So I was on the phone with my friend and I randomly blurted out “RAINBOWS! RAINBOWS AND.......SMILES!” So that started a thing where we said that all of the time. And I randomly looked up “rainbows and smiles” on youtube. I got this clip from the movie Mean Girls. It’s the part where everyone is apologizing on stage and this girl comes up and says “I wish I could bake a cake out of rainbows and smiles and we could all eat it and be happy.” Everyone thought she was a freak. So this is what triggered this blog.
Why is it that people are made fun of when they say they want world peace? Why is it that people laugh when people say they wish we could all be friends? What is wrong with hoping for those things? I think it is stupid for people to be ridiculed for envisioning great changes in society and this world. Without that invisionment, we will never make progress. People say things like “I want to help cure cancer” and everyone is thinking “yeah right. That’ll happen.” Without these thoughts, we will never cure cancer. If no one believes in world peace, we will never be able to achieve world peace. If no one wants everyone to get along and be friends, we will all fight and hate eachother.
I want a world with worldwide free trade and interdependence. I want a world with no war. I want a world where the wealthy can sacrifice some money for people who have none. I want a world where everyone is given the same human rights, and those rights are respected. I want a world with no crime. I want a world where everyone is friends with everyone they know. I want a world where people put their priorities aside and work toward helping others. I want a world with global equality.
Am I just a delusional dreamer? I hope not. Why does it have to be so hard to achieve these things? Why does it have to be so hard to even believe we can achieve these things? Why is it that countries care more about power and national interests, than the interests of mankind and the world? When the world can drop their pride and work together, with no barriers, we can save the world, economically, socially, and environmentally. When we all work together, we can all achieve our national interests as well as global ones.
One man didn’t build the pyramids himself. For mankind to achieve great things, we need to cooperate. We need to forget our individual role and realize our goal as a group. We have achieved great things because of cooperation, so why is it that so many people are reluctant to cooperate towards a new goal to make a big influence? After all the things mankind has achieved, why are we in denial of our capabilities as a group?
Monday, May 25, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Don’t Lie To Me
The truth hurts, but lies hurt more. If you are honest right away about your opinion, then I can accept that this is the way you feel, and move on. But when you lie to me, and make me believe you want to do things that you are only going to get out of last second, and make me believe you agree, and make me see an illusion, that really hurts. I don’t want games, I just want honesty. I don’t want you to try and avoid hurting my feelings, that is what really hurts. I wish you would say whether or not you want to go, or if you don’t like something. Instead of leading me on and getting me excited for an event, say no right away if you don’t want to, and before it’s too late to make other plans. Instead of letting me believe that you don’t mind things, tell me, so I don’t feel like an idiot for annoying you for so long.
I’m a very paranoid person. If you say you don’t want to right away, I think “ok she’s not in the mood, or not really interested in that event.” If you say you don’t like something right away, I will stop. But when you humour me, it makes me paranoid. “How many things is she humouring me for?” I think. “Does she even like me? Is she just humouring everything about me as pity or just not to be mean?” Don’t humour me! I hate it! I hate annoying people. I hate making people mad. I hate having people feel they need to pretend to like me. Maybe that’s not the case, but like I said, I’m a paranoid person. I can accept honesty. It doesn’t bother me if you don’t like something or don’t want to do something. But these games hurt.
And to the other one: denial is pathetic. If you feel what you have done needs to be denied, then you shouldn’t have done it. Don’t lie to me about things that no one else could have known about. Don’t lie when the truth is obvious. I can forgive honesty, but I don’t ever forgive denial.
So now I am sitting here today having a bad day, and very irritable, because people are too afraid to tell the truth. One didn’t want to hurt me, and the other didn’t want me mad. Well guess what happened? Your lies only brought those feelings on. Some people try so hard to avoid things, and it only brings those things about stronger and faster. Don’t lie to me.
I’m a very paranoid person. If you say you don’t want to right away, I think “ok she’s not in the mood, or not really interested in that event.” If you say you don’t like something right away, I will stop. But when you humour me, it makes me paranoid. “How many things is she humouring me for?” I think. “Does she even like me? Is she just humouring everything about me as pity or just not to be mean?” Don’t humour me! I hate it! I hate annoying people. I hate making people mad. I hate having people feel they need to pretend to like me. Maybe that’s not the case, but like I said, I’m a paranoid person. I can accept honesty. It doesn’t bother me if you don’t like something or don’t want to do something. But these games hurt.
And to the other one: denial is pathetic. If you feel what you have done needs to be denied, then you shouldn’t have done it. Don’t lie to me about things that no one else could have known about. Don’t lie when the truth is obvious. I can forgive honesty, but I don’t ever forgive denial.
So now I am sitting here today having a bad day, and very irritable, because people are too afraid to tell the truth. One didn’t want to hurt me, and the other didn’t want me mad. Well guess what happened? Your lies only brought those feelings on. Some people try so hard to avoid things, and it only brings those things about stronger and faster. Don’t lie to me.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Pushing Boundaries
A lot of people have been staying at their peak. They don’t go higher ‘cause they don’t push the top. If you keep going at your limit, you will never change your limit. I hear too much “it hurts too much”, “I can’t do it”, “it’s too hard”. No pain, no gain. This isn’t just a saying masochist would use. It is very literal. If it doesn’t hurt, you will never increase your capabilities. I’m not saying “boo hoo” to those who have these excuses, but I am saying that you need to deal with it. It’s a fact of life that needs to be faced if anyone expects to get better. A balloon will not inflate if you put it in your mouth and hold your breath, you need to force the air into it. You need to force past your limits, or your capability level will not “inflate”. We all have to push farther than we can go. Go to your limit, and then do 10 more, or more if you can. Without extra push, you will not expand your comfort zone, you will not improve your forms, you will not extend your endurance, and you will not build your strength or flexibility.
I see a lot of laziness and hear a lot of excuses. I see pushups that are just a bobbing of hips or a slight movement of the arms. I see swung kicks and kicks that I can’t hear (I should hear pant legs swish with every kick). I see situps with swung arms for momentum or hands holding onto legs to pull up with. I see bent back legs and toes out to the side in bow stances. I see guards down at the waist. If you say you can’t, and you don’t push yourself, then you are right, you can’t. A lot of people think “giving your best” means going as good as you feel you can go. Doing your best means going farther than you can go. It has to hurt, it has to make you tired, or it is not quite your best, it is just your average.
On that note, I think I need to remind a lot of people how to do a proper bow stance, and pushups. I see the majority of a lot of classes with serious flaws in these two things. So first off, pushups should have: a straight back, focus your chest (not your hips) to touch the ground, neck straight, head not bobbing, arms at lease bent 90 degrees, feet uncrossed (a lot of people think crossed feet makes it easier, but it actually adds more weight to the limbs that are on the floor), focus on your chin (not forehead) touching the ground, and your arms should not be too wide. Secondly, bow stance needs to have your weight at 60% on the front and 40% on the back, both toes point forward, feet are not lined up with each other (they should be shoulder width apart).
I see a lot of laziness and hear a lot of excuses. I see pushups that are just a bobbing of hips or a slight movement of the arms. I see swung kicks and kicks that I can’t hear (I should hear pant legs swish with every kick). I see situps with swung arms for momentum or hands holding onto legs to pull up with. I see bent back legs and toes out to the side in bow stances. I see guards down at the waist. If you say you can’t, and you don’t push yourself, then you are right, you can’t. A lot of people think “giving your best” means going as good as you feel you can go. Doing your best means going farther than you can go. It has to hurt, it has to make you tired, or it is not quite your best, it is just your average.
On that note, I think I need to remind a lot of people how to do a proper bow stance, and pushups. I see the majority of a lot of classes with serious flaws in these two things. So first off, pushups should have: a straight back, focus your chest (not your hips) to touch the ground, neck straight, head not bobbing, arms at lease bent 90 degrees, feet uncrossed (a lot of people think crossed feet makes it easier, but it actually adds more weight to the limbs that are on the floor), focus on your chin (not forehead) touching the ground, and your arms should not be too wide. Secondly, bow stance needs to have your weight at 60% on the front and 40% on the back, both toes point forward, feet are not lined up with each other (they should be shoulder width apart).
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