Today I hung out with my flat mate Tom from Texas. He is very cool. One of those real smart guys... like Berto. I am glad to be here in Miami more and more as the days go on.
I read about the annihilation of the native americans by the Europeans today and then I met this girl who is leaving for Afghanistan this week to serve our country. War is ever present and real, it is easy to believe we are not a part of the wars that are going on because we do not see it in our faces or feel it on our skin; however, that does not mean we are not a part.
I saw the movie I am Legend with Will Smith today. Sorry to give it away if you have not seen it, but, it is about a virus that kills most of the world. There are scenes showing the United States in a frenzied anarchy as people rush to try to find safety. People who thought that they were safe from everything and living happy lives. At the very end Will Smith gives his life so that the human race can be saved, or what is left of it. It is incredibly moving and holds some incredible truths.
Will Smith, in the movie, realized that he was a part of the pain and decided to give the greatest gift someone can give. Life comes from death. Jesus said something like, there is no greater love than this, to give one's own life. I want to start thinking in that way, I want to try to give my life a little more. We'll see if I really do it... Thoughts?
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The value of a man is not ultimately determined by the gains to his own credit, but by what he adds to the account of another.
wow mom, you are cool. Where do you come up with these quotes? I'm glad I'm related to you
Thanks for completely ruining the movie bro ...
No just kidding, I already saw it. I really liked I am Legend because of the ending that you talk about. It's true, there can be no life without death. Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the floor and dies it abides alone, but if it dies it bears much fruit.
I have romanticized the path toward a death to myself, but have seldomn taken it. Step forward my brew, if our lives are not lived in service then we are ignoring the change that we can make, that must be made. No point in living a life believing that we are the only ones that need to be happy. Well, no point to anyone other then us.
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