I saw this video...

And it reminded me of this:

Need I say more.

Certain events have transpired that have caused me to become contemplative about the past.  I would like to take action, however I feel that I should leave the past in the past.  A missed opportunity is a missed opportunity.

34 "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.  -Matthew 6:34 (ESV)

Funny how it doesn't say anything about yesterday. 

It was in the 60's in Texas for the first time in months!  Feels so good.

It's been seven years since our country was attacked, eight years since I hung up my uniform for the last time, and five years since I lost a friend to the war. Much has happened since that day for me personally.

I still reflect and wonder how things would be different, if I did not have to hang up my uniform and box away that part of my life. As I become older I reflect less on that. However, I reflect more on what it is that we are to be remembering. Are we to remember the lives lost that day? The magnitude of the tragedy? Or something far deeper? I say that it is something far deeper.

As time passes a new generation will rise; a generation that will not remember with vividness the towers coming down and the dark smoke against the blue sky. Sure they will see the old news footage, but will they have a sense of the profound meaning of it all? Maybe, maybe not; much of it depends on how we tell the story. Are we going to shelter the younger generation and sugar coat it, by glossing over it? They need to see and learn about the harsh reality of it all. It’s going to reopen a lot wounds for many people, but that is what is necessary for the children of today to grow a deeper understanding of what is happening today. They need to know what the fight is about today. We need to make the enemy clear for them.

What attacked us that day was not a nation, but an ideology; an ideology that was perpetrated by false teachings and originated by a false prophet. That’s right, false teachings and false prophet. This is religious war weather we like to call it that or not. Religious wars have been happening for centuries and even in this modern day. However, we, as a nation, were insulated from this with our ideals of a society with a freedom of religion. Well, unfortunately the world is imperfect.

We were attacked not because of our freedoms. We were attacked for our religion (or lack thereof for some). There is no amount of weaponry or force that can end this kind of war. This is a war that is not fought in the desert or the mountains. It is a war fought in the hearts and souls of the lost. This will be a war that will see no end until the end times. We have a choice to make. Take on the urgency of the times and spread the Good News, or sit idly by.

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Well, it has been a little over a week since my post linked above.  Wow, the fallout has been spectacular.  As of today the LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens has rescinded the English only provision...for now.  However, I have to ask how much damage has been done?  For somebody who worries about sponsorship money pissed off a lot of sponsors (most from Asia) and media outlets.  From what I am reading about Bivens and her attempts to market the LPGA Tour, I have to conclude she is an idiot and incompetent.  This article sums up her mistakes pretty well: http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/columns/story?columnist=adelson_eric&id=3571125.  But, this time around she managed to piss pretty much everyone (players, sponsors, media, and fans) off at the same time.  It takes a level of incompetence to that.

How she has stayed in her job that long, I don't know.

This long weekend was entertaining...somewhat. 

I spent most of Saturday at Sonic helping out with a fund raiser for church for our China Missions team.  I was there from 9:00 till 3:00.  I was pretty tired out after that, (more so since I only got 3 hours of sleep the night before).  The rest of the day was spent napping, loafing, and reading. 

On Sunday, I had to be at church early to take care of a few technology issues.  Well, when I got there it turns out those issues were more complex that I had anticipated.  Needless to say I will have to come up with a work-around in the next few days.  i had lunch with a different crowd of people.  I was a little disappointed in the choice of eating establishment.  The food was over priced for what it was.  Lunch was capped off at Yougurtland.  (I really should post a review on these places on my other blog...but that's another entry in itself).  I enjoyed the company at both places however.

That evening, I had plans to go play some golf.  However, something more enjoyable came up.  T invited me to go to an outdoor concert/picnic/movie at the Dallas Arboretum.  It had been a while since I heard a wind symphony, so I was more than willing to go.  It was also more enticing to go because I learned that certain people would be there (some of those said people did not show up).  I enjoyed the concert immensely.  The Arboretum on the lake made for a gorgeous setting.  I really want to go back there, but i wll need a reason (read: companion, read: female companion).  The movie was the Princess Bride, I had seen it before (several times, as did much of the audience), however one of my companions had not seen it before.  All in all a nice midpoint to a long weekend. 

Monday, i had dimsum with several people.  That was an event in itself.  I really enjoyed the variety we were able to get.  Nobody had real objections to anythings.  However, the real fun started when a few of us went to the mall (in the words of one of our group: two couples and a fifth wheel [something I really objected to{and no I was not the "fifth wheel"}]).  I suppose the low point for me (possibly the high point for the others) was when two of my companions decided to put together an ensemble for me to try on at A/X (Armani Exchange).  I tried it on to humor them.  I was really uncomfortable to say the least.  The jeans hung to low, the shirts were too tight across the lower body (not to mention the sleaves being too long), and the vest felt too small.  Theere is a video of his pending or may already be up as of this post.  I'll leave it to you to find it.  However, I did find a store that was more my style that I will have to go back to.  We eventually parted ways, and I ended the day at home reading some more.  All in all a good long weekend.

However, I do want to go back to my title.  I was told over the weekend that I was too uptight.  I dressed too uptight and I acted old.  Okay, I admit that I may act a little old, but tht's just who I am.  But, dress to uptight?  okay so I don't wear designer jeans.  Wranglers and Levi's are the two brands that I wear; both are cheap, durable, and comfortable.  I rarely wear t-shirts, if I do it's usually becuse I am working out, playing sports, or doing manual labor.  I rarely if ever wear sandals, I will only wear them if there is a reason to.  Now does this make me uptight?  I don't think so. 

I should also take this time for some counter spin.  Over the weekend I arrived at two events with the same person (read: girl) in the same car.  I want to take this time to emphasis that there is nothing substantive going on.  There is no reason for me to consider using my "gift" card (for those that don't understand, just nod your haeds and read on).  Knowing how people like to talk without thinking, I feel I need to make this clear.