"IN SURFING, THERE ARE SPECIAL PEOPLE WHOSE EXAMPLE CAN HAVE AS MUCH IMPACT ON AN INDIVIDUAL'S JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY AS AND EPIPHANY,INCIDENT OR COMBINATION OF EVENTS. BY G LOPEZ"
AROUND 3:00 AFTER A DAY FILLED WITH EVENTS THAT DIDNT REALLY GIVE ME A WHOLE LOT OF ADRENALINE OR GOOD TIMES. I MEAN MAINLY SITTING IN TRAFFIC AND ANSWERING RANDOM SALES PHONE CALLS... I WAS FINALLY AT THE DESTINATION OF CHOICE THE CLOSE OF THE DEAL.. THE NERD AT THE BANK TOLD ME TO TAKE A SEAT AND WAIT AS THE BUYER PROCESSED THE CHECK FOR THE YOUNG BOY WHO WAS GETTING HIS DREAM TRUCK.. HIS SECOND ONE. YA SEE. GUYS LOVE TWO THINGS TRUCKS AND TRUCKS..
PICTURE THIS I AM WAITING AT SEVEN ELEVEN RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THE CREDIT UNION. WAITING IN LINE FOR MY PREMAID 2 DOLLAR CHICKEN SANDWHICH , RED BULL , AND REECES PEANUT BUTTER CUPS. I NOTICE THE TWO LADIES BY THE INSTANT CAPUCCINO MAKER MAKING THEIR COFFESS WITH HAGGED SHIRTS . OVERSIZED EVERYTHING INCLUDING THERE UNHEALTHY CARCASSES AND I HEAR THE ONE SAY, " JUST A LITTLE MORE AND THATS PERFECT" AS THEY ADD A FEW MORE SUGARS.....
THEN I SEE THEN SMILE AT EACH OTHER..
NEXT TOO ME A YOUNG TONGAN GIRL WITH LONG BRISSLY HAIR WAITS AND LOOKS AROUND AS SHE BUYS GAS FOR THE LARGE FAMILY WAITING OUTSIDE.
DO YOU KNOW THE FEELING LIKE WHEN YOU ARE NOTICING A LOT OF THE SURROUNDING YOUR IN. LET ME TELL YOU I WAS LIKE A HAWK IN A CHICKEN FARM. THE FOOD THE GUY NEXT AT THE REGISTER WAS WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SUGAR.CHIPS,SODA ..
THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE WAS TALKING IN A LANGUAGE THAT MADE ME WONDER IF I WAS IN THE RIGHT COUNTRY AS HE AND HIS WORLD TRAVELER COLOGUES WERE PAYING FOR THERE BEERS...ONE BY ONE. YOU SEE THEY WERE ALL PAYING SEPERATE AND ALL TAKING ONE PLASTICE BAG WHICH WOULD PROBABLY GET THROWN AWAY IN THE GARBAGE CAN OUTSIDE ONE BY ONE. AND THE KICKER IN THE STORE THE REALLY BEST PART WAS THE CASHIER...HE BALDING IN THE MIDDLE. SKIN WITH A TOUCH OF SUN THAT RESEMBLED THE SHADE OF WHITE YOU GET FROM WHITE PAINT WITH A LITTLE WATER IN IT..HE WAS THE RING LEADER YOU YOUNG BOY OUT OF CONTROL BUYING CANDY SUMMED IT UP HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE UNCLE CANDY ME FREE...THEN THE PARETNTS PULLED HIM TO THE BACK OF THE LINE...WELL THIS BUY JUST HAD A FEELING ABOUT HIM THAT I WOULDNT LET HIM BABYSIT MY KIDS FRIEND FOR TOO LONG LETS SAY... DONT KNOW WHAT IT WAS MAYBE ALL THE PEOPLE FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD WITH ALL THE DIFFERNT AGENDAS ALL IN ONE PLACE...IT JUST MADE ME GO WOW
EVERYONE HERE HAS ONE THING IN COMMON . ITS NOT MUCH BUT IT IS THEY ARE ALL SURVIVORS...bECAUSE AS PEOPLE ARE BASIC INSINCT IS TO SURVIVE..ITS JUST EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT IDEA ON HOW TO SURVIVE. IT WAS WHAT WAS TAUGHT TO THEM FROM THEIR PIERS , COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENT.. AND YOUR RIGHT NO ONE CAN WALK IN YOUR SHOES CAUSE NO ONE HAS BEEN WHERE YOUVE BEEN.. THE QUESTION I ASK A LOT OF YOU IS ...
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
wHAT HAVE YOU SEEN?
wHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
wHAT DOES IT mATTER?
wHERE WILL YOU GO?
WHAT WILL YOU FEEL?
WHAT WILL YOU LEAVE BEHIND?
OR
WHO ARE YOUR FRIENDS.
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE.
WHAT WILL THEY LEAVE BEHIND.
OR
WHO ARE YOU PARENTS
WHO ARE YOUR ANCESORS
WHO HAVE THEY CREATED.
SO CONTACT ME WITH YOUR INFO.. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK...
MAKE A BLOG ...WRITE IT DOWN...
MAKE SOMETHING
AFTER LEAVING THE BANK..
I HAD A CHECK ...
I MADE 2,800 DOLLARS ...
THATS WHAT I MADE OUT OF ALL OF THIS...
Friday, April 23, 2010
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You can find the answers to most of your questions in the book 'Way of the Peaceful Warrior'. If there's 1 book people should read in their life it's this one..
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