More than words...

we all know how the phrase goes,

 a picture is worth 1000 words.

these pictures just seem to hit my mood today.   we ALL have something that is holding us back, maybe it is scary even.   and, sometimes you need to step back to see your "full and layered" self.

-just my thoughts(images)

Dilemmas...

ok, it isn't really that dire of a situation.  but, the word dilemmas does seem to suggest there is an issue/question that requires an answer.   an answer that is difficult to generate or to implement or maybe both.

so, which is the tougher of the two?   thinking of the solution or making the solution actually happen.   i suppose it would be implementation.   big idea are easy, especially if will allow yourself to think that way.    but, to make something happen that requires more of yourself and of others.   and, there is the tough part, getting others to see your idea, agree with your idea, and then participate in making your idea tangible.
so, i guess that wasn't that hard to answer.  :)

i think all the tough questions/ dilemmas have that common thread to them.   the idea versus the actual performing tasks to make the idea happen.  performing requires moving from potential to kinetic which requires more energy.   now, this simple analysis doesn't even factor in the results that will occur, both good and bad.  see, now this is were it gets interesting.   positive results make it all worthwhile all the effort put forth with the implementation of an idea.  however, when the results suck this is where you have the camp that is all for "its better to just have the idea".   but, i think it is still tougher but more meaningful to implement the idea regardless of the result.

OK,
just a few random thoughts:
-if you tend to focus on bad luck rather than good luck, are you a optimist?
my thinking is that the optimist doesn't really believe in luck because they focus on doing what is required to make good things happen for themselves.   OR can you believe in one type of luck but not the other type?  
i tend to believe that an optimist would not believe in luck, but rather they made decisions that make positive or negative results likely based on their decisions.   things tend to be more in their control rather than some higher-being or fate.

so, with all of  that said, i would say that pessimist believe in luck (either good or bad) more than an optimist.   the pessimist has little belief in themselves and thus puts their hopes for results in the hands of luck.   just a thought and not where i thought this would go.  :)
oh well.

-just my thoughts.

Upon Reflection...

don't we always hear that?  or, maybe it is "in hindsight"?
but, there is a truth in the statements.  if you look back at the information (or data) the answers are there just waiting to be extracted.

i guess this is coming as i reflect upon the bills losing yesterday.   yes, when you look at the statistics of the team's overall play...you see that this wasn't that surprising.   but, sometimes the heart (emotions) makes us overlook what the brain (logic) is telling us.    no, this isn't some big post game analysis.   it is like i said, just something that got me thinking and i decided to use for my own self analysis.

and...

i decided that i needed to look at my attempts for weight-loss.  i am just your average guy who knows that  he needs to lose a few pounds, if not for bikini season but for overall better health.   i have been daily tracking my weight in a notebook.  but, today i decided to get "engineer" on it.   information put into excel and a chart was generated.  looking back it has been flat but with maybe a slight downward slope (good).  now, the key here was to reflect upon the information.   i could see that i wasn't getting larger but i wasn't really getting smaller.  this wasn't a news flash but i think it was just another example of getting the logic to match the emotions.   this is always a good thing.  the key take away for me wasn't the amount or lack of exercise (that was inconsistent at best) but rather on how i was eating.  

where was i?  damn, blogger with a gabby mother can be difficult.  :)  haha.

ok.  the key point i was trying to make is we all need to strive to have our logic and emotions in synch.  when we do the decisions we make will be easier.   those difficult decisions are when logic says one thing and emotion says another.   and, one way to get that synch-up is to sometimes take a step to the side (notice, not back) and truly analyze the situation, and "listen" to the analysis.

just a thought.

After the trip....

so, i just finished my 3 week tour of central europe.  actually, there was a pretty fair amount of discussion if i was touring eastern or western europe.   i decided that like my politics (hahaha) that i was in the middle and thus went with central europe.

what can i say?   well, in the most basic terms it was by far the best trip i have taken in my life to date.   but, that sorta feels like a child's favorite toy...it is always the most recent one, right?  

well, i feel that this trip was the best in terms of really allowing me to experience peoples, sights, sounds, ideas, cultures that were completely new to me.  but, i should say that i was amazed at how similar people really are in living....but is that really a shocker?    for the first time in my life, i was the "foreigner" or person who didn't speak the language.   it was very humbling; a very powerful lense to which i hope that i will look at issues of life as i move forward.

i know there is so much in my mind that is racing about what i saw and experienced.  i hope that as i continue to write here that i will work in what i learned on the trip.   and, i think i learned probably the most about myself...but that should be the way shouldn't it?

so briefly, what did i learn?

- a hello, a thank-you, a smile and shitload of humility goes a LONG way.
- you really can travel 3 weeks with 1 gym-bag of clothes.
- nobody but american tourists wear baseball hats in europe.
- the history of europe is so vast and intertwined
- a whole generation of people have been born since the fall of communism in europe
- a significant amount of reminders throughout europe about what can happen when evil people are allowed to spread their ideas.
- women wear fantastic shoes everywhere, even when pedaling their bikes.
- mcdonald's look like trendy cafes in europe but i never went into any business i would have seen in america.
- you can easily "unplug" from the internet for days at a time.  no texts, no calls, no headaches.   still nice to have internet/wifi at times though.
- european cellphones work going through tunnels.   and, they use them all the time.

i guess that is enough for now.  i just wanted to get back to writing a little bit, i mean typing.  i was actually writing in europe in a journal and damn my handwriting is horrible.

-later