Life is what you make it… it’s not predetermined. Your fate isn’t reality, you create actuality.
You say you’ve never taken the easy way, you’ve diverted to the path less traveled, you’ve experienced things others have not, so why should you hold back on the path of love?
This is not the conservative path or the road most often taken. It’s not the easy way, the no brainer. This is the road less traveled, but lined with passion, fire, desire and drive. If you decide to quit this, to play it safe and go with the flow, then how often will you wonder what it would have been like if you had taken the passionate road less traveled. What would you have missed out on? Do you want those regrets later, or will you face your fears now? Dive into the flame of commitment, feel the heat on your skin until you can’t feel it any longer…. until the flame refines you into the man that everyone can respect and hold in high esteem as the one who defined love and found everlasting in it.
Don’t let go of something this precious, you only live once so you better think twice.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Completely off Topic, but totally necessary- The 7 Most Annoying Things Grocery Shoppers Do...
As a four-year, over-worked and under appreciated associate of the only grocery store where, "shopping is a pleasure," I feel compelled to inform the general public (considering all of you shop for groceries at some point in your lives) of the seven things that customers do, say, or ask that drive us (or at least my self) absolutely crazy...
1. "Do you work here?"
This is when I feel like saying, "No, I just felt like wearing a vibrant lime green vest and bow tie to match the other 10 cashiers today... I don't actually work here, just like the color."
Seriously?
2. People who ask where things are when they are clearly labeled.
I recently encountered a situation where I was on a 30 minute break, on the cellphone, and down the tampon isle when a man literally ran up to me frantically asking where rice was. I was thinking, "this guy really couldn't find anyone else to ask?" Instead I pointed to the sign right above his head labeling the next isle over "RICE"
3. "Are you open?"
If my light is off, my closed sign is out, or I have a drawer full of money sitting on the counter that I am organizing to take to the office, (or any combination of the three) I am closed. duh.
If my light is on, and there are people standing in line, and I am ringing up groceries, I am open. In this case it is unnecessary to yell over a line of people to ask the cashier if she is open!
4. People who complain about things I can't change.
For example, the store is too cold, how bad the music is, things have been moved around, the line is too long, the customer in front of them has more than 10 items in the express lane, the screaming child on isle 13, it's storming outside... I could go on for days.
5. Selective Readers
This includes customers who decide they can't read when they come into the clearly labeled 10 items or fewer line with two carts full of groceries. Or those people who think that a coupon that says $5 off a purchase of $50 or more qualifies for their $20 purchase.
My personal favorite is , "Well, the sign said it was on sale..." Do you seriously think I'm just going to take your word for it? So every time I hear that one, I do the routine... I have the customer walk me to the sign, and then I read to them what the sign says... often times clearing up the misconception that just because there is a sign in front of the green beans that says buy one get one free, doesn't mean the WHOLE isle is buy one get one free. Learn to READ!
6. People who treat me like I'm an idiot but can't even speak proper English, or the language at all.
These customers are the most amusing of the bunch. Just because I might have a lousy job at the moment doesn't mean that your grammatically incorrectly speaking, double negative using, redundant self is better than me just because you're on the other side of the counter. I find pride in using my extravagant vocabulary at these times, just to be malicious ;-)
7. Men who try to "pick-up" dates while checking-out at the grocery line.
In fact, the other night an older man asked me if I was, "Miss Publix" and if he could pick me up after work. Some men find it necessary to pick up magazines off of the stands to show me the cover girl of a Sports Illustrated, and tell me I look like her... ( on this particular occasion it was Beyonce). The older men are really funny, especially with their beer in one hand, and Depends in the other; with an almost creepy smile, I've been asked if I'd like to come to his place and have a drink or two. Are you kidding me?!?
I also find it prudent to inform all readers that with any opportunity to talk to the nearest associate (whether it be break, closing, or just slow-time) we DO talk about the craziest customers, and the foolishly irritating things they do, and make fun. So if you ever find yourself tempted to get angry because your tomatoes rang up 50 cents more than you thought they should, or you think your Oreo's are Buy One Get One Free and they aren't, or maybe you just think your cashier is hott, hold your tongue... because 50 cents really doesn't matter (it just makes us want to throw two quarters at you), and you really don't need an extra box of Oreo's while your dieting, and your cashier is probably under age or completely grossed out by you.
:-)
1. "Do you work here?"
This is when I feel like saying, "No, I just felt like wearing a vibrant lime green vest and bow tie to match the other 10 cashiers today... I don't actually work here, just like the color."
Seriously?
2. People who ask where things are when they are clearly labeled.
I recently encountered a situation where I was on a 30 minute break, on the cellphone, and down the tampon isle when a man literally ran up to me frantically asking where rice was. I was thinking, "this guy really couldn't find anyone else to ask?" Instead I pointed to the sign right above his head labeling the next isle over "RICE"
3. "Are you open?"
If my light is off, my closed sign is out, or I have a drawer full of money sitting on the counter that I am organizing to take to the office, (or any combination of the three) I am closed. duh.
If my light is on, and there are people standing in line, and I am ringing up groceries, I am open. In this case it is unnecessary to yell over a line of people to ask the cashier if she is open!
4. People who complain about things I can't change.
For example, the store is too cold, how bad the music is, things have been moved around, the line is too long, the customer in front of them has more than 10 items in the express lane, the screaming child on isle 13, it's storming outside... I could go on for days.
5. Selective Readers
This includes customers who decide they can't read when they come into the clearly labeled 10 items or fewer line with two carts full of groceries. Or those people who think that a coupon that says $5 off a purchase of $50 or more qualifies for their $20 purchase.
My personal favorite is , "Well, the sign said it was on sale..." Do you seriously think I'm just going to take your word for it? So every time I hear that one, I do the routine... I have the customer walk me to the sign, and then I read to them what the sign says... often times clearing up the misconception that just because there is a sign in front of the green beans that says buy one get one free, doesn't mean the WHOLE isle is buy one get one free. Learn to READ!
6. People who treat me like I'm an idiot but can't even speak proper English, or the language at all.
These customers are the most amusing of the bunch. Just because I might have a lousy job at the moment doesn't mean that your grammatically incorrectly speaking, double negative using, redundant self is better than me just because you're on the other side of the counter. I find pride in using my extravagant vocabulary at these times, just to be malicious ;-)
7. Men who try to "pick-up" dates while checking-out at the grocery line.
In fact, the other night an older man asked me if I was, "Miss Publix" and if he could pick me up after work. Some men find it necessary to pick up magazines off of the stands to show me the cover girl of a Sports Illustrated, and tell me I look like her... ( on this particular occasion it was Beyonce). The older men are really funny, especially with their beer in one hand, and Depends in the other; with an almost creepy smile, I've been asked if I'd like to come to his place and have a drink or two. Are you kidding me?!?
I also find it prudent to inform all readers that with any opportunity to talk to the nearest associate (whether it be break, closing, or just slow-time) we DO talk about the craziest customers, and the foolishly irritating things they do, and make fun. So if you ever find yourself tempted to get angry because your tomatoes rang up 50 cents more than you thought they should, or you think your Oreo's are Buy One Get One Free and they aren't, or maybe you just think your cashier is hott, hold your tongue... because 50 cents really doesn't matter (it just makes us want to throw two quarters at you), and you really don't need an extra box of Oreo's while your dieting, and your cashier is probably under age or completely grossed out by you.
:-)
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Revelation
I have been crucified in Christ, It is no longer I who lives, but Christ who lives in me...
How can I deny a Savior who sacrificed his life so freely for me, a wreckless sinner? I turn my back on him so many times, the same sin over and over again. I close the door only to reopen it later. How can I know I'm making this decision for the right reason? It aches like a sword piercing through my soul, my heart is in my throat, my knees are week and my head wants to explode. However I realize the time has come to seriously consider His dedication to me, requiring a response of loyalty and head over heels passion for Him. I yearn for Him to wipe the tears from the eyes of the one I know is affected by my decisions, by my wrong choices, and by my procrastination. I am so sorry.
"With all creation I sing, praise to the King of Kings, you are my everything, and I will adore you!"
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Not Quite in Love
Nothing is ever certain. Right when we think we have things all figured out something happens that confuses us even more. Have you ever been there?
Love is a dynamic thing, you can't just fall into it. It's not like your just walking along one day and you just happen to plummet into this hole called love. True love is work. It requires patience, kindness, faithfulness, honesty, and understanding. Why do I use the "L" word so lightly then? That's exactly what I'm trying to figure out. We falsely advertise our feelings with this word, we use it like money to pay for what we want, most of all we've tainted love. When you decide to make that commitment to truly loving someone, make it real; but when your unsure, don't use it! It's time to refine true love, one person at a time, one mouth at a time, one usage at a time.
Love is a dynamic thing, you can't just fall into it. It's not like your just walking along one day and you just happen to plummet into this hole called love. True love is work. It requires patience, kindness, faithfulness, honesty, and understanding. Why do I use the "L" word so lightly then? That's exactly what I'm trying to figure out. We falsely advertise our feelings with this word, we use it like money to pay for what we want, most of all we've tainted love. When you decide to make that commitment to truly loving someone, make it real; but when your unsure, don't use it! It's time to refine true love, one person at a time, one mouth at a time, one usage at a time.
1 Corinthians 13:1-8 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Life is entertaining, unpredictable, amusing, and at times confusing. I'm just a young woman trying to figure it all out, get ahead, and jump on the train destined for success. Hop on the train with me, the future lies upon the unavoidable tracks, and it's sure to be a wild ride.
“…No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him…” 1 Corinthians 2:9
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