What we knew is what we know..

So I haven't blogged for a while, due to the overload of assignments!!!
However I will leave a quick one tonight!

Today was hot… today was slow… today was productive… today was great!
After a long day of church and assignmenting, i managed and decided to take the night off and just have some chill time! Was great to collapse and relax on the couch, then in my bed! Plus talking to friend's!

I must say that the Sunshine today was great! Its amazing how just one can have such an impact! An analogy of the sun can be filled with laughs, moments, memories and most of all friendships! or a friendship!

 

Any who! i will leave a quote and verse for you all!

"What I knew today could have changed yesterday, but what I knew yesterday could have changed today." - Chris Furlong

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him." Jeremiah 17:7

Not So Mr Nice Guy!

Ok so I don't know about everyone else out their, but when it comes to time, my timing seems to be always at the wrong time. Time is a natural and bound thing, yet in a fraction even the smallest moment in time, your life can go to a high, to even higher, to greatness, to straight below 0 and then sit there trying to crawl back up through the rubble its stuck in!

Now I know there are a lot of people out there, some better than others and some who go their own way. But me, I like to be out there to care to help and to show the world who i really am (yes a Christian of course) but just how a girl should be treated, how a brother should be, how a man should be known on the street.

So here goes my “Not So Mr Nice Guy Theory”

We live in a world, a world full of corruption and of things we all seem to agree to disagree on. Which is fine, we all have our ideas, religions, and meaning to life. That's fine – I'm not out to judge, but I try to represent (as said before) who I am and try to bring the best out in people. Treat them with the very respect they deserve. When I try to follow integrity, be real and be honest it always seems to come crushing down. "I'm in a catch 22!, and that saying "honesty is the best policy", seems to be the ironic thing which blew it all up!" Now after doing what was right, all I can seem to think is when being the nice guy it always seem to be the worst. The nice guy seems to be that one who is there when no one else is, the one who cares when others make it unfair, the one who encourages when the rest bring doubt, the one who builds you up when the world brings you down, the one who is honest and loyal in all his ways when others seem to be lurking around and hiding reality, the one who would do anything for you when the rest  leave it all for you, the one who wouldn't make it hard but make it easy, the one who wouldn't be out to hinder but to guide, one who is ready, when the world is still getting ready, the one who would drop it all when the others would delay – what i am really trying to say is all we do, all I do is with the best intentions,  I do it to avoid the hurt, the wrong and issues. But the ironic thing is time is the very thing which hurts more than reality, because it only needs a moment in time to change and when the hardest thing seems to be the only choice – be ready for it because it wont be come down easy.

Look we have all made our fair share of mistakes! We have also all made a fair share of hard choices, harder than you know. But what I must clarify is there is more to what meets the eye in every circumstance – you can either take it or leave it but not all things need to be at their fullest to be at their greatest.

 

“Not all things need to be at their fullest to be at their greatest.” – Chris Furlong

Protect and Understand

 

Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you. Proverbs 2:11

Well I think this would have to be the most appropriate verse in terms of walking the walk, and talking the talk as a Christian. Discretion is the “quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.” by following this (not judging people, not gossiping and crossing lines) it will protect you from stirring trouble or a muck! Now if we have an understanding (wisdom) we should be able to be guarded from the world. The things which seem to suck us in so innocently, yet end up blowing up in our faces. So if we fully understand (all contexts) then we shall be guarded! But to understand all contexts we need to know our Lord! and seek his wisdom!

 

That's my opinion anyway…

“We fight with the hardest things the world throws at us, but we can easily conquer them with the Lord.: – Chris Furlong

Interesting turn of events…

Well I not really going to be very descriptive tonight but, I’ve had a rather interesting w/e, with work, friends, homework, music, events and church.

There is so much that goes on in our lives, more than we don't realise (in others). We think we understand things, when really there is so much more, we think we have it right when really it is all wrong, we also think and try to do it on our own and make it what it isn't.. the thing is people we can only do our best. But what we define best as is a different story!

Depending on our decisions, morals, religion or choices, what we see fit for right and wrong will vary, which is fine, but one thing that remains the same is the underlining fact of what love should be!

Don't mind me – just venting at things which seem to annoy me.

"Marriage is not a “trial and error” proposition. Dating shouldn’t be either – unless you want to practice divorce. Marriage is a lifetime commitment. It must not be taken lightly. Any pursuit of intimate relationships with the opposite sex should be honouring to what God created, the sanctity of marriage, not selfish fun.” – Chris Furlong

1 Corinthians 13:4–8a
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails ...

The World As We Know It…

Hey all just a quick one tonight…
Here is a map of the world generated via Facebook with the interconnected sets of networks/relationships. Please know there was no original world map picture!

Click for full size (Note 56k users)

With that it mind, my day was ok (not well, sprained ankle is till sore) but apart from that I learnt a few new things about myself, which made me happy!

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. – Galatians 6:9
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. Mark Twain

A Review of Quotes

Here be a list of quotes I have blogged:

1. "Some of the best lessons are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom of the future." Dale Turner

2. "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." Mahatma Ghandi

3. "Coincidence is not random but rather probability at it's best" - Chris Furlong

4. "The dreams of your future have no room for the devastation's of your past." – Weekly Wisdom

5. "If people worked as a team for a common cause, an individuals path would be simpler" –Chris Furlong

6. “To move on we must take one step at a time, but to get over something we need to jump in with two feet" - Chris Furlong

7. "Ones sacrifice is another's loss, while ones loss is also their sacrifice" - Chris Furlong

8. Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise." - Anon.

9. "The best way to predict your future is to create it." - Anon.

10. “May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future” – Chris Furlong

11. “Stress is merely the minds perception of inadequacy in achieving a desired goal… the only way to beat this is to do your best” – Chris Furlong

12. “If we do our best how can we fail? Failing is only relevant to a number or score but not ones best knowledge.” – Chris Furlong

13. “Life is full of failure… but success is created by trying and persevering” – Chris Furlong

14. "Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted." - John Lennon

15. “Planning a dream takes 3 things; goals, determination and time” – Chris Furlong

16. “Sometimes stress is just your body telling you to stop being lazy and just do what needs to be done, before it is too late” – Chris Furlong

17. “If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.”  Mark Twain

18. “Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.” – Unknown

19. “To find true success we first must find the best in us, then we will reach our true potential” – Chris Furlong

20. “Your reality should be your identity, not showing who want to be or need to be, but showing your character” – Chris Furlong

21. “You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future” –Unknown

22. “Don't let the world influence you but let the world be influenced by you” – Chris Furlong

23.  “A little pain for a long term gain.” – N/A

24. “The more we deny change, the reality is, change is here to stay.” – Chris Furlong

25. “Perfection may be impossible but we can perfect our best!” – Chris Furlong

26. “Todays technology is already old tomorrow” – Chris Furlong

27. "Maturity and  humility are like one – it takes one to be the other” – Chris Furlong

28. Knowing God's Word will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from knowing His Word. – Weekly Wisdom

29. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called Present. - Anonymous

30. “A real friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Unknown

31. If you don't feel like you're getting the love you should get, then maybe you should ask yourself if you're giving the love you should give. – Weekly Wisdom

32. “It's surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time” - Barbara Kingsolver

33. “The past was the present future” – Chris Furlong

34. “Nothing means everything” – Chris Furlong

35. "Change is what you make it and what you make it will change" Chris Furlong

36. “Life is like a box a chocolates, you never know what you going to get” – Forest Gump

37. “Today is the beginning of creating tomorrows future…what will you do?” – Chris Furlong

38. “God has season in our lives… He is creating something you’ll enjoy in the future. You may not understand it today but a month, or a year later, you’ll experience the benefits of the new growth he was watering.” – A Book

39. The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge. - Daniel J. Boorstin

40. There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem. - Harold Stephens

41. “If you are worried about the concerned, then really you should be concerned about why your worrying”  
- Chris Furlong

42. Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress. - Alfred Montapert

43. “To move forward you must progress, but to progress you must move forward.” – Chris Furlong

44. Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.- Barry LePatner

45. “When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.” - Wayne Dyer

46. “Acceptance is a matter of fixing your idea of being inadequate, when really all you need to do to be accepted is be yourself.” – Chris Furlong

47 .“Leave the past as yesterday and keep tomorrow for the future, but most of all keep the present today and keep it that way!” –Chris Furlong

Please Note these are only from my blogs, I assure you that these are a touch of what I have hidden away in files and other literature.

Come Away

So it was a year ago (exactly) in which I thought a lot would change – well I mean it did change, my whole life changed, but i thought it was going to be a change of hardship, a change into something I would never want to experience.

But the Lord had a plan for me, and I'm not saying the year was perfect but it changed me into the better man I am today. We all tend to have our good years and our bad ones, but now that I have made it to this day finally I can say I have come away as a better man!

So from today I shall make it the day in which new beginnings will begin, new plans will begin to prosper and I will make it a year to begin great and wild memories to remember.

This year will be where opportunities are made for me and my life and for all that is in it.

“Leave the past as yesterday and keep tomorrow for the future, but most of all keep the present today and keep it that way!” –Chris Furlong

In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. – Proverbs 16:9

Quick

I am very tired so here is a Quote for the day and a scripture.

“Acceptance is a matter of fixing your idea of being inadequate, when really all you need to do to be accepted is be yourself.” – Chris Furlong

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.
1 Samuel 16:7

The Judge

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.- Barry LePatner

To judge or not to judge? Is this really a question? I mean in all sense regardless of your moral and religion, we all naturally judge to an extent in which would be harmless. But we also tend judge to far – we seem presume, assume that what we see is what we get, what they say is what the speak, what they do is what they live. At some level of modesty yes, someone wearing black eyeliner or has multiple gothic symbols over their body could be taken as a Goth – we can think that for sure but maybe they are someone who has a liking for symbols and simply overdo their eyeliner?

Judging is state of forming an opinion or estimation of something. It can be to make a decision or reach a conclusion after examining all factors. Now realistically to gather all factors of a person this would take an extent of a relationship to at least form some conclusion of someone – yet then again friendships aren't always the truth, sometimes you think you know it all when really you know nothing. So to judge someone (in a technical) sense this would require you to know the person, examine their characteristics and have knowledge of their life.

I don't think seeing someone for 30 seconds down the street is covering all factors…

So what do we call it? Someone who does this 30 second judging?

I think the best way to name it would be :

A Presumptuous, Assumptuous, Acquisition in response to ones insecurities, jealousy and the failure to identify themselves.

 

“When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.” - Wayne Dyer

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Luke 6:37

To Progress or to Move?

Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress. - Alfred Montapert

There’s a saying that goes “to move forward you must progress, but to progress you must move forward” and in most cases we do. But through life – everyone's life, we all experience a little something called hardship. That's right nothing comes easy in this world, in one way or another some work is involved, its more that fact on how much we measure this work.

In terms of a hardship this will vary from person to person, some will encounter more than others, while some may suffer for an extensive period of time. Regardless of the time or amount, this is a common factor to all our lives. When this ‘hardship’ occurs we usually have some sense of support whether it is a family member a friend or simply that person who has concern for you. Their most common responses are: let go, move on, it will be ok, just give it time, time will tell, you are strong, one step at a time…

These are all true in the sense they are meant, yet in order to progress from this hardship it may just depend on the motion in which you are taking. You can rock that horse forever yet it will never achieve a distance, you can try to progress but without a real horse it would be impossible.

What we tend to do is position ourselves on this horse – unknowingly, and we tend to ponder, think and conceive thought about our situation, going over and over the situation in a sense to overcome it, yet all we do is seem to rock that horse, run in circles and cause ourselves to be only more rundown by focusing on the problem, rather then taking the necessary steps to move on, to let go, to make it be ok!

What those steps are is a question i cannot answer – depending on your hardship or situation, your steps will vary.

But what my point is, you can choose to rock your horse and think your moving forward or you can move forward and choose to take the steps (you will know where to start) in order to begin moving forward and leaving this hardship behind!

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“To move forward you must progress, but to progress you must move forward.” – Chris Furlong

“I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, show yourself a man, and observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk in his ways, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and requirements, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go, – 1 Kings 2:2-3

Too worried to be concerned?

There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem. - Harold Stephens

I guess this brings a whole new perspective to when someone says their worried about you or when they say they are concerned about you.

In some sense, they can be taken either way but to be concerned it needs to be relevant to you, it is something which you know is a problem  and you know it needs to be fixed. Where as a worry would be - your not so sure what is going on and you want to get to the bottom of it with the hope to help at the same time.

Now with this all in mind – next time you say your concerned or worried, make sure you understand your context or someone who may think to much or take things a little to personal may pick up that – all your trying to do while worrying is snoop and see what the problem is (get some Goss), or maybe they are a care bear and truly are concerned about you and want to help pick you up as they know what you are going through…

“If you are worried about the concerned, then really you should be concerned about why your worrying”  
- Chris Furlong

“Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance- for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise” Proverbs 1:5-6

What do you know?

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge. - Daniel J. Boorstin

In all that we do, in all that we set out to achieve we set out to achieve  goals through a pure mindset of whatever mindset we have. the only thing stopping us from achieving these things is the illusion of knowledge in which we think we have. Like how when we wish to draw a picture we can picture it, render it and dream how it would be and look and even be visualized in our minds, yet when we try to draw it always seems to be everything but right.

In order to find and discover what ever it is we are chasing, sometimes we need to redefine the knowledge we are missing or provide the concept to someone with the knowledge. When we attempt to achieve something we do it to our best (usually), however it is impossible to beat something which we don't know..

Knowledge:

“the fact or state of knowing; the perception of fact or truth; clear and certain mental apprehension.”

Another aspect of this is gossip, acquisitions, presumptions and assumptions. When someone tells a lie, a fib, gossip or a story it is the reiteration of ones notation. It is their perception of the truth or the facts in which they believe happened…

That's part of it anyway!

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. – Proverbs 3:7-8

A Season

“God has season in our lives… He is creating something you’ll enjoy in the future. You may not understand it today but a month, or a year later, you’ll experience the benefits of the new growth he was watering.” – A Book

He repays a man for what he has done; he brings upon him what his conduct disserves. – John 34:11

The New Year

- Please Note -
The following blog may tend to jump around or seem somewhat misleading.. just read it and any questions email me (link on the side) otherwise read it as a vent and maybe consider it as your own and make it relevant to your own life.

So it's finally the end of the year, the end to many things good and bad I guess but also the end to a past, an end to mistakes, an end to many things but most of all an end to a year of change. That's right this year was a year of big change. A year where I learnt lessons, I learnt to move on and I learnt to let go. I started uni which was a major change from school but now it's like second nature.

As we grow older its amazing how the things we cherished as a child become out grown and its usually the little things, the more peculiar things in which we seem to take notice or appreciate. – or maybe that's just me… A year ago from now my life was as planned as i had scoped out.. however we all know murphy's law, irony and coincidence is always just around the corner..

The more i planned the more i seemed to estimate and predict – yet what we usually plan is usually irrelevant to the negative things – we usually plan things to success, to ease, to wealth and to dream which we predict will come true. (opps big mistake)

I guess the biggest part of this year was growing in GOD along with reviewing myself and realizing who I need to trust (GOD). Obviously we all have our hardships and our moments we shine, but also we need to have our times to grow.  I'll be honest going into 2011 I will miss 2010 and all the moments that built up to it, however 2011 will be a year of productivity, a year I can restart, refresh and redevelop priorities and decisions in life.

A year i can continue to dream – reiterate my plan and re-write the unwritten story of my life. “Life is like a box a chocolates, you never know what you going to get” – Forest Gump

With my head held high and my sight on the future the past will be left in the shadows... Let's just hope they don't choose to return…

If I could sum up 2010 it would have to be "A year of change, a year of acceptance, a year of growth, a year of pain, a year of study, a year of realisation, a year of formalities, a year of schedule, a year of plans, a year of dreams, a year of the unexpected, a year of fun, a year of measure and a year of somewhat different.”

If i could predict the year ahead of us now 2011 and what i expect it would have to be:

A year of clarity, redefining, expectations, dreams, experience, ideas and most of all the best i can make it!

QUOTE – A sum up!

“Today is the beginning of creating tomorrows future, what will you do?” – Chris Furlong

VERSE

Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 24:14