Tunnel Vision

Sometimes it's so hard to see past the bend in the road that you are in fear of taking. It seems that life is packed with blind turns that scare us to death. In my life, the turns aren't the problem, it's looking at them. They scare me so bad that I sometimes don't even take them that well, or at all. But our past usually proves that the turns are the most enjoyable parts. No one enjoys the straight-aways that take forever and nothing exciting ever happens. I think it's high time I accelerate and enjoy the speed of each turn, no matter how much it hurts to take them, or how much it will cost me. 

"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see through it no matter what." Harper Lee, 'To Kill A Mockingbird'

Boys and Girls

I think its funny how few things on earth seldom change and one of those things is the fact that men and women struggle to understand each other. Dates come and go, and the sun rises on new affections all the time. But why? Why do people put so much effort in it? Is it worth it? It is if it is the right person. And how do you know that? Well, one thing I do know is that men and women communicate differently. So why has no one picked up on this? Better yet, why hasn't anyone fixed this or learned from other people's mistakes? Because we are lazy. A lot of times people do not know how to interact with each other because they don't spend enough time getting to know each other. I don't mean dating, I mean setting aside time and interacting with each other in different settings and paying attention (mostly something that guys struggle with). And once you start dating (if she gives you a chance) extending grace to one another (this is primarily something that girls have a hard time with, not all the time, but there is a tendency). Think about it, you mix a guy who doesn't pay attention with a girl who isn't very forgiving and you have got a disaster that is plaguing the United States right now. Men don't know the person they're dating, cause if they did they would know what not to do, and girls don't like the circumstances that come up in their relationship, so they manipulate them. I would like to state that I am not arguing one side's case, I am playing the 'Devil's Advocate' for both sides to give the harsh reality that most people who are dating are living with. Each day you wake up, and you're tired. Because you stayed up the night before talking to, who knows when to your girlfriend, because you have to talk to each other before you go to bed. This appears sweet, but it's not. You're keeping each other from sleeping, which in turn prevents you fro having a sound mind. Therefore you are not able to accurately focus and invest yourself into the proper things. This can be paralleled to your inability to set parameters on your relationship to keep it healthy. Rather than going into a long dissertation about this topic I will break it into a few parts. This first part is just an introduction into this topic of guys and girls.

Stay tuned for part two...

Dancing in the 80's

I wish I was old enough during the 80's to learn the dance moves that characterized the funkiest decade in American history. Not just Michael Jackson, but Midnight Star, Prince, George Clinton, Shalamar, and Earth, Wind, and Fire. These bands caught the groove and shared it with the American public at large, and everyone danced. It was like a fever, and the only prescription was to dance. I tried posting a video I found on youtube, of a a young boy on The Romper Room breakdancing. The video is inspiring to say the least. It makes me want to dance well. Also, check out Midnight Star "No Parking On The Dance Floor".

Note to Reader: Notice the boy in the background at the beginning that gets denied by all the girls a front row seat.

Ce la vei...

Communication Breakdown

Things are never understood as well as they could be. I think Led Zeppelin had it right, at least with the title of the song. The rest of the song only focused on a girl. Well, I guess it could work. Girls are harder to understand than guys, from a male perspective. This concept goes both ways. Anyways, I digress...

First Things

I decided to start a blog because I love to write my thoughts about things down and I might as well publish it to be more vulnerable. I don't have a lot of time to write as extensively as I would like, but perhaps in the near future I will write down what excites me or irritates me at the moment. One thing I can address is the loss of writing skills in America. We settle for mediocre grammar, but speak more words that don't fit as well as they could. 

That's all for now. Maybe something will come up soon that I can share.

-Wendell