Rules

These are the rules that I live by every day. These are the rules I have learned to follow since the day I was born. They are the rules my parents have taught me:

• Look both ways before crossing the street
• Respect other peoples' property
• Treat others the way I'd want to be treated
• Follow the ten commandments
• Don't write on furniture or walls
• Don't smoke
• Don't drink
• Don't chew
• Don't go with girls who do
• Don't cuss
• Don't give "lip" to adults
• Don't watch The Simpsons
• Motion is two thirds of promotion (actually I got that one from a motivational poster on the ceiling of an MRI room but it's pretty good)
• Don't pick your nose, especially not in public
• Do homework before play
• Stick to your word
• WWJD- what would Jesus do?
• FROG- fully rely on God
• DOG- depend on God (and all those other churchy acronyms)
• Stand up for what you believe in
• Be careful what you see
• Be careful what you hear
• Don't store up all your treasures on Earth but instead in Heaven
• Love your neighbor as yourself
• Obey the curfew
• Don't eat all the chips in one sitting
• Millions of others.

These are the rules my parents should've taught me:

• Too much practice is never enough
• Don't argue all the time
• Don't write on the back of your tests when you finish before the rest of the class, especially if its something about the teacher
• Don't throw the dodgeball as hard at the girls
• Be more outgoing
• Don't load your schedule so much that you can't devote a large amount of time to sports
• Get a girlfriend early while they're not all taken and youre still one of 30 guys instead one of 1,000

My parents did a good job of instilling rules in my life from an early age and I'm very glad. Many times I think they are too strict and I'm sure my friends do to, but I am thankful and someday I will be more thankful. I know I will realize down the road that the choices I'm making now are only easy because of the strength of morals and rules I have learned. I won't be led down the wrong road and it will be easy not to.

I can only hope someday I can get to make the same rules for my child and feel what its like to make the rules that make life seem miserable but that are so worth it.

Unsure

I am unsure of....

• why people hate others
• why we need healthcare
• why some people can't take criticism form the media
• why America lets some things happen that it could've (should've) seen coming
• why I'm randomly making this a political commentary
• what I will do in life
• where I will go to college
• what is in my future
• what God has planned for me
• so many things but I still dont worry about them because I have faith that God will make things work out

Why does it matter what we are unsure of, when in the grand scheme of things, if we just have faith, all things will be ok. That's why I don't plan what I'm going to wear a day before I wear it. That's why I dont make decisions until the last minute (or maybe I'm just indecisive). That's why I know I have faith in God. So how does being unsure have anything to do with God? Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see (Hebrews 11:1)

Really good quote: Faith ain't easy to understand when a bird in the bush beats two in your hand. -Newsboys

Yes

I say yes to simple things in life like brushing my teeth and turning off the water when im not using it

I say yes to difficult things in life like doing homework and eating peas

I say yes to life in general (from the moment a child is conceived)

I say yes to eating lots of food during track and cross country, oh and every other time too

I say yes to wearing sweat pants and a tshirt

I say yes to hitting the off button on my alarm clock and forgetting to wake up until my mom yells at me

I say yes to being about 2 minutes late to everything (by default, not by choice)

I say yes to sitting in front of my computer thinking of things to say yes to

I say yes to sports

I say yes to going to bed before my howework is done....... to be continued