Wednesday, July 13, 2011
10:07 PM
Posted by
Thanh Nguyen
Eikon Youth Group Worship
so let me tell you right off the bat that i am not the model christian...but however i do believe that we all have a purpose in life. whether it be spider-man fighting crime or the criminals who gives us a standard of comparison as to what is good or evil...either way we all have some type of purpose.
long story short...we all want to live in a relatively harmonious world and reach our potentials, so why not start by doing everything to the fullest. the world is always going to have terrible people...lets not get to cynical and just stick to all round general douche-bags. lets be honest here, the majority of women out there will date a few dead beats in their life time. then the story will go she meets an awesome bro and yada yada. however if that douche-bag was never around in the first place, regular honest genuine guys won't have a chance.
not everyone in the world is as bad-ass and built like Matt Damon, David Beckham nor Mark Wahlburg...sorry ladies it just doesn't happen. however there are guys out there who believe that just because David-Freakin-Beckham can rock a JIRT (jean shirt)/buzzed head and still like delicious to the ladies...that they can magically change their name to something retarded like J-TRAIN and attempt to be as enchanting...NO NO NO NO!!! DON'T DO IT J-TRAIN!!!! there aren't a lot of guarantees in the world...but i CAN guarantee that you will like TERRIBLE.
still you have to appreciate these guys for what they are doing...they are unaware that without their douchebagary...regular bros will have to compete with the likes of those greek gods. so the message im really trying to get across is...
how ever small you feel, at any given point during the day, trust that a hundred years from now chances are people won't remember your name...much less your accomplishments, personality, failures or flaws. but...jeremiah 1:5 says "[God said] I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set you apart..." so no matter if you are the douchebag who gave her a reason to leave or the everyday gentlemen who sweeps her off her feet, trust that you have a purpose in life...you just might not know it yet.
Friday, March 4, 2011
8:27 AM
Posted by
Thanh Nguyen
Sitting in Renal Physiology and my mind starts to think...about anything but Renal Physiology. I watched a TED lecture last night about education and it got me thinking about the hierarchy of intellect. As we grow up, I feel like our schools teach us from the ground up. Kids are encourage to go play, run around, fall down and get back up. However, as we get older our bodies receives sophistication, intellectually as well as dynamically. We move more thoughtfully and we think with more fluidity. With this happenstance we inherit shame and fear, not from monsters, bears or Lady Gaga; but we fear an entity of equal sophistication...failure. As kids, we really have no shame. C'mon you poop in your pants when your a little kid and you ride it out thinking that its a scheduled event, like oreos and naptime. You sit in class now and your ureters/rectum dilates...you're rushing to the nearest bathroom hoping to not crown out.
Aside from popping drops and peeing your pants, we inherit a fear of "failure to succeed". Wayne Gretzky once said "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take" and why don't you take them?...you are afraid of missing. Why didn't you go get the girls numbers, sitting across the bar giving you the DTF eyes? Because you think its a fabrication of your gender, and maybe it is but what's the worse that can happen? She says no?...I'm sure your city has more than one girl. Drink in your face?...that's why you bring an extra suit in the car. Honestly, when it comes down to it, a lot of the girls that you think are into you...wont be...but if you don't attempt, sure you wont get a shot to your ego, but you also won't get laid.
When it comes down to it, the biggest part of this whole ordeal is that if you try and fail...the reality that comes with the failure becomes evident to your consciousness. Fear hinders creativity, so when you sit there and figure out all the ways you can get shot down...this ugly fearless guy (who doesn't even have a suit, mind you) is walking out with your prime cut sweater cows. But seriously, "gravity is not responsible for people falling in love"...its being fearless.
