Another Day in the life

So it's been a while since the 1st time I wrote in here but I plan to write everyday or at least every week so I don't have to write so much every week.
There is so much that I thought about writing and as I was on the road and away I told myself that when I got home I would do it but I never got back to actually putting it into action. It's been actually a crazy couple of weeks. Last week I went to go see 7 pounds. A great movie with Will Smith again playing a role that left me speechless and a mind full of thoughts, the first being pursuit of happyness. What he portrayed was the idea of true Christ-like love. For he gave his life so others can live in happiness or in a situation that was better than they were in. I started really thinking about what I am doing on a daily that shows this charity that our Lord and Christ would have us do while we are here on this earth. Pretty insightful thinking for a movie.
Also last week I went to the gym with my cousin Dmitri, and I started thinking about who I really was. I noticed that everything that came hard to me I quit at. If its not something I'm good at or comes natural, I just don't try it and that's a problem. Its kind of crazy as I look back at all the decisions I have made may look like hard ones to others but they were actually easy to me. Computers and graphics just come so naturally to me that its just evident that C&M had to be the decision. I was just better at soccer than any other sport so I'm doing that. I guess its just time to really think about what I want to do when I get back huh?

Inspiration
Today was the finale for the greatest loser and it is so amazing what you can do if you put your mind to it. I've been talking to a friend and trying to find out who she really is and as we search for the answer it is slowly working. You see if you constantly care about what others think of you will never get out of this life alive. Success is truly measured by what you do for others not for the things that are given to you like houses and cars. Our greatest potential is to truly become like our Savior and brother, Jesus Christ. Remember the day that we lose ourselves is the day that we truly will find ourselves. Confusing huh :) Think about it.


I'm wondering if there was something else I was suppose to say? I think I need to start carrying a notepad around so I can keep all my ideas. LOL well until next time.
Justin

Last Day Of Class

So my mind is spinning around the idea of being away for 2 years. Not just for being out of school for the 1st time for 2 years but for being out of the UNITED STATES for two years. I knew this day would come for the last 3 months but it never dawned on me that if or when I come back to South Dakota I will not know anyone here at Dakota Wesleyan, and it will most likely be more lonely than ever before. This week I had 2 friends, well family members, mention to me that their birthdays were really lonely and I can definitely relate to them. The few years between you leaving your family and you creating your new family are some serious times of loneliness if you do not have a lot of good friends who believe in the things you do or who can at least relate to you on some level. But wow, how amazing will it be when you find the one you are meant to be with the rest of your life. The time that you waited and prepared are so worth it. All of these days I wish for something to begin, and to see what is really to come because being in South Dakota really makes me feel old. I work, work, and do more work. These next 2 months will be more work with learning more Portuguese, reading, watching these church movies, preparing more for my journey ahead. They say I should start getting up at 6:30 everyday and going to bed at 10:30. I guess we will see how well that truly works out this next 2 weeks with everyone at home. But come February I will be nowhere to be found. So many people have probably lost contact with me already by the termination of my facebook and myspace. It is really crazy how much people rely on technology to keep in contact with people. It is a great tool but I guess they don't have pen or paper where most people are, because I haven't really heard from a lot of people in ages. I really do wonder what everyone else is doing with their lives now, it would be interesting to find out the paths that people have chosen and where it took them. I guess I am just really lucky that I do not have to really think about where I'm going to be next year when I should be graduating, or paying back loans, or getting a job, or how the economy is going to turn with Obama in the hot seat. All of these are in the deep parts of my mind with my mission coming up. But not only my mission but also with God's plan I really have no reason to worry, for he will take care of me if I do as he asks.


Inspiration:
I wasnt always into my church nor have I always been pointed in the right direction in school or in society, but George Elliot once said "It's never too late to be who you might have been." Remember to never give up on your dreams or on who you want to be, the only time its too late is when you give up.

This is my first post, many more to come as I journey through Brazil and as I prepare for this amazing adventure.

-Justin