Life isn't fair...

I walk around my house now, saying in my head, over and over again, "Life is not fair; it just isn't fair," but not in a complaining spirit, but rather a flow of gratitude and joy.  

I have so much in my life that makes it easier, whether it's what my parents provided or just the norm in America.  

I see how much harder it is for others to break out of poverty when they have nothing and I have all the world in comparison.  

Convenience is depicted on a new scale when I think of all the innumerable little conveniences I've enjoyed all my life that are a daily occurrence.

-Mizzoria

You have to at least try...

Don Juan in Carlos Castaneda's A Separate Reality - 
The difference between a warrior and an ordinary man is that a warrior sees everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man sees everything as either a blessing or a curse.

Teddy Roosevelt -
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, 
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, 
who strives valiantly, 
who errs and comes up short again and again, 
because there is no effort 
without error or shortcoming . . . 
who knows the great enthusiasms, 
the great devotions; 
who spends himself in a worthy cause; 
who at the best knows in the end 
the triumph of high achievement; 
and who at the worst, 
if he fails, 
at least fails while daring greatly, 
so that his place shall never be 
with those cold and timid souls 
who know neither victory 
nor defeat.

Mizzoria~

DC and Driving

So - last week Tuesday, we went on a day-trip to D.C. after deciding to do so on Monday.  We are quite the extemporary family ...

Anyways, DC is about a 4 hour drive from our home (it took us about 5 hours, due to notorious traffic) so the day start at 5:30am getting up and prepping for the trip to leave at 6:30am.

Here are some pics from the day:

Pretty waterfalls at the Roosevelt Memorial

A quote by Roosevelt that I really like.

More pretty waterfalls...

Some neat etchings on a column

Another great quote...

Stone etchings on a wall

This one is amazingly done.  The original bronze sculpting was probably the size of my fist.

More waterfall...

This one is so true!  And it doesn't apply to only human resources but also any natural resources.

Sorry for the bad quality of this one, but it's another great quote.

This one was at the Martin Luther Memorial.

Abraham Lincoln Memorial

The Reflecting Pool which they finally remodeled!  Sadly, there was still construction fluff at the bottom.

As you can see, it was a very cloudy day, but we were just thankful that it wasn't pouring.

There were these ridiculous ducks constantly "ducking" into the water head first.

That would be me and my Dad in the lower left.

More duck...

I think my Jsis took this.

Sooooo many Canadian Geese.  I believe there were about 100 geese there.

Some fancy sword at the Aerospace Museum (weird place to display it, right?)

Capitol Hill

Prettiful flowers at the Botanical Garden

These flowers are so long and thick.

No clue what that is.

CACAO BEANS!!!!!

A neat setup in front of the Botanical Gardens.  What I really wanted to take a picture will be later zoomed in.

CAMARO!!!!!!

Pineapple

Papaya

We ended up leaving at 6:30pm and coming home at about 11pm. I got to drive the 9pm-11pm shift, which I pretty much begged for, since I get to drive the long highway section when there are almost no people and I get my quiet, introverted thinking time while everyone snoozes in the back in [*cough*almost*cough*] total silence.  One can either reminisce through the day's events or ponder the wonders of the God or just communicate with God asking Him questions and whatnot.

When do you like to drive and why?

Mizzoria~

Eulogies and Epitaphs

Remember how I got to play games for school?

Well, guess what?  I'm writing my eulogy and epitaph now.  As I need to plan what I want to do with my life and what I want people to remember about it.
So creepy and yet -
SO REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL at the same time!

It's pretty much planning your life, except it's from the end viewpoint and it's a recording of what you have done.

I think every young (and old! since it's all relative) person should do this.  Especially one with no vision or goal in life.

HA!  I have a plan on what to teach for Sunday School next week!

Mizzoria~