CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

THE CAVS WON THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON TONIGHT AND THIS MAKES ME HAPPY.

CHOICES, CHOICES

WITH EVERY CHOICE WE MAKE THERE IS A CONSEQUENCE. WITH EVERY ACTION A REACTION. FOR THE VERY FEW OF YOU WHO READ MY BLOG OR ANYONE WHO REALLY KNOWS WHO I AM AND WHAT IM ABOUT WILL KNOW THAT I BELIEVE LOVE IS A CHOICE.

WHO WE SPEND OUR DAY WITH IS A CHOICE. WHO WE WAKE UP NEXT TO IS A CHOICE. THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS THIS. DO YOU CHOOSE LOVE? TAKE YOUR RELATIONSHIP ONE STEP FURTHER. DO YOU ACTIVELY CHOOSE LOVE? IM SURE MOST OF US WILL SAY YES. MOST OF US WILL SAY SURE I LOVE MY WIFE OR HUSBAND OR PARTNER, BUT DO YOU REALLY? IS THE LOVE YOU HAVE FABRICATED FROM A HOLLYWOOD STAND POINT? ARE YOU WAKING UP EVERYDAY WITH A FAIRYTALE ENDING?

THE LOVE I HAVE COME TO KNOW IS THIS. SACRIFICE, PAIN, ECT. THINK ABOUT THE WEDDING VOWS. "BETTER OR WORSE, RICH OR POORER, SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH"

IM NOT SAYING THAT IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE THAT IT IS ALWAYS A HARDSHIP, IN FACT I AM SAYING THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE, BUT WHAT IM ASKING YOU IS THIS. ARE YOU READY FOR THE HARD TIMES? ARE YOU JUST GOING THREW THE MOTIONS?

CHOOSE LOVE MY FRIENDS. IF YOU WAKE UP EVERYDAY AND MAKE THE CHOICE TO LOVE YOU SPOUSE/LOVER ECT YOU WILL WIN AT THIS GAME OR AT LEAST HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE.

GOLDEN DRAGON

TONIGHT I AM GOING TO GOLDEN DRAGON WITH MY FRIENDS AND IM GOING TO GET YES FROM THE EXPERIENCE. THAT IS ALL.

MARATHON

I FEEL LIKE I RUNNING A MARATHON. EXCEPT THAT THE PACE I WOULD LIKE TO BE RUNNING IS DIFFERENT THAN THE RACE I AM SO LONGING TO EXCAPE FROM. WITH EACH NEW DAY I FIND SOMETHING THAT JUST THROWS ME FOR A LOOP. WITH MY RECENT ADVENTURE CALLED DIVORCE, IM FINDING THAT I HAVE TO DO THINGS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT DIFFERENT. EXAMPLE YOU SAY.... WELL I HAVE TO GET RID OF MY CAR, THAT IS IN BOTH OF OUR NAMES THAT I HAVE BEEN PAYING THE BETTER PART OF 500 DOLLARS A MONTH FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. WELL MAYBE THAT PART IS NOT TO BAD EXCEPT THAT WHEN TODAY I GO TO THE DEALER TO SEE WHAT HE WILL GIVE ME FOR IT AND THE DIFFERENCE IS 11K. YIKEES. SO DEAR MARATHON FRIEND OF MINE GIVE ME YOUR BEST SHOT CAUSE TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY.

WAR IS ONLY SKIN DEEP

MAKE YOUR SPINE JUST LIKE YOUR PRIDE AND IF YOU FIND A HEART I HOPE IT BLEEDS GRACE.

LOVE IS AROUND THE CONRNER

"LOVE IS AROUND THE CORNER". THIS WAS MY FORTUNE FROM MY FAVORITE CHINESE PLACE EARLIER THIS WEEK. I NORMALLY DONT REALLY READ INTO MY FORTUNES THAT OFTEN BUT I JUST HAPPENED TO GET THAT SAME ONE JUST A FEW DAYS PRIOR. SO THE QUESTION IS..... IS LOVE AROUND THE CORNER? OR DO I EAT TO MUCH CHINESE FOOD?

IS THIS A BLESSING OR IS THIS A CURSE

WITH EVERY PASSING DAY I SEE THE SUN SHINE BRIGHTER. THE CLOUDS ARE SLOWLY LIFTING AND THE FOG THAT HAS SURROUNDED MY HEAD GETS LIGHTER. ITS DAY BREAK AND DAWN IS WELL ON HER WAY. SHE IS BEAUTIFUL AND I COULD JUST STAY IN THIS MOMENT FOREVER

WHO'S HANDS ARE YOU TIED TO?

"YOUR HANDS ARE TIED TO BLIND MEN, WHOSE HANDS ARE TIED TO BLIND MEN

THIS WEEK I AM ONLY GOING TO QUOTE THE CHARIOT

FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO IM ONLY GOING TO QUOTE THE CHARIOT. SO LETS SEE WHAT WE CAN LEARN.

"LOVE IS EASIER MADE THEN KEPT"

THE CHARIOT

IN JUST A FEW SHORT HOURS I WILL BE AT ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES IN TOLEDO WATCHING ONE OF MY FAVORITE BANDS....... THE CHARIOT. THEY ARE AWESOME AND IF YOU LIKE THEM THAT MAKES YOU EQUALLY AWESOME.

TODAY I GOT MY HAIRCUT

TODAY I GOT MY HAIRCUT BY AND OLD FRIEND THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN IN A VERY LONG TIME. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN A FRIEND IS A FRIEND, THEY ARE A FRIEND NO MATTER HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN

ZOMBIES.... NAZI ZOMBIES

TODAY I PLAYED NAZI ZOMBIES ON XBOX WITH ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS FOR FIVE STRAIGHT HOURS. YES I DID SAY FIVE. AND YES I WOULD LOVE FOR XBOX TO PAY ME FOR WRITING THIS BUT THEY DONT, AND I LOVE THAT GAME. HANDS DOWN LOVE IT.

SO WITH ALL THAT SAID AND THINKING ABOUT THE WORLD TODAY AND HOW WE AS HUMANS ACT AND REACT WITH EACH OTHER, I TEND TO WONDER............ ARE WE ALL JUST ZOMBIES? DO WE ALL JUST WALK AROUND DAY TO DAY WITH THE SAME ROUTINE? DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE FREEDOM AND MAKE OUR OWN CHOICES? DO WE WALK EXTRA SLOW WITH A CRAZED LOOK IN OUR EYE THAT SAYS "I WANT TO KILL/EAT YOU", OR ARE WE SO DEAD TO THE WORLD THAT WE WANT TO KILL/EAT OURSELVES?

I GUESS TODAY I'M ON AN "IMPACT" KICK. SO MY CHALLENGE/QUESTION TO YOU IS......... DID YOU IMPACT SOMEONE TODAY OR WERE YOU JUST A ZOMBIE?

CAN WE ALL LEARN FROM EACH OTHER?

I WONDER IF MY EYES ARE OPEN WIDE, OR DO I KEEP THEM HALF CLOSED TO AVOID THE PAIN. ARE EXCUSES EVEN AN OPTION? WATCH AND YOU MAY LEARN SOMETHING. IF YOU ARE LUCKY YOU MIGHT JUST LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF.

REJOICE IN BOTH FOR WE LEARN FROM EVERYTHING

SOMETIMES WE CAN STAND ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND SCREAM WITH GREAT JOY, AND SOMETIMES WE ARE IN THE VALLEY AND THE WIEGHT OF THE WORLD IS ON OUR CHEST

DID YOU SEE THAT? THE SKY JUST TURNED PURPLE

I THINK THAT IT IS LAUGHABLE HOW US AS HUMANS CAN BE COMPLETELY SELFISH WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SELVES. LET ME EXPLAIN.

I HAVE NOTICED MORE THAN ONCE IN MY LIFE, THAT WHEN WE HAVE FRIENDS OR RELATIONSHIPS, AT A DROP OF A HAT IF THE GRASS "LOOKS" GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE WE WILL DROP OUR FRIENDS OR LOVED ONES IN A HEART BEAT. WE TEND TO HAVE NO REGARD FOR HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN IN OUR LIVES OR HOW LOYAL THEY HAVE BEEN. IT IS AS IF WE AS HUMANS HAVE MADE A QUIET PACT WITH EACH OTHER SAYING THIS IS OK. WE LET OTHER PEOPLE INFLUENCE OUR DECISIONS SO MUCH THAT THEY NO LONG ARE OUR OWN.

SO WHAT HAPPENED TO RESPECT AND LOYALTY? WHAT HAPPENED TO THINKING FOR OURSELVES?

STARTING OVER

I FIND IT WEIRD THAT I AM WELL ON MY WAY TO 30 AND TODAY I COMPLETELY STARTED MY LIFE OVER.

WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU .......

TODAY I WILL HAVE TO DO ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS IN MY LIFE. I KNOW THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND I'M NOT REGRETTING ANY OF IT BUT IT IS STILL VERY HARD. WELL YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY. "WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER". THIS CHANGE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE FUTURE HAS FOR ME.

LOVE IS A CHOICE

SO WHAT IF I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING YOU DID WAS A CHOICE AND WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS OUR LIFE IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE CHOICES WE MAKE. WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT LOVE IS A CHOICE. WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT IF YOU DID NOT WAKE UP EVERYDAY AND MAKE THE CHOICE OF LOVE THAT YOU WILL LOSE IT.

LOVE IS A CHOICE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE FIRMLY BELIEVED MY WHOLE LIFE. I CAN REMEMBER BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WRITING NOTES TO MY GIRLFRIEND AND IN THE CLOSING LINE I WOULD WRITE "CHOOSING TO LOVE YOU, TIM" I DIDNT REALLY KNOW WHAT I WAS SAYING SO LONG AGO BUT I BELIEVE THAT EVEN AT A YOUNG AND NIEVE AGE MY MIND WAS TRYING TO FILL ME IN ON THIS GREAT MYSTERY. I CAN REMEMBER GROWING UP AND WATCHING MY PARENTS GET DIVORCED AND REMARRIED MANY TIMES OVER AND WONDERING, "HOW CAN I BREAK THE CYCLE?" I CAN RECALL TELLING MYSELF OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT I DONT WANT TO BE LIKE MY PARENTS.

SO WHAT IF THIS CONCEPT OF LOVE BEING A CHOICE IS CORRECT? WHAT IF EVERYDAY WHEN YOU WAKE UP YOU AND YOUR SPOUCE(BOYFRIEND, GIRLFRIEND) ACTIVELY CHOSE LOVE? WHAT IF IN YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE YOU JUST CHOOSE TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR? WOULD YOUR WHOLE LIFE CHANGE WITH THAT VERY ACT? WOULD YOU NOT GET UPSET AT THE LITTLE THINGS? DONT GET ME WRONG, LIFE WILL STILL THROW YOU A CURVE BALL FROM TIME TO TIME BUT I WONDER IF THIS CHANGE IN THOUGHT WOULD MAYBE SLOW IT DOWN

I THINK IN RELATIONSHIPS FOR THIS TO WORK BOTH PARTIES HAVE TO BE COMMITTED TO THE IDEA. IM NOT SAYING THIS IS THE ULTIMATE WAY TO SAVE OR TO KEEP YOUR RELATIONSHIP IN TACT BUT I BET IT WILL GIVE YOU A FIGHTING CHANCE.

LYRICS THAT I WROTE TODAY

I LOVED YOU SO MUCH THAT MY HEART STOPPED BEATING. NOW YOU ARE JUST A DISTANT PAST, A FACE IN SOMEONES ELSES FRAME. A TIME AND PLACE I LONG TO FORGET

SO TURN AND WALK AWAY. WHEN I SEE YOU AGAIN I WILL PRETEND, THAT I DONT KNOW YOU. SO TURN AND WALK AWAY BECAUSE THIS IS THE END. SO JUST TURN... TURN... TURN.