http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/18/fall-music-preview-2007-video-counting-crows/#
That link is to Rolling Stone's article on the new Counting Crows cd that drops in November. It's called "Saturday Nights, Sunday Mornings". It will be a double cd, with the "Saturday Nights" part more of a rock album and the "Sunday Mornings" side, being a little more slow and acoustic sounding. Great stuff. The song in the background is "Cowboys", it is starting to make its way out on to the Internet, so I'm sure you can get your hands on it somehow. Thought you Counting Crows fans might like that.
Why is it that only people who work in a hospital get to wear scrubs? I think that is the one of the best fashion invention's of the modern world. Better than shoes and underwear. Better than socks. Maybe even better than the suspender. Why is it regulated to only the medical profession? Why can't I as a bank teller wear scrubs? Can teachers wear scrubs? What about lawyers? Can professional baseball players wear scrubs? This is one of the question I think about during the day. Someone please tell me why this hasn't been pushed? Go to work tomorrow and ask your boss if scrubs are acceptable at your workplace. If he or she tells you they are not, then protest. Threaten to walk out. I think those of us not in management may have some pull here, because after all, who wouldn't want to wear scrubs to work everyday. Think about it people.
Richter out.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
FireBillDalke.com
I will first start off by saying that the dude called an excellent game against WFHS last night. Offensively he had their defense guessing all night. I think it was the best game that he has called since he came to Burkburnett. But........what in the world is he thinking? He gave up on the game. Punting the ball late with less than two minutes to play and only 1 timeout, that's waving the white flag in a situation you don't need to. I have a few different options that should have been thought out.
a. You could have completed a long pass, kept the drive going, and possibly won the game, which after all is the point.
b. You could have attempted a long pass, gotten a pass interference call on it, kept the drive going, and possibly won the game, which after all is the point.
c. You could have attempted a long pass, had it fall incomplete, lost the game, but lose the game, without having quit the game.
d. What about take a safety, go down by 6 points, regain a huge amount of field position, and then try the onside kick. This one I'm not sure of, but I think you can still kick an onside kick off of a free kick. I will have to Google that later.
What he did here is the equivalent to resetting the Nintendo when you are down and you just don't want to have the clock run out and lose. It's easier to give up than to actually see a loss unfold right there in front of you.
The bad thing was, we played really really good, and he coached a very smart game. Our kids outplayed a bigger school, and honestly, had our offensive line not had to go both ways, we wouldn't have worn down and lost that game. I feel like we are the better team, they just have more kids and wore us down.
I could have left that stadium feeling really good about our team, playing a great game against a really good 4a school, instead I was left with a very sour taste in my mouth. This seems to be a trend with Bulldog football lately. Much like last season, we started out strong and outplayed a bunch of people, only to watch ourselves self destruct at the end. If you are worse at the end of the year than you are at the beginning of the year, then you have to look at who is leading your team.
I would like to end this in saying, that I think Dalke is a good coach, and that if given the right opportunity, he could lead a team deep into the playoffs. I just have to wonder when a person has been given enough chances. Mack Brown survived that fire and brimstone handed out by legions of "Orangebloods", but can Dalke? It paid out in the end for Brown, I hope that the same goes for Dalke and the Bulldogs.
a. You could have completed a long pass, kept the drive going, and possibly won the game, which after all is the point.
b. You could have attempted a long pass, gotten a pass interference call on it, kept the drive going, and possibly won the game, which after all is the point.
c. You could have attempted a long pass, had it fall incomplete, lost the game, but lose the game, without having quit the game.
d. What about take a safety, go down by 6 points, regain a huge amount of field position, and then try the onside kick. This one I'm not sure of, but I think you can still kick an onside kick off of a free kick. I will have to Google that later.
What he did here is the equivalent to resetting the Nintendo when you are down and you just don't want to have the clock run out and lose. It's easier to give up than to actually see a loss unfold right there in front of you.
The bad thing was, we played really really good, and he coached a very smart game. Our kids outplayed a bigger school, and honestly, had our offensive line not had to go both ways, we wouldn't have worn down and lost that game. I feel like we are the better team, they just have more kids and wore us down.
I could have left that stadium feeling really good about our team, playing a great game against a really good 4a school, instead I was left with a very sour taste in my mouth. This seems to be a trend with Bulldog football lately. Much like last season, we started out strong and outplayed a bunch of people, only to watch ourselves self destruct at the end. If you are worse at the end of the year than you are at the beginning of the year, then you have to look at who is leading your team.
I would like to end this in saying, that I think Dalke is a good coach, and that if given the right opportunity, he could lead a team deep into the playoffs. I just have to wonder when a person has been given enough chances. Mack Brown survived that fire and brimstone handed out by legions of "Orangebloods", but can Dalke? It paid out in the end for Brown, I hope that the same goes for Dalke and the Bulldogs.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Crazy
Sometimes when things happen in your life, you realize how everyone is connected. I got some bad news from a friend today, and I started thinking about that friend, and how I am connected to so many other people because of that one person and their friendship. Another thing that came to mind while thinking about her, was how you can treat someone badly and they never even know it.
I totally screwed up a long time ago, with a bunch of different things. If you have read this blog lately you will see that I have made a transformation. Change is happening fast for me. Now that I feel I am looking at life a little more level-headed, I keep remembering, or seeing things that I have done wrong in the past and I am now being given the opportunity to make those situations right. Why do these things always have to come to me at like midnight, when I should have already been in bed an hour ago. Why can't I get something like this at 5:00 in the afternoon. Anyway, I'm trying to make right with some things, and I've started trying to get right with the people who are closest to me. That slowly branches out to others, because as I have said, its all connected. So basically I started with my wife, and I will be working on making things up to her for the rest of my life. I treated her so bad for so long, and she never even knew it. Man I have a life-story, I just need a year or so to get it all on paper. But because I was being sorry to her, I was also being wrong to another person, who is important to me. A good friend of mine from junior high and high school. Anyway, tonight I wrote that person and tried to spill it to her and let her know that I want to be honest and up front with her and be the friend to her that she has been to me.
You people have to think I'm crazy. I think I'm crazy. Look at me. I'm a total mess. The thing is, for the first time in my life, I'm a mess that is in really good shape. My life used to be a really dark place. I had some thoughts in my head then that would make me look like a perfectly sane person today. Working these things out in my life has given me the faith, the power to pursue things that I would have never been able to do before. I wouldn't have even had the mind-power to come up with some of the ideas I have brewing in my head.
But to be where I am today, I have to be able to understand what I have gone through, and know that it happened for a reason. This is a little tough for me, because I have remorse now for some of the things I did, and at the same time, I know that those things happened for the good of me, and all the people I might touch one day. All the terrible things I've done, and the person I was, was just a process that has taken me to where I am today. Had all of those things not happened in my life, I would not be heading in the right direction.
I came up with the phrase "Watering the Seed" a few weekends ago to describe what I did with my simple task that I needed to follow (see "Rich Man,Poor Man" blog). And that phrase just keeps coming up in my life. If you think about it, everything in our life has the chance to be a seed, that can grow into something we can't even imagine. People you meet, ideas you have, songs you hear, pictures, nature, work, everything. Everything we do is for a reason, and there is a seed to be watered in everything. You have to take each day as an opportunity. It sounds really cliche to say something like this, but you never know when you might change the world.
So where do all these things tie in? My friend, my wife, "Watering the Seed", and my list of things to correct. Well I'm not sure where they all tie together.
"Watering the Seed" and my friend. I know that I need to water the seed of my friend. She has a lot to offer and I think that something extra might be touching her life right now. I might be crazy, but I have a feeling that she is being called in a direction, she just needs to water that seed. So I will be talking to her more, and trying to get more out of her. I think that no matter what you are giving, there is a little more that you could give. Even myself, well definitely myself, we just usually need someone to push it out of us. But I will be praying for her, and hoping that something great comes from this.
My wife, well, I'm still working on her. She knows where my heart is now and we have a level of trust that has been restored. I'm not worried about her. We know each other better now than at any time in our lives, and we have been together for a long time. I know that I have to work constantly though and never falter, because that bad person I was, is always wanting to have a reunion.
My list. It's not a real list that I have on a piece of paper or anything. Sometimes things just come to me. I will be doing the most basic things in life and something will hit me and I will be like, "hey, I need to call that dude up and tell him sorry for this, or that". It's weird, and complicated, and totally refreshing all at once. So if you think that you're on my list, you might be. That doesn't mean I am going to call you up tomorrow and say "I'm sorry" or anything. But I do hope that I get to you.
I will leave you guys with this quote. I read it today and it basically sums up exactly how I feel about life and my philosophy on living it. Let me know what you think.
"You can look back at the pictures of your life and nothing ever changes or you can get up and cross the street and nothing will ever be the same again" - Adam Duritz
I totally screwed up a long time ago, with a bunch of different things. If you have read this blog lately you will see that I have made a transformation. Change is happening fast for me. Now that I feel I am looking at life a little more level-headed, I keep remembering, or seeing things that I have done wrong in the past and I am now being given the opportunity to make those situations right. Why do these things always have to come to me at like midnight, when I should have already been in bed an hour ago. Why can't I get something like this at 5:00 in the afternoon. Anyway, I'm trying to make right with some things, and I've started trying to get right with the people who are closest to me. That slowly branches out to others, because as I have said, its all connected. So basically I started with my wife, and I will be working on making things up to her for the rest of my life. I treated her so bad for so long, and she never even knew it. Man I have a life-story, I just need a year or so to get it all on paper. But because I was being sorry to her, I was also being wrong to another person, who is important to me. A good friend of mine from junior high and high school. Anyway, tonight I wrote that person and tried to spill it to her and let her know that I want to be honest and up front with her and be the friend to her that she has been to me.
You people have to think I'm crazy. I think I'm crazy. Look at me. I'm a total mess. The thing is, for the first time in my life, I'm a mess that is in really good shape. My life used to be a really dark place. I had some thoughts in my head then that would make me look like a perfectly sane person today. Working these things out in my life has given me the faith, the power to pursue things that I would have never been able to do before. I wouldn't have even had the mind-power to come up with some of the ideas I have brewing in my head.
But to be where I am today, I have to be able to understand what I have gone through, and know that it happened for a reason. This is a little tough for me, because I have remorse now for some of the things I did, and at the same time, I know that those things happened for the good of me, and all the people I might touch one day. All the terrible things I've done, and the person I was, was just a process that has taken me to where I am today. Had all of those things not happened in my life, I would not be heading in the right direction.
I came up with the phrase "Watering the Seed" a few weekends ago to describe what I did with my simple task that I needed to follow (see "Rich Man,Poor Man" blog). And that phrase just keeps coming up in my life. If you think about it, everything in our life has the chance to be a seed, that can grow into something we can't even imagine. People you meet, ideas you have, songs you hear, pictures, nature, work, everything. Everything we do is for a reason, and there is a seed to be watered in everything. You have to take each day as an opportunity. It sounds really cliche to say something like this, but you never know when you might change the world.
So where do all these things tie in? My friend, my wife, "Watering the Seed", and my list of things to correct. Well I'm not sure where they all tie together.
"Watering the Seed" and my friend. I know that I need to water the seed of my friend. She has a lot to offer and I think that something extra might be touching her life right now. I might be crazy, but I have a feeling that she is being called in a direction, she just needs to water that seed. So I will be talking to her more, and trying to get more out of her. I think that no matter what you are giving, there is a little more that you could give. Even myself, well definitely myself, we just usually need someone to push it out of us. But I will be praying for her, and hoping that something great comes from this.
My wife, well, I'm still working on her. She knows where my heart is now and we have a level of trust that has been restored. I'm not worried about her. We know each other better now than at any time in our lives, and we have been together for a long time. I know that I have to work constantly though and never falter, because that bad person I was, is always wanting to have a reunion.
My list. It's not a real list that I have on a piece of paper or anything. Sometimes things just come to me. I will be doing the most basic things in life and something will hit me and I will be like, "hey, I need to call that dude up and tell him sorry for this, or that". It's weird, and complicated, and totally refreshing all at once. So if you think that you're on my list, you might be. That doesn't mean I am going to call you up tomorrow and say "I'm sorry" or anything. But I do hope that I get to you.
I will leave you guys with this quote. I read it today and it basically sums up exactly how I feel about life and my philosophy on living it. Let me know what you think.
"You can look back at the pictures of your life and nothing ever changes or you can get up and cross the street and nothing will ever be the same again" - Adam Duritz
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Champions Removed
On a weekend where USC, LSU, Oklahoma, and Florida all routed their competition, the Texas Longhorns nearly got "App Stated". Ok so Central Florida is a Division 1a school and not 1aa like App State, but it was almost as embarrassing. Yeah it was in Orlando and maybe the concentration level for these young Longhorns wasn't where it needed to be, but only winning by three, is ridiculous.
When Vince Young was the coach of this team, yes I said coach, they would have come out and scored first, and taken the crowd out of the game from the onset. Scoring first would have meant a big time touchdown, not settling for 3. Since the Horns won the championship in 2005 they have lost focus. They only play big when they have to, and they have more trouble off the field than any team outside of Oklahoma and the Miami teams from the 80's and 90's. They have lost a high level of disciple that can possibly be blamed on VY himself. See when Mack let Vince go, let him dance, let him sing, let him act like himself, they succeeded. But the thing was, Vince was no thug. He was a leader, and that was just his way of staying loose and getting jacked for a big game. These guys are not leaders, and they are getting the rep of being thugs. It's getting so bad that Peter the Great, Peter Gardere even spent 5 hours in an Austin jail over the past week for DUI.
After the near debacle at Orlando, Mack talked to ESPN's field reporter and told her that this game was good for his team, and that he learned that they could take a shot from a good team. Mack, are you aware that you where at Central Florida, not the University of Florida. You played an upstart program, not a national contender. I want to hear you say how disappointed you were with the team after that mess.
How would I expect that though, even Mack thought just being the University of Texas was enough. Going for two late in the game to try to make it a 13 point margin when a 12 point lead would have forced two touchdowns to beat you was a mistake and he needs to admit it. Central Florida punting with less than three minutes to play and only having 1 timeout was George O'Leary waving the white flag, all you needed to do Mack was kneel on the ball. But what did you do, you put your fumble prone home run hitter Jamaal Charles in, hoping that he would bust off another long one and make the score look a little more lopsided. But of course when you try to run up the score it comes back to get you. Fumble.
George O'Leary? Yeah, wasn't that the guy that lied on his resume and got canned after one day on the job at Notre Dame? How could this guy get his players to out heart, out hustle, and outwork the Longhorns? Because Mack didn't bring his A game this week. This Texas team still has all the talent and coaching that could make a run to the national championship game in New Orleans, but after three games this year and a brutal off season, Mack needs to step up and take the blame for this mess. He needs to start over and make things right with this team. He needs to own it. Wear it Mack, don't spin it. Take the heat for not being prepared, and vow to make it up to us the rest of the year.
If this keeps up, the Longhorns won't be making it out of October undefeated. And I'm not talking about Oklahoma. They won't beat a K-State team that handled them last year. Things need to change in Austin fast. Mack has told us how tough his job is. He is constantly on the hot seat. And as a young Texas fan who has seen his fair share of great seasons under Mack I will say this, I can stand a losing team that stays out of trouble, but I cannot stand for a team that is in trouble off the field and it bleeds over to the field.
After three weeks, I see Mack at a crossroads with this team. They will walk over Rice, no matter how they play next week, and then they have K-State at home. If they play like they have, they will lose. But can things change for the University of Texas? Because we all know how important that next game is. Another bad loss to Oklahoma and Mack will once again be put on the hot seat, especially with all the baggage he is lugging around. What will you do Mack? This is your toughest coaching job so far. Can you turn them around?
When Vince Young was the coach of this team, yes I said coach, they would have come out and scored first, and taken the crowd out of the game from the onset. Scoring first would have meant a big time touchdown, not settling for 3. Since the Horns won the championship in 2005 they have lost focus. They only play big when they have to, and they have more trouble off the field than any team outside of Oklahoma and the Miami teams from the 80's and 90's. They have lost a high level of disciple that can possibly be blamed on VY himself. See when Mack let Vince go, let him dance, let him sing, let him act like himself, they succeeded. But the thing was, Vince was no thug. He was a leader, and that was just his way of staying loose and getting jacked for a big game. These guys are not leaders, and they are getting the rep of being thugs. It's getting so bad that Peter the Great, Peter Gardere even spent 5 hours in an Austin jail over the past week for DUI.
After the near debacle at Orlando, Mack talked to ESPN's field reporter and told her that this game was good for his team, and that he learned that they could take a shot from a good team. Mack, are you aware that you where at Central Florida, not the University of Florida. You played an upstart program, not a national contender. I want to hear you say how disappointed you were with the team after that mess.
How would I expect that though, even Mack thought just being the University of Texas was enough. Going for two late in the game to try to make it a 13 point margin when a 12 point lead would have forced two touchdowns to beat you was a mistake and he needs to admit it. Central Florida punting with less than three minutes to play and only having 1 timeout was George O'Leary waving the white flag, all you needed to do Mack was kneel on the ball. But what did you do, you put your fumble prone home run hitter Jamaal Charles in, hoping that he would bust off another long one and make the score look a little more lopsided. But of course when you try to run up the score it comes back to get you. Fumble.
George O'Leary? Yeah, wasn't that the guy that lied on his resume and got canned after one day on the job at Notre Dame? How could this guy get his players to out heart, out hustle, and outwork the Longhorns? Because Mack didn't bring his A game this week. This Texas team still has all the talent and coaching that could make a run to the national championship game in New Orleans, but after three games this year and a brutal off season, Mack needs to step up and take the blame for this mess. He needs to start over and make things right with this team. He needs to own it. Wear it Mack, don't spin it. Take the heat for not being prepared, and vow to make it up to us the rest of the year.
If this keeps up, the Longhorns won't be making it out of October undefeated. And I'm not talking about Oklahoma. They won't beat a K-State team that handled them last year. Things need to change in Austin fast. Mack has told us how tough his job is. He is constantly on the hot seat. And as a young Texas fan who has seen his fair share of great seasons under Mack I will say this, I can stand a losing team that stays out of trouble, but I cannot stand for a team that is in trouble off the field and it bleeds over to the field.
After three weeks, I see Mack at a crossroads with this team. They will walk over Rice, no matter how they play next week, and then they have K-State at home. If they play like they have, they will lose. But can things change for the University of Texas? Because we all know how important that next game is. Another bad loss to Oklahoma and Mack will once again be put on the hot seat, especially with all the baggage he is lugging around. What will you do Mack? This is your toughest coaching job so far. Can you turn them around?
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Waiting....impatiently
Ok so I said that I might have an announcement on this blog early this week, and it is now Tuesday night and I have nothing. I am really sorry that I have nothing for those of you that are keeping up with me on here, but it is a little out of my hands. I have something brewing, and I really want to bust out and tell everyone what I have, but we have run into a little bit of a roadblock. Nothing that I can't overcome, and to be honest, I knew I would run into something somewhere that might slow this run-away freight train. So I might have been jumping the gun by saying that I would have something for you guys by early this week. Hopefully I can get it together soon and make a huge announcement for all to see and hear. In the mean time, be thinking of me and say a little prayer for me, because I could use that power right now. I'm at an all time high as far as motivation and energy goes, and any fuel that can be added to this fire is certainly appreciated. Get behind me and see where I can go, you won't be dissapointed.
Here's a riddle, go back through and see how many times I used a variation of the word "I" in that last blog. When proofreading I noticed how much "I" came out. When writing I'm usually just tryping down what I would be saying to you in person, so sometimes is comes out a little wierd. Maybe that is enjoyable for you and maybe it isn't. More blogs to come.
Here's a riddle, go back through and see how many times I used a variation of the word "I" in that last blog. When proofreading I noticed how much "I" came out. When writing I'm usually just tryping down what I would be saying to you in person, so sometimes is comes out a little wierd. Maybe that is enjoyable for you and maybe it isn't. More blogs to come.
Friday, September 7, 2007
Rich Man, Poor Man
It's 12:26 pm on Saturday morning. I have to wake up at 6:45 and I know this is going to take awhile. I'm writing this blog, because I just got through watching a great movie. The movie was "Beautiful Girls". I've seen it like 20 times, but tonight I understood it for the first time. This isn't a deep meaningful movie or anything, but for some reason it makes me feel good every time I watch it. I saw it for the first time in high school and it kind of made me think about myself and my friends like 15 years down the road. It was kind of cool to think of it that way then. Well it's 11 years down the road and I now know what this movie is all about. In fact, I was right back in high school. This movie is about me and my buddies from high school in a weird way.
The main character of the movie is going through a stage in his life when he doesn't really know what he wants to do with his future. That is right where I am. I've had the idea in my head since I graduated high school that I wanted to coach. Lately that took a little turn since I started blogging so much, because I decided I wanted to try my hand at journalism. One thing I know is that I am going to do something that involves sports. But I think I am being led into a different direction, one that involves coaching, but coaching people in a different way.
I had the great opportunity to follow a simple task asked of me, with the promise of a reward at the end. My task was simply to get up and go to Sunday school. The reward was a new life-path. I'm writing this not knowing exactly what I'm supposed to do. I honestly have no clue, but if I keep listening, talking, praying, working, following, and many other -ing's I know I will get where I need to be. I think I can reach people, athletes, and possibly make a difference in their lives and the lives that they reach. For good reason, I think that is my calling, my purpose.
Basically what I have here is Jack Sparrow's compass. It's pointing in a direction, one that I am trying dearly to follow, but I have no clue what is down that road. I honestly don't know what it is out there that I am being led to, but I know it is my duty. It is a little scary, but so exciting at the same time.
Through what has gone on in my life this past weekend, I had the great opportunity to meet a guy named Alan Williams over the phone. Click the link and you will find out who he is. By following a small task, I was able to get a hold of Alan. It was a complete shot in the dark. Only by chance, or really because of divine intervention did Alan even call me back. I had no clue what I was going to say to him when I got on the phone, and basically butchered the first five minutes of the conversation. I finally stopped, slowed down and told him my story, and now hopefully I am going to get a chance to talk to him in person later this year. I think this is part of the long strange road I am traveling on right now. Alan is a road sign that is getting me to my destination. I can't wait to see where I will end up.
Back to "Beautiful Girls"........
In the movie, Willie, our main character is faced with taking a job as a salesman, or doing what he loves, which is playing the piano. He feels like he needs to take the salesman job so he can start making money and settling in to his life. This is me. I know I could coach, and be content with it. I don't want to just be content. I want to have my world set on fire, and have the ability to do that for other people daily. Willie's piano is my destination. I can't tell you what it is exactly, so right now it is just my destination.
The best thing right now is that I am surrounded by people who are giving me the chance to chase this thing. My wife is totally supportive, and that has been huge for me. After all she is the one paying the bills right now and I'm sure this could be a little scary for her. My family and hers are all on my side here and I need that from everyone. I need for people to have faith in me right now, the same faith that I have found here lately.
That sounded like I just found faith this past weekend, and that isn't the way it should have come out. I have just actually learned how to use my faith. It's about throwing yourself out there, making yourself completely vulnerable, and knowing that you are going to be ok. Not just knowing you'll be ok, its actually knowing that you are going to do great things. Having a strength to do what is asked of you, no matter how hard or easy it is and not asking why.
In the movie another character, Birdie, decides he isn't gonna go to his high school reunion, because he is just gonna sit at home and watch all "Rich Man, Poor Man on channel 38....all twelve episodes". The name of a television show made me think. It made me think about how you can be a rich man, but at the same time a very poor man as well as being a poor man that is very rich. My dad used to tell me that all the time. I can remember him saying that we didn't have much money, but we sure were rich. I know how important that is now. I don't care to do the thing that might make me think I am rich, when in fact I am really poor inside. I want to be rich, rich with life, and doing the thing that makes me happy. But more importantly, I want to do the thing that makes a difference in other people's lives.
There is some exciting news coming up in the future, involving something I am getting together. I can't say exactly what it is yet, because things aren't pinned down yet. But it is truly exciting and I can't wait to make an official announcement on this blog about it. Hopefully it will come early next week.
If you don't get why I never made reference to who sent me my message, or who is exactly sending me on this unknown road, just ask me. I did that on purpose, hoping someone will ask. Hopefully I will get the chance to tell you about it, or maybe I can call up Alan and get him to.
Richter out..............
The main character of the movie is going through a stage in his life when he doesn't really know what he wants to do with his future. That is right where I am. I've had the idea in my head since I graduated high school that I wanted to coach. Lately that took a little turn since I started blogging so much, because I decided I wanted to try my hand at journalism. One thing I know is that I am going to do something that involves sports. But I think I am being led into a different direction, one that involves coaching, but coaching people in a different way.
I had the great opportunity to follow a simple task asked of me, with the promise of a reward at the end. My task was simply to get up and go to Sunday school. The reward was a new life-path. I'm writing this not knowing exactly what I'm supposed to do. I honestly have no clue, but if I keep listening, talking, praying, working, following, and many other -ing's I know I will get where I need to be. I think I can reach people, athletes, and possibly make a difference in their lives and the lives that they reach. For good reason, I think that is my calling, my purpose.
Basically what I have here is Jack Sparrow's compass. It's pointing in a direction, one that I am trying dearly to follow, but I have no clue what is down that road. I honestly don't know what it is out there that I am being led to, but I know it is my duty. It is a little scary, but so exciting at the same time.
Through what has gone on in my life this past weekend, I had the great opportunity to meet a guy named Alan Williams over the phone. Click the link and you will find out who he is. By following a small task, I was able to get a hold of Alan. It was a complete shot in the dark. Only by chance, or really because of divine intervention did Alan even call me back. I had no clue what I was going to say to him when I got on the phone, and basically butchered the first five minutes of the conversation. I finally stopped, slowed down and told him my story, and now hopefully I am going to get a chance to talk to him in person later this year. I think this is part of the long strange road I am traveling on right now. Alan is a road sign that is getting me to my destination. I can't wait to see where I will end up.
Back to "Beautiful Girls"........
In the movie, Willie, our main character is faced with taking a job as a salesman, or doing what he loves, which is playing the piano. He feels like he needs to take the salesman job so he can start making money and settling in to his life. This is me. I know I could coach, and be content with it. I don't want to just be content. I want to have my world set on fire, and have the ability to do that for other people daily. Willie's piano is my destination. I can't tell you what it is exactly, so right now it is just my destination.
The best thing right now is that I am surrounded by people who are giving me the chance to chase this thing. My wife is totally supportive, and that has been huge for me. After all she is the one paying the bills right now and I'm sure this could be a little scary for her. My family and hers are all on my side here and I need that from everyone. I need for people to have faith in me right now, the same faith that I have found here lately.
That sounded like I just found faith this past weekend, and that isn't the way it should have come out. I have just actually learned how to use my faith. It's about throwing yourself out there, making yourself completely vulnerable, and knowing that you are going to be ok. Not just knowing you'll be ok, its actually knowing that you are going to do great things. Having a strength to do what is asked of you, no matter how hard or easy it is and not asking why.
In the movie another character, Birdie, decides he isn't gonna go to his high school reunion, because he is just gonna sit at home and watch all "Rich Man, Poor Man on channel 38....all twelve episodes". The name of a television show made me think. It made me think about how you can be a rich man, but at the same time a very poor man as well as being a poor man that is very rich. My dad used to tell me that all the time. I can remember him saying that we didn't have much money, but we sure were rich. I know how important that is now. I don't care to do the thing that might make me think I am rich, when in fact I am really poor inside. I want to be rich, rich with life, and doing the thing that makes me happy. But more importantly, I want to do the thing that makes a difference in other people's lives.
There is some exciting news coming up in the future, involving something I am getting together. I can't say exactly what it is yet, because things aren't pinned down yet. But it is truly exciting and I can't wait to make an official announcement on this blog about it. Hopefully it will come early next week.
If you don't get why I never made reference to who sent me my message, or who is exactly sending me on this unknown road, just ask me. I did that on purpose, hoping someone will ask. Hopefully I will get the chance to tell you about it, or maybe I can call up Alan and get him to.
Richter out..............
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Life, Everchanging.
This has been a really good week for me. Many things are on the horizon, and I have plans for an ultra-blog this weekend, so I won't spoil it by giving too much away here. Isn't it amazing how one simple thing can change a week, a life, a moment? This week I had one of those things happen to me and it has me re-energized again.
Professional football started tonight and I am gonna have to say that Indy is the team to beat. Either that or New Orleans is going to fall on their faces all year long. Not sure which will come true, maybe both. What the Colts did tonight to the Saints was scary. Barring injury we know the Colts will average 24+ this year, then to think their defense can hold people like that? Wow.
Is there anything more fun than wathing a football game with your boys? I mean being able to yell things at the television, act like cavemen, and eat all at the same time is a sure recipe for excitement. I love screaming things like "First Dowwwwwn!" and "Fuuuummmmmmble!" and then high five the person closest to you. With tonights game I didn't even have a team to root for, I just wanted to watch football. I would find myself yelling "First dowwwwn!" when the Colts picked up a 3rd and 8 and then scream "Fuuuummmmmmble!" when the Colts lost the ball. There is no rhyme or reason to a man when he is with his crew watching a football game. We revert back at least 500 years during football season. The only thing keeping us up with the rest of the world is fantasy football, and that is only because you have to be online for that. I will end this paragraph by saying "Brint loves football".
Be on the lookout for some major blogging this weekend. I have a great story to tell and some very exciting things to talk about coming up in the future.
Richter out.
Professional football started tonight and I am gonna have to say that Indy is the team to beat. Either that or New Orleans is going to fall on their faces all year long. Not sure which will come true, maybe both. What the Colts did tonight to the Saints was scary. Barring injury we know the Colts will average 24+ this year, then to think their defense can hold people like that? Wow.
Is there anything more fun than wathing a football game with your boys? I mean being able to yell things at the television, act like cavemen, and eat all at the same time is a sure recipe for excitement. I love screaming things like "First Dowwwwwn!" and "Fuuuummmmmmble!" and then high five the person closest to you. With tonights game I didn't even have a team to root for, I just wanted to watch football. I would find myself yelling "First dowwwwn!" when the Colts picked up a 3rd and 8 and then scream "Fuuuummmmmmble!" when the Colts lost the ball. There is no rhyme or reason to a man when he is with his crew watching a football game. We revert back at least 500 years during football season. The only thing keeping us up with the rest of the world is fantasy football, and that is only because you have to be online for that. I will end this paragraph by saying "Brint loves football".
Be on the lookout for some major blogging this weekend. I have a great story to tell and some very exciting things to talk about coming up in the future.
Richter out.
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