"Hand in Hand is the only way to Land,"

We move like cagey tigers
We couldn't get closer than this
The way we walk
The way we talk
The way we stalk
The way we kiss

We slip through the streets
While everyone sleeps
Getting bigger and sleeker
And wider and brighter
We bite and scratch and scream all night
Let's go and
Throw all the songs we know

Into the sea
You and me
All these years and no one heard
I'll show you in spring
It's a treacherous thing
We missed you hissed the lovecats

(Ba ba-da...da da da da da...)

We're so wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully
Wonderfully pretty
Oh you know that I'd do anything for you
We should have each other to tea huh?
We should have each other with cream
Then curl up by the fire
And sleep for awhile
It's the grooviest thing
It's the perfect dream

Hand in hand
Is the only way to land
And always the right way round
Not broken in pieces
Like hated little meeces
How could we miss
Someone as dumb as this

I love you ... let's go
Oh ... solid gone ...
How could we miss someone as dumb
As this?


Love this song...Hope they play it! and it seems to fit ; )

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry......

Oh yeah, sneak preview of The Incredible Hulk! Hooray for being one of the first to see it and as usual I am running late! I'll let the world know my thoughts later on. Let's all forget about Ang Lee...shall we? Come Ang who?

I read chapter Eight. and it asks What common task could I start doing as if I were doing it directly for Jesus? As I'm late this was is short and sweet. Be a better servant to everyone around me.

Onto the HULK and maybe more musings later!

Day Nine, but Chapter Seven

It's a Monday and everything that goes along with a Monday : )

Today's workout still was not on par. I still am feeling it in my legs from Saturday I got in about 1500 yards in the pool and a spin class. A good morning I suppose, I got up and all, but I am ready for my legs to get back to normal. Besides they say you can really focus on correct form at exhaustion. Hooray silver lining?

Also, on the tri front, rumor has it the amoeba's are already attacking and the swim may be canceled at Baldwin Park. Grrrrr stupid amoeba's!












The Naegleria fowleria amoeba is a parasite that lives in bodies of fresh water when temperatures rise above 82 degrees.


Well onto today's dose of introspection. Where in my daily routine can I become more aware of God's glory?
Here it is short and simple....Open my eyes. There is awesomeness all around me. The people the places, the sun shining, the light at the intersection that's green, the friends, the family, the ferocious beast I call a pet! looks like she could just eat your face off, huh?
There is signs in her too. How great to be dog to see everything so simply. Today's task's eat chow, wag tail, chase squirrel, go potty, chase lizards, sleep...a lot, eat more chow, sleep some more, pester K to throw 7lb tire so i can fetch it
and beat him with it till i get tired and drop it...Repeat. The lesson is still simplify. There isn't anywhere you can look and not find beauty and connections.

Quiting vs. Listening and Chapter Six

Today's run was awful. I walked out my door full of confidence that I was going on at least a 5 mile run. Then my legs reminded me that I did a time trial yesterday, that it was almost 90F out and that the humidity was pushing 70%. I was two miles in and feeling like complete crap, but still I ran, actually I had slowed to a jog at this point. Then I was going uphill and slowly started to walk. The voices started screaming in my head. Lazy, POS, you can still move forward so start moving. So I started running again. A half mile goes by my legs are burning i can feel every muscle I pushed to hard yesterday. So the internal dialog changes it becomes a debate. Are you a quitter? or are you just listening to your body? My first reaction was of course quitter, then I stopped pushing so hard and started walking. My heart rate started coming down, less burning in the legs. The debate raging on in my head. It's not easy to listen to your body. Today, I am glad I did. couple miles of running a couple miles of walking, hey at least I made it out the front door....

21 days to Baldwin Park!

Chapter Six, Thinking About My Purpose.
Life is a temporary assignment, how much easier does the world become when we know we don't have to worry about tomorrow? If Earth is only a layover onto a greater place it puts a few things into perspective. It does into the call of stewardship from before, if we are all just resting here, what can we do to help one another make this place a little more comfortable. Service to one another. Do we recognize the people in our life, help them to endure the journey our do we just place ourselves at the top of the food chain. I feel like a pendulum, I have been both, most recently I was selfish and it cost me. Previously, up until about year ago I was as giving as I could be and it was terribly abused. The lesson I suppose is about baggage, we and I need to work harder to make those around us and me more comfortable in this journey and not expect, but hope that the offer is repaid. sort of a pay it forward philosophy. The difficult component to this in my growth is working to help those i don't even know. The people who are not in my core. Over the years as I have felt my heart and kinship abused I built think walls to protect myself. I would die to protect those I truly loved. Now I am recognizing how interlaced we
are and that cutting off the rest of the world to care for so few is a wasted effort. The stewardship is in all of our hands to help and protect each other. from the person who just needs a smile to that stranger who needs help pushing their car out of the intersection. When do we get back to caring about one another?

The actual Chapter 6 question: How should the fact that life on earth is just a temporary assignment change the way I am living right now?

Lucky me I think I've answered it above. Look to help each other, teach your skills to others, be quick to offer a smile to a stranger, the world is to full of fear, we need to remember that everyone is not out to kill us and maybe with a few more smiles and kind worlds at the right times, maybe there would be less people actually out to kill one of us. Although the question goes further, I believe it pushes us to shake off the rampant materialism as well. Everyone likes nice things, I know I do. However, in light of the chapter lit seems to me life should be like a backpacking trip through Europe. Take only what you can carry, If you have to fit it in your ruck and your willing to haul it with you then you know it's important. That decided focus on the journey, take some pictures see the sites. If this our journey home then I want some pictures and memories of the journey, I want interesting dialog with new and wonderful people. I don't want more crap to shove up into my attic.

Kicking Ass and Chapter Five

Ok, so I am pretty excited. Why you may ask? Come on ask! Oh, wait I am sitting at a keyboard typing and you are wherever you are. Hmm, i guess it's just out with it. Things that make me feel like I am kicking ass:

1. I have signed up for the 1/2 Ironman in Miami! So if your in Miami on Novemeber 9th You better be cheering! Click the logo to see more about the race.


2. I have registered for the Baldwin Park sprint Triathlon! So if your in Orlando on June 29th, well you get the picture. PS my birthday is the next day...subtle plug...Click the logo to see more about the race.


3. I raced my first time TT (Time Trial) today. It was a small event to test the members of the tri club and give us a check on how were doing. The distance was approx, 8 miles. I rode the TT in 22:39 with an average speed of 21mph. I don't know about you but that kicks ass. No, I wasn't first but then neither am I a little 145lb gazelle....yet : )

On to the Purpose Driven Life,
Shame on me for missing a couple of days. But as with all things in life, there are times when we stumble and fall and it would appear that in a round about way I am receiving encouragement to continue the process and tear down these walls! : ) It has been a good journey, Joel Osteen, whether you like him or not had an interesting lecture I'll call it. He doesn't really strike me as a true pastor, more like a teacher. But that's for another time. anyway he was talking about how God has the power to turn back time and provide you with make up time so to speak. If you work at recovering and repairing the things that led you down the path that got you into whatever situation your in. Isn't that excellent motivation? It feels like removing a stone from your shoe on a long hike, letting go of some this baggage we carry around. I digress...

Chapter five's nugget of thought: What has happened to me recently that I now realize was a test from God? What are the greatest matters God has entrusted to me?

Ironically, I was just telling this story the other day. My answer here is two fold. One, please see my post on Roosters and Jesus. If you don't want to read about roosters skip to the bottom. The rooster part is rather funny though. Second, I think part of the test is having the bravery to share the story, not just absently on the blog, but with people who need to hear that God can touch us.
As far as the matters entrusted to me? It is the weight of the world. Part of the trials for eternity include stewardship of the planet. Now, i don't me that in a left wing don't drill in ANWR kind of way. Let's tackle that thorny bush later... But in a and here is where i go all hippie, act locally, think globally kind of way. Do right by the planet and the creatures that inhabit it, in your daily choices, as you would for others. I believe my other mission is to encourage the golden rule. Do unto others, etc. Sometimes people think I'm overly sarcastic, obnoxious, caustic, oh so many euphemisms for me. As an aside, i have also been told thats one of my more attractive qualities :) But, i like to encourage people to think about the long term implications of their behavior and to remember the important things in life. It doesn't mean I am beyond making the same mistakes. Everyone knows I "F" up as much if not more than the next person. But the matter entrusted to me is to get back on the bike, learn from those mistakes and encourage others to do the same.

One question I liked from the Chapter was for others as well. So I ask you "How do you see your life?"

Now get out there and: