All that comes with life...

Well, there's a lot of it... I have a pressing question about my journey with my friends... I've been hanging around with a group of kids that I consider to be my best friends. These guys are great, and sure to have my back in any and every situation. I trust them...

But I'm concerned. I've seen the negative effects of careless words and behavior, and the I mean the worst effects of it. My friends, though they don't know it, have been carelessly speaking and saying things that could really hurt people. Okay, they're not that naive, they know they can hurt people with what they're saying. They don't seem to care though, and it makes me a little upset.

Teasing and that kind of stuff is one thing, but they've persisted beyond that. Insults to others are constantly flying from their lips. Things like race, sex, or just subtle differences between themselves and other people set on a barrage of terrible words that can last for ten minutes straight. Although it's just fun in their eyes, it's become monstrously vulgar and offensive speech, and I don't think they have a clue what their words mean.

I'm not saying they sincerely believe what they're saying, but that's just it, I really don't know. It's constant, habitual. One day, they could run into big problems with that kind of talk, and hurt themselves or others. In a few cases, the things they say do end up hurting others that they don't even know, and I know for a fact that that kind of thing is dangerous.

I don't know how to confront them on this issue. Three out of theese four, I believe have a love for God, and have confessed such a thing. Despite that, I just can't stand what their speech has become, and I don't know what to do or say.

Maybe it's no big deal? Or maybe I see that this is hurting people and I need to say something to them...

anyone with helpful words for me? Or them?

This blog...

I was just reading some of my older posts, and I find it incredible what I've done here. I wrote some things that, looking back on them now, I need to get straight back to. My eyes have been dry, and I was having trouble looking at life the way I used to. This is an adventure, and I need to be responsible for my exploits. I have stories to tell, and stories to live. I've been having fun and such, but I need more than fun. It's time to stand up and become who I need to be. I don't know how, but I'm going to try to do whatever it takes. I've got people who can guide me through and teach me everything they can teach me.

Over two years ago I started this blog, and I left it a while ago. I'm sorry for that, but no regrets for me, just lessons learned now. I don't need to dwell on this, but I need to take what I can from it, and use it for God, and for good. I will find out who I am, I will do what God calls me to, and I will fight the fight he has sent me to win. I have a life to live, and my old writings have awakened me again, thank God!

I have so much to share, so much to give, so much that God has sent me to do, and he knows how capable I am better than I do. Whatever he says, I will do, I will say, I will act. My word will be my bond, and my action will reflect that of a gentleman's. I'm almost eighteen, an adult by the standards of American society. I don't want to be a bum, I want to be a hard-working gentleman. So it's time.

There's still time for fun, for friends, for relaxing... but there's so much more time for discovery, adventure, and love for new things and new people.

Love is the quest, the adventure, and I've got to go and express God's love wherever he wants me to. I've got to go. I've got to do.... where first? Where do I go? I need to finish the things I've started, I need to go to the things that God has been calling me to. It's time to face my fears and get back into the battle. Apathy is the enemy, and action is the tool with which I will conquer!

It's not a game, it's a battle. It's time. I'm going. Nothing will stop me. God will help me.

Peace.

I think this is cool...

Which is why I'm writing it, because I said I would write something cool today.

The cool thing is that none of you have to think that this is cool, because that term is very, very subjective. So, I think it's cool, and since it's cool in that sense, it's cool.

The cool thing is the following paragraph:

I was looking at this paragraph, this paragraph that I'm writing, and just saw that it isn't normal... I don't know why, but it looks wrong. Any thoughts as to why it's just plain abnormal? It looks okay, but looking at it again, it's plain to find that most of it is just odd. If it looks wrong, you might say that it's just psychological, as if I got you to think that it's wrong although it actually isn't wrong. But I know for a fact that this paragraph is suspicious.

Hint: the issue with the paragraph has something to do with a certain letter that is used quite frequently in the English language.

Uh, gee, where have I been?

Well, I nearly forgot about this blog here, but no need to fret, I'm back!

Unfortunately, our Mr. Publix has passed away, and will no longer be mentioned on this blog.

On a lighter note, I've joined a band with my friends, and we've played two shows total, and we're hoping to get a lot more and to start raising money for better equipment. Our cymbals are so bad, I've named the high-hat "fail" and the crash "cripple." It's bad.

I'm writing a book with a friend of mine, and we're almost finished, so that's exciting.

Oh, and I have a very different kind of opportunity to learn Portuguese! I love languages, and I hope to learn as many different ones as I can, starting with the Romance languages.

Well, it's summer time, and it's hot down here in Florida. Very, very hot. Anyway, it's pretty late, and I'll come back here tomorrow to write something... cool. Catch y'all later!