Motivation

So I've been seeing some motivational vids on youtube these days. it's been interesting and this clip was on the recommendation list. It's the death crawl scene from Facing the Giants.



I guess some people already saw this movie. Really good though. This scene is a turning point. Brock (I think that's his name) is the team captain and you can kinda tell why the team loses by his attitude. I think lot of us get trapped by various things and here we are, looking at where we stand and thinking we've done lots and have gone far. In fact, we're doing nothing. The end is a physical description of God in our lives. That last while is the filled with, "It hurts", and "I know, just keep going!". This is us and Jesus. Sometimes we forget that he more than understands our situation. Anyway, enjoy this. Makes me wanna cry today. Sacrifices are necessary. Pain is part of the game. We never accomplish anything in the kingdom if we want to be comfortable and if we think of ourselves.

I like the new enoch

I was out for dinner with a few friends last night and I picked up the bill. In appreciation D-Lo said the he liked the new Enoch. I guess it's one of those things that surprised me but then again, coming from him, I don't think it should. One of the things I realized at that moment is not just that we didn't really interact during the time we lived together but also I rarely went to him with intention. I guess it was a pretty loose connection we had and I'm happy that we hang out more now. I think it's particularly interesting since the "new enoch" isn't really new. I do have to be more intentional with more people and that's what I told him. At least he sees it now.

The New Normal Continued

http://enochtang.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-normal.html

That was the original new normal post. God has continued with this line of learning. It's been really special for me over the last week. I've been pushing super hard. I've been sleeping really little and working around the clock for the kingdom. It's been special to me because during a conference over the weekend God led to me to a reflection workshop and I fell asleep right away. How cool! I never fall asleep during anything and yet God brought me to still waters and restored me. God is interested in a lot of things and not least of which is our well-being. Like is said, rest and training are meaningless unless there are times of extreme output. I know that if I kept this pace up that I would crash and burn. However, I know that God doesn't want that.

I've been praying for more these days. The time I've spent with God has led me to love others more and I know that this is the season to grow in love for my neighbor. Sleeping less and sleeplessness. As always, I would want to take upon the sufferings of people if only to be conformed to Christ's likeness.

much love~

what ticker do you follow?

So an important aspect of following stocks is following the stock ticker or just knowing the pricing and the ongoing aspects of the market.

So this morning I turned on my computer and opened a few windows. Gmail, Marketwatch, and Facebook. I realized that these are my 3 tickers in my world. These are my windows into the world. These are the window that keep me in motion with the tick to tick of the world while I'm at my desk. With Email I follow my small groups, church business and other random emails, with marketwatch it's actually the market and the world news, and facebook are the people I may or may not be close with and it's my relationship ticker.

I think it's important for me to be connected when I'm away physically. I think it's important for me to remain available at all times. One day I'll have a mobile device and I'll be that much more connected :P

I guess that's my question everyone, what do you follow?

getting older

there is something i really appreciate about getting older. It's that the time has given me tools like, wisdom, composure, fortitude and experience. I was playing ball last night for the first time in a long time. I wasn't shy but I wasn't like I was when I was in high school. I shot really well from the field and finished surprisingly well considering, but i chalk that up to simon's amazing passing. I don't think anything I did was pretty but I didn't try to do too much. I made a couple mistakes in game 1 but settled down. As the night progressed I was breathing pretty hard, my 20 mins of cardio a day doesn't really get me through 4 x ~20 min games but I still hustled up and down the court and knowing the impact that can make in a game where everyone is tired.

It's so interesting for me to see how steady things are in my mind. No frustration at the fouls, no frustration in losing, no forcing bad situations, no being lazy and settling for shooting.

another part of getting older is the crazy aches I get :P My back, hips and shoulders are sore. even my wrists are tired. The mind develops as the body breaks down.