Bus Stuff

Since I ride the bus most of the time to work, I "have the opportunity" to see and hear a lot of things. This week there were a few doozies...

Earlier in the week, crowded bus, I was sitting next to a guy with headphones and next to him was a gal on her phone. She was super excited to tell her friend all about her day, and lucky for everyone else, we got to hear it to. Doesnt bother me that much, but it clearly bothered the guy next to me. He was sighing and squirming, and finally when the lady got off her phone he gave her a piece of her mind. At the next stop she moved seats.

On that same bus ride (bonus!) on my other side was a "rough" looking guy who appeared to have all his poseessions in a clear garbage bag (hmmmmm)...during the bus ride he proceeded to go through the bag and on one piece of envelopes it read "discharge paperwork"...couple that with a clear garbage bag with all his belongings and my guess is that he just got out of the slammer. The interesting thing about this that made my experience interesting was that he was clearly angry..who wouldnt be I guess...each page of the paperwork that he read he dramatically crumpled up angrily and threw it in his clear bag. I just wasnt sure about him.

Then today, gotta love bus drivers. Mid way through the ride she calls for the owner of the bike hooked on the front to come up so that he can re-strap the bike on. The guy couldnt figure out what was wrong and kept saying "i never had to do that before" to which the driver responded...Trust me on this one, you dont want that bike to fall off. Pretty common sense, but hey, "i never had to do that before"

Caring

"The harder you work at something and the more time you put into it - the more you care!"

Two Small Words...Have vs. Get

A lot of times we say, "I have to go to work" or "I have to go to the Gym" or "I have to go (whatever)." We technically dont HAVE to do anything....actually we GET to do all those things. Especially right now with the Job market, I think "I GET to go to work" is a bit more appropriate. With everything else, I think that GET is just a better way to realize that these are all opportunities for us.

Food for thought

"We cant always know what the future hold, but we do know who holds the future."

A quote from a book that Steph is reading that helps provide some perspective on God's Will for us and that we dont know what is coming our way....the only thing we know is the he has a plan for us.

Greatest Words Ever Spoken

Picked up a cool new book yesterday...you could actually call it a Bible, as it is almost as thick. The book is called "Greatest Words Ever Spoken" and it is a collection of quotes from Jesus organized by functional topics. Like fear, worry, etc. Anyway, the one that jumped out at me is this one...and I had heard something like it before but didnt realize it had "biblical" references.

So never worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
-Matthew 6:34

Words to live by

"We gather because we have chosen HOPE over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord." - President Barack Obama

Just Smile

With all this snow, a lot of people flock to the bus for transportation vs. risking using their car. When that happens, guess what, buses get crowded. Couple that with extra heat because it is cold, long trips, etc. it is easy to get frustrated. In listening to the news, the anchor told people to just Smile. What are you really going to do about it? It is what is, you might as well just smile and deal with it!