This is about the time when news coverage on Haiti starts to trail off... but the need for recovery efforts and support is as dire as it was the moment the ground started shaking. Already being the most impoverished nation in the Western hemisphere makes it all the more important to send support, in any way we can. Every little bit helps. I'd offer my services as a pilot if the need was there... but the AOPA and gov't officials make a good point with saying our $$ would be better served in sending the money we'd use on gas just in getting there. It would be remiss of me to not put *something* here, tho.
I have PLENTY more I want to write on, but just a little something for now.
In the past year I've considered turning this journal into more than just an occasional thought repository. The question has really centered around *IF* I want to expand my online presence, and to what degree... I've cut out so many useless/harmful things in my life, simplified my focus to a few critical goals, and it's made everything so much clearer and opened up so much free time to focus on things i can build upon. Unproductive time online has been very much reduced, among other things.
What use is there to an online journal, then? Sure it helps me collect and organize my thoughts and experiences. But one thing that stuck out in my time at Oklahoma was a sermon at the church right around the corner from where I lived... a personal account, actually, from one of the friendliest and most active guys I met in that community. He told his account of how he came to know Christ, and how he wants his life to be an open book to those around him.
That's a pretty general statement... an open book. We all have things we keep personal, and for good reason. But many of us keep to ourselves aspects of our lives that need to be shared with others. Especially with those closest to us. If there's something I've kept hidden, I have to ask myself why. More often than not, it's directly linked to a problem I need to overcome. And we all know how important it is for others to walk with us through not only the good times, but the tough ones too.
If I took as many pictures as I used to, It would practically be a photo blog of recent events. The last 3 months in Oklahoma would have been a pretty good story to keep updating... road trips, go-karting, random mischief/mayhem (fyi nothing to get me arrested mind you ;-) good times with good friends, and an extremely fun/historic blizzard to be a part of. My camera has been collecting dust. This will change as soon as I get back to events worth taking pics of, and posting for everyone to see :) The last year has been very introspective, and my focus has needed to turn outward as of late.
And I want my life to be an open book, of sorts. If what fills my days are not something I would share with others (not necessarily on this journal, tho) then there's something wrong. If I had tagged previous posts with labels, I could reference some biblical reasons I've given before, lol. Maybe I'll go back and do that. I'll continue more later... as I've updated less and less on facebook. There is a place for this journal, and I have a feeling it will grow soon enough!
Don't forget about Haiti... it's not just another country, not just another Katrina, or Tsunami. Don't forget the lives that need us.
I have PLENTY more I want to write on, but just a little something for now.
In the past year I've considered turning this journal into more than just an occasional thought repository. The question has really centered around *IF* I want to expand my online presence, and to what degree... I've cut out so many useless/harmful things in my life, simplified my focus to a few critical goals, and it's made everything so much clearer and opened up so much free time to focus on things i can build upon. Unproductive time online has been very much reduced, among other things.
What use is there to an online journal, then? Sure it helps me collect and organize my thoughts and experiences. But one thing that stuck out in my time at Oklahoma was a sermon at the church right around the corner from where I lived... a personal account, actually, from one of the friendliest and most active guys I met in that community. He told his account of how he came to know Christ, and how he wants his life to be an open book to those around him.
That's a pretty general statement... an open book. We all have things we keep personal, and for good reason. But many of us keep to ourselves aspects of our lives that need to be shared with others. Especially with those closest to us. If there's something I've kept hidden, I have to ask myself why. More often than not, it's directly linked to a problem I need to overcome. And we all know how important it is for others to walk with us through not only the good times, but the tough ones too.
If I took as many pictures as I used to, It would practically be a photo blog of recent events. The last 3 months in Oklahoma would have been a pretty good story to keep updating... road trips, go-karting, random mischief/mayhem (fyi nothing to get me arrested mind you ;-) good times with good friends, and an extremely fun/historic blizzard to be a part of. My camera has been collecting dust. This will change as soon as I get back to events worth taking pics of, and posting for everyone to see :) The last year has been very introspective, and my focus has needed to turn outward as of late.
And I want my life to be an open book, of sorts. If what fills my days are not something I would share with others (not necessarily on this journal, tho) then there's something wrong. If I had tagged previous posts with labels, I could reference some biblical reasons I've given before, lol. Maybe I'll go back and do that. I'll continue more later... as I've updated less and less on facebook. There is a place for this journal, and I have a feeling it will grow soon enough!
Don't forget about Haiti... it's not just another country, not just another Katrina, or Tsunami. Don't forget the lives that need us.
