Personal Accountablity

It has been since 4th of July 2009 that I posted. I figured I should put some ideas on here again (I dont want it to not work anymore)

******If you are reading this on Facebook, I wrote in on Blogger, and it updated my facebook notes, not the other way around :D--still keeping my Lent*******************************

So this blog, as most of mine do, came from a personal experience. I went to rent something from Family Video yesterday and I remembered that we had outstanding movies. I grabbed them. As I went to checkout, the Clerk told me I owed $50 because my movies were 25 days late (totaling a complete rental period of 30 days). I was shocked. Having been a former video story employee, I know telling people that they owe you $ because they didnt return their videos on time was never a good experience. So, I didnt yell at the guy, I tried to haggle a little, and we settled on an agreeable amount.

Now, what does this have to do with anything?

This just showed a huge lack of Personal Accountability and Responsibility. Man, its sad that we have to charge people money because they arent responsible to return something they borrowed. I am the first one that is awful with Movies or books. How can we move on in our life, if we have overdue Books, Movies or owe a friend $?

A good friend once saw the condition of my desk, and told me "if this is how your desk looks, then I understand why you haven't moved past other things in your life." These words ring true as I look at my desk at work. What things in our past are stopping us from moving forward today?

Take time and tie up loose ends, so you can put them behind you.

God Bless

MLA Sr.

(hopefully this starts a trend of doing this more often)

PS--This Video is great, and ties well with Tying up Loose Ends

National Anthem

On this 4th of July, I watched this video of how our National Anthem came about, and it stuck me as so very profound.

Let me know what you think.




MLA Sr

Wow--its been awhile

I feel like I owe you an apology. And by you , I mean the 4 readers that I had before taking some 40+ days off.

During this time, things have been rough. April 6th, my grandfather died. He fell and broke his hip and died of a blood clot. I wasn't sure how to deal with all of this, but it was rough, but I know he is in a better place. He taught me so much about the Great War, and how to have a large loving family. I truly believe my love of food comes from him and my grandma.

After, one of my best friends lost his mom--Rob Giesting. She was diagnosed with cancer our senior of college, and she battled for a long time. I remember just before Laura and I got married she had a tough round of treatment, and she came to the wedding, and you would never had known she had. She died the end of April, and I know she left her legacy with her sons.

Other than that, the boy has kept me busy. Along with having some fun with Laura.

Now, I should head to bed, but I will keep blogging soon.

God Bless

MLA Sr