Have you ever stood tall to something you believe in? What does standing tall or standing tough mean?

Every person has one or more things that makes them who they are, whether its things they believe in or things that make up their personality. Do you have things that you believe in and things that you would stand tall to no matter what the result is? Are you that kind of person that can stand tough to a situation and not be weakened by how tough it is? I see in this world it’s so easy for people to give up on what they truley stand for just because things get tough on them. My way of thinking is if you can’t stand tall to what make you who you are then why stand at all ?

“You always have to give up something to take something else” by Mo
“You always have to give up something to achieve success”. by April

I have to say I did like April’s quote better then mine!

Andre Agassi was asked this question, what’s the parallel between tennis and life?

Problem solving, being out there on your own, your not sure if you’re gonna get through or not. Testing your own beliefs , having questions and having to get your own answers. There is no point more important than the next, the more time you spend on the last point, the less chance your giving yourself for the next one.

This is so true and beautiful, that’s why Agassi is my ideal player. Hopefully I can apply his theory this weekend at the tennis tourney at SVSU.

What makes you happy?

OR

What determines you’re happiness?

We take forms in our lives, learn, experience and figure things out. Sometimes we think we know it all but we don’t. There is always different twists and turns to it and we just have to learn how to deal with them. Everyone goes through ups and downs… Its normal.. I like a qoute that I learned from my friend Nick. “Currently I don’t have any thought out plans for the future, but the door is always open and swings both ways.” This kind of reflects on me. But I always like to think ahead and try to plan major things.. I guess this quote would apply for me on the minor things in my life. The last couple of months hasn’t been the best months in my life due to some personal things but I plan on getting around it. We are not built tough, but we do become tough when we go through things in life that teaches us. We are what we are, but we can always improve on ourselves.

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow”

2004 wasn’t a bad year yet wasn’t a great year either to me. However, I’m thankful for that year. I met knew people, made more friends and some people left a good mark on me. My 2005 resolutions are:

1- Finding a real Job.
2- Working out more, especially running and getting cut.
3- Graduating from my Masters.
4- Focusing on the important things in my life and putting first things first.
5- I have one pending resolution that I haven’t quite decided whether I’m going to do it or not.

May the Year 2005 be good on everyone and brings joy, forgiveness and common sense to the whole world!
what are your resolutions?

Have you ever been misunderstood?

I’m going to start this post by a little advice to everyone.
If you happen to have a problem or an issue with someone, don’t just ignore it and forget about it. NO bring it up to their attention and let them know about it; it’s up to them if they want to fix it or not. Your job is to let them know. At least you know that you’ve done your part. A lot of the times, little things get accumulated and people don’t communicate correctly with one another which leads to a big misunderstanding issue on both sides.

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Attitude

It’s all about attitude in no matter what you face in life, its how you deal with things and how you look at them. For instance lets say you go to your job and you hate it. As we know we spend at least 60 % of our time during each week at work. So if you have that I don’t like this, I hate this then 60 % of your week is going to be shit. You’re going to be feeling like shit and being upset and missing out on the rest of your 40% of the week.

This is where attitude is a huge factor in how we look at things. I’m going to give a real time example that I’m dealing with in my life.
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