Peace

Uncertainty in life is the only certainty. Why are we here? Where are we going? Is there anyone up there running the show? Things eternally asked, but never really answered. If we try to grasp the big picture, yearn to be reassured about life, we find only despair at the fact that everything is uncertain. The only true peace we can find is in that fleeting moment in time, when you stare into another's soul and know that they love you, and you love them. In that single instant, all you know is the reassuring love, and everything seems right in the world, and anything is possible. The whole world can swirl around you, and try to destroy, but for that one moment, in that union of souls, you are immortal, you are a righteous child of God, and nothing in the world can harm you.

Those moments are only fleeting. But in them, is the only true peace. Be it the parent nurturing the child, the embrace of your true love, or those times when you stand with God and feel his presence with every cell of your being. Those are our anchors in the storm of life. A brief reprieve to give us the strength to fight on. Look for those and cherish them. I've found mine :-).

On a related note, I got engaged to my girl Lindsi, in september.

A random thought

You ever notice how all movies, books, or any type of work of fiction, must always have some sort of conflict; something that needs to be resolved? You ever wonder why that is? It's because without it the story would just be a description of people sitting around doing nothing. There must be a point to the story to keep our interest. Just like life. People always complain about the hurdles they face in life. Ya, things can suck, and life is a bitch, but if you had no challenges in your life, your life would be a boring story that no one would care to hear. Just as a movie has no "point" without a conflict to resolve, life would have no point if it were also without conflict. The struggle to overcome our problems makes us who we are. Anyone can be nice when things are easy for them. It's in the heat of battle that our true selves shine through. Are you the valiant hero who will save others while the building burns down around you, or are you the coward who runs without even trying to help others because you're busy saving your own ass. Struggles show what we really are, and make us become more than we were, if we have the resolve to fight them.

I think that maybe... just maybe... that's why we're here. To make something of ourselves for whatever comes after. Plus, just think of God as the ultimate movie goer. If you just want the world handed to you, and think everything should revolve around you, and hate any form of challenge or struggle in your life, then maybe God thinks your life isn't worth watching either. Just another crappy movie, with no "point".

The history of oil

This is an interesting video on the true reason there was a world war 1 as well as the current iraq war. I never heard a lot of this stuff. It's told by a not so funny british comedian, but the information is good food for though. It's 45 mintues long, so take a little time and watch it. It'll make you think at the very least.