Hey Canada...

Thank you Canada for beginning the chain of Tim Horton's. But I bet Tim Horton's in Canada does not have live music on Mondays like the one in Holt, Michigan.

I began doing my homework at the local Tim Horton's because I was unable to work due to bee stings acquired this past weekend. With doing homework and live music and being surrounded by wonderful people about 40 years older than I, I want to thank God for giving me this opportunity to enjoy myself on a Monday. I have been given so much in my life and I keep receiving gifts daily. I just feel like a loser because I have no idea what songs he is singing and cannot join in. Some people just know how to enjoy life. Through all the problems they have endured in life they have come together today to enjoy music and good company.

I suggest doing something like this on routine to allow yourself to relax and soak up all that life has to give to you. And spend time recognizing the beauty of every detail.

A Water Fight.

This summer has been simply amazing up to this point. I have been given so many opportunities to spend quality time with quality people. I had high expectations for this summer of 2010 because it was a summer that I was not traveling out of country. The freedom of the summer has allowed me to pick up and go on a road trip, take a bath in Lake Michigan, read a book (i truly only think i have read two entire books that were over a hundred pages including the one I just finished reading), have a water fight, and watch a handful of sunsets.

All this opportunity has given me peace and rest. But at the same time it has gave me time to think how I need to grow as a man. I do not know how to express my feelings, I need to understand me, and let God into my life every day. God has given me this freedom and I must let him direct me along the winding path.

I have thought all of this because of the single water fight that I was able to participate in with a great friend, and two younger siblings of his girlfriend (also a great friend). The water fight was so enjoyable and freeing that I realized this is how I should feel from day to day because God has given me this freedom. The freedom from anything that would hold me back. With nothing holding me back what can't I accomplish.