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Monday, February 13, 2012
Uncovering a light...
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness."
It's strange how much you can pick up from someone just by looking into their eyes. Nothing needs to be said, but just by looking into their eyes you can see who they are or what they're feeling (even if they do not openly admit it). Sadly, I think people usually don't take the time to be attentive enough to see these things in others. Lately I have been trying to be better at this myself. It can be easy to just look at someone and say "Well they're just not a good person. Why do you waste your time with them?" I know there are been people that I interact with that others have and still describe that way. But for me when I look into that persons eyes I see something that helps me endure. I see the good things. Maybe they are small or repressed or have a seemingly impenetrable fortress built around them...But they are there and that's all that matters! I may not understand why they're that way, nor may I ever even get an opportunity to. But that's not important. I continue to endure so that hopefully one day something I will have done might help them share their light with the world around them.
Maybe your like me with this blog and your trying to share your light with the world around you. Maybe your afraid to or you feel like no one is looking or cares. But remember friends "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill can not be hidden." I promise you that there is someone that sees the light in you, and is patiently waiting for you to share it. I want you all to know I value each and every one of you. And as always I wish you all only the best. Have a great day everyone!
-Jesse
It's strange how much you can pick up from someone just by looking into their eyes. Nothing needs to be said, but just by looking into their eyes you can see who they are or what they're feeling (even if they do not openly admit it). Sadly, I think people usually don't take the time to be attentive enough to see these things in others. Lately I have been trying to be better at this myself. It can be easy to just look at someone and say "Well they're just not a good person. Why do you waste your time with them?" I know there are been people that I interact with that others have and still describe that way. But for me when I look into that persons eyes I see something that helps me endure. I see the good things. Maybe they are small or repressed or have a seemingly impenetrable fortress built around them...But they are there and that's all that matters! I may not understand why they're that way, nor may I ever even get an opportunity to. But that's not important. I continue to endure so that hopefully one day something I will have done might help them share their light with the world around them.
Maybe your like me with this blog and your trying to share your light with the world around you. Maybe your afraid to or you feel like no one is looking or cares. But remember friends "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill can not be hidden." I promise you that there is someone that sees the light in you, and is patiently waiting for you to share it. I want you all to know I value each and every one of you. And as always I wish you all only the best. Have a great day everyone!
-Jesse
Friday, February 10, 2012
A bit of gardening...
Tonight such as many other nights before, I find myself lying here staring at the ceiling. Without a light nor a sound to bother me from drifting off gently into sleep. And yet it never seems to work that way. It seems like every time I lay down in my bed I seem to be distracted (Part of why I sleep better on the couch or even the floor). I sit and think about people mostly. Sometimes it's about a whole list of people and a lot of times it can be just about one person. Who it is that's weighing on my heart changes from time to time.
Lately there have been some things that have been troubling me at nights (and really most days). The biggest one for me recently is that I have been trying as hard as I can to go out of my way to be a friend to a few select people. And what really makes it hard for me is that they seemingly have no value in me, nor in really being my friend even though they say that they do. I guess what puzzles me is that as far as myself, when people are my friend I tend to go a touch above and beyond for them. Even if its simple things like telling them a real crappy joke from time to time (this is where I would usually tell my pizza joke...but I think its a bit too cheesy) or asking how their day is going (and genuinely mean it). So to not have any form or hint of that reciprocated back can be pretty confusing and frustrating...given the situation. Since I have been struggling with this for a little while now it's funny that I was reading the other day and oddly flipped open to, "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit." There was a bit more to what I read but those words just kept jumping out at me.
I sat and pondered those words for a while that day. Eventually I came to draw a conclusion. My conclusion was that I am a gardener for my own tree. Such as so can only garden for and produce fruit from that tree...not others. My only goal is to produce good fruit to share with others in hopes to one day effect their fruit.
So maybe you're confused by reading this and maybe you're not. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I intend to just continue being me. I can do nothing to change anything other than to focus on doing and being the best person I can be to each person I encounter and every situation I face. Each and every one of you deserve the best from me every day...No Excuses! So in closing I hope you all have a great day and as always I wish you all only the best every day.
-Jesse
Lately there have been some things that have been troubling me at nights (and really most days). The biggest one for me recently is that I have been trying as hard as I can to go out of my way to be a friend to a few select people. And what really makes it hard for me is that they seemingly have no value in me, nor in really being my friend even though they say that they do. I guess what puzzles me is that as far as myself, when people are my friend I tend to go a touch above and beyond for them. Even if its simple things like telling them a real crappy joke from time to time (this is where I would usually tell my pizza joke...but I think its a bit too cheesy) or asking how their day is going (and genuinely mean it). So to not have any form or hint of that reciprocated back can be pretty confusing and frustrating...given the situation. Since I have been struggling with this for a little while now it's funny that I was reading the other day and oddly flipped open to, "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit." There was a bit more to what I read but those words just kept jumping out at me.
I sat and pondered those words for a while that day. Eventually I came to draw a conclusion. My conclusion was that I am a gardener for my own tree. Such as so can only garden for and produce fruit from that tree...not others. My only goal is to produce good fruit to share with others in hopes to one day effect their fruit.
So maybe you're confused by reading this and maybe you're not. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I intend to just continue being me. I can do nothing to change anything other than to focus on doing and being the best person I can be to each person I encounter and every situation I face. Each and every one of you deserve the best from me every day...No Excuses! So in closing I hope you all have a great day and as always I wish you all only the best every day.
-Jesse
Monday, February 6, 2012
My Bluebird...
Before you read this post you should listen to the poem spoken on this video. Maybe even close your eyes and listen to it a few times and see what you gather from it.
This is definitely how I feel most of the time. Lately I have been exceedingly struggling with this. For the longest time I have been too tough and too stubborn to allow my bluebird out. I have been too focused on it messing up what I had in mind, and too afraid of where it might lead me or what I might become. And yes just like the poem I too occasionally let my bluebird out. And even though it has been repressed and ignored for a long time. I too have found him singing joyfully, patiently awaiting my return and the day where he may once again guide my life. My hope is that you all find your bluebird and allow him to sing in your life.
-Jesse
Bluebird from California is a place. on Vimeo.
This is definitely how I feel most of the time. Lately I have been exceedingly struggling with this. For the longest time I have been too tough and too stubborn to allow my bluebird out. I have been too focused on it messing up what I had in mind, and too afraid of where it might lead me or what I might become. And yes just like the poem I too occasionally let my bluebird out. And even though it has been repressed and ignored for a long time. I too have found him singing joyfully, patiently awaiting my return and the day where he may once again guide my life. My hope is that you all find your bluebird and allow him to sing in your life.
-Jesse
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