Pieces of Me: A Journey Through Life

One of the hardest things for me to do is to motivate myself when it comes to exercising. I absolutely loathe the experience and the results do not come as quick as I would like for it to. My health is on the line, so I have to. It really is do or die, and Lord knows I am no ways near ready to go yet. I have too many things to do. But finding this self-motivation just to get up and go at it, does not come easy for me. I will think of any excuse not to work out. I have come to the conclusion though, that I just have to do it. Just like Nike... Just do it. I have found not thinking about it and just going for it makes it a lot easier on me. I have found that doing things in intervals also helps a lot. Also when I count, I only count to ten. I think counting up makes me feel like I am just doing too much. But what I have also found that counting to ten makes it easier for me to reach my goal a lot faster. The mind is a very tricky thing. So if you are having troubles keeping yourself...

We are all God's children, so why can't we all get along and make peace with one another. I have never totally understood why people break off into their own cultures and not venture off to really get to know others. This is America right? This is the place that openly welcomed everyone at one point or another. If we all are under one nation under God, why can we not act like it? Why are we so caught up in sticking to our own kind instead of getting to know each other. I mean we are all here anyway.  Recently, I have started fellowshipping with a Muslim, who will be moving to Egypt not too long from now. She is so much like me it is almost surreal. We go through some of the same struggles, we like some of the same things, and we do not like some of the same things. We have befriended a Honduran lady and things are not much too different with us either. The major difference is just the language in which we speak. Instead of being closed minded about it we decided to embrace...