job I need to get after I graduate from college.
Now I’m realizing more and more that I really need to strive to be the best at what I’d like to do for living, which is creating films that will move people’s heart in many ways.
I’m also realizing that I must be the pillar of this family that my parents can lean on.
But most of all, I’m realizing that I must be a man.
Daily Motto
Man up..
Don’t feel sorry for yourself or anybody.
Gotta stay ICE.
It’s the sweetest & classiest revenge.
