Christmas Thoughts

Clifton Mill in Clifton, Ohio is the site of this Christmas display with over 3.5 million lights. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Today I consider the meaning of Christmas as it applies to life today. Don’t worry I won’t get too deep.

We have been given a gift that we don’t have to accept, but if we do, there’s nothing we can do to return it.

Think about that. Just for believing in what that day means and who that baby was/is we are given the given the gift of everlasting life. John 3:16

What do we do with that now?

Now we operate as if we have to compete against one another to get ahead. We tear one another down, we lose time with our family and friends for the sake of trying to get “ahead”. We lose sleep and treat our bodies like machines and wear our insomnia as a badge of honor just to live the “good life”. Have we ever thought about the fact that the largest increase/breakthrough/ come-up we’ve ever received we didn’t have to do a thing to get it but believe?

Why don’t we try that on everything. Certainly if the price has been paid on the most that we can ever walk out of this life with, there’s nothing that can keep us from the rest of the gifts that God has in store for us. Not a nap, or skipping overtime to hang out with family, or spending a few extra minutes on the phone with someone who we love that needs an ear. Going into 2014, I challenge all of my readers to activate their gift receiving power and BELIEVE.

Believe that if God has put it on your heart to do great things, that He will guide you to what He has in store. Your purpose is not resting on how long you can stay awake, or how much extra money you throw in the collection plate, but it is ALL tied to whether or not your can endure to the end. Matthew 24:13 & Ecclesiastes 9:11

It’s really hard to endure, if you don’t believe.

I try to shy away from being too Preachy, especially considering how much of a potty mouthed Sailor I’ve been over the years, but even beyond my gratuitous use of unpleasant words I believe. I usually save a post like this for my close friends and family in either an email or a post on Facebook, but I appreciate the journey that you all have taken with me and I want you to get to know all sides of M.E. 🙂

I love you all, Merry Christmas. Eat some Macaroni & Cheese for me and hug your family!

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BIGGEST BBQ DAY OF THE F-in YEAR

And what was once my favorite BBQ restaurant wants to close until well after my birthday. This is the type of stuff that happens on and near my birthday. Excuses, restaurant/ club closures, people out of town, or me having to be out of town in some bum-fuckety corner of the country, I’m tired.


So, now that I’ve gotten that out. My birthday always gets shitted on. To the point that I don’t even try hard anymore. This year, which is one of my last years in my twenties, I thought that I would enjoy a no fuss no muss celebration at the family home and nobody would have to cook.

WRONG

The restaurant, which I love enough to follow on social media, decided to put out an impromptu closure notice, TONIGHT! Those of you that know me and have been reading my stuff for a while know that one of my biggest fears is to already be pissed off, then have something come and extra-piss me off in the middle of it. I’m so mad I don’t even know where to begin.

It’s not the time and effort that I put into getting this together, I learned my lesson on that when I used to try to do multiple day extravaganzas that people couldn’t afford to attend so they’d just show up to the free thing. It’s the fact that after almost three complete decades the cycle has not been broken.

My resolution:

Fuck staying in the country, fuck calling around, fuck planning in advance….
1.I’m only rolling with whoever shows the hell up next birthday.
2. I’m not doing anything for the sake of anyone else’s budget, can’t afford it, catch the pics on Instagram
3. I’m doing nothing other than exactly whatever in the hell I want from the now until the day I die.

There’s no reason that I should not be able to enjoy however much time I have here on Earth, and sometimes that means disappearing and seeing the world.

My New Goal:
I want all the money in the world. Literally, I’m going to travel as far as I can stand, and I’m going to exchange $20 American everywhere I go for whatever the currency is in that country/region. I know that I started off on a potty-mouthed rant, but I know what I want now. I’ve said it since I was a kid, but it took until this birthday season to figure out what that really means. I’ll blog about it…. you’ll know if I did it or not.

Thanks for reading. 🙂