Integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do. This is my life.
Is it a strange thought to want to live a life of service? I guess it depends on who you serve, or what you serve for. I'll never forget the promise I made, the oath that dictated that my life would be different from that moment on.
I, Joshua Michael Foley, do solemnly swear that I will support and
defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies,
foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the
same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United
States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to
regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.
Some people think that I'm no longer free, but they couldn't be more wrong. I chose this life. It was my freedom to choose that! I wouldn't even bother doing something else, because in our endeavor to escape our destiny we inevitably find our fate.
Monday, May 7, 2012
If anyone can make me fall in love, you can.
♪♫ This is where it all begins
So tell me it will never end
I can't fool myself
It's you and no one else
If I could wish upon tomorrow
Tonight would never end
If you asked me I would follow
But for now I'll just pretend
If anyone can make me fall in love, you can♫ - David Archuleta
So tell me it will never end
I can't fool myself
It's you and no one else
If I could wish upon tomorrow
Tonight would never end
If you asked me I would follow
But for now I'll just pretend
If anyone can make me fall in love, you can♫ - David Archuleta
-If it is love, how do I know? Isn't there a scale, or a list of things I have to do to reach your love?
--There are so many things I can say, but I don't think there's many words I can say, or many songs I could sing that havent' already been expressed.
---Sure, I know the color of your eyes. I know your favorite sweets. I know the names of your stuffed animals. I know some things, but the truth is I don't know everything. I think that's part of life's adventure though.
--There are so many things I can say, but I don't think there's many words I can say, or many songs I could sing that havent' already been expressed.
---Sure, I know the color of your eyes. I know your favorite sweets. I know the names of your stuffed animals. I know some things, but the truth is I don't know everything. I think that's part of life's adventure though.
----Yeah, you probably know a lot more about me: my fears, that I can't spell, my passions, what I think, how to make me upset one moment and then smiling the next, but there's some things you don't know about me. You probably didn't know that if I didn't have you in my life, that I'd be haunted by the girl of my dreams, and my heart would be forever scarred. I'd carry a weight that I couldn't even lift.
-----Your smile, your laugh, and yes, even that look you give me when I've done something completely stupid. I cannot live a life of happiness without you. So, am I not in love?
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Time capsule
(Go back to that spot.
Remember the place where you played in the autumn leaves, deep inside the woods? As far as the trail goes there was a old stump in the middle of a clearing. Through the cracks of the tree tops, light would shine and shadows danced as the wind carried the sweet smell of life.
Go back to that spot.)
-I can imagine that a culturally advanced civilization might one day explore the remains of Earth's human race, and I can imagine further that from an etic perspective it would be such a curious thing to find an odd assortment of things that serve no particular purpose. How strange would it be to dig up a small metal lunch box containing nothing more than a simple plastic comb whose age is told by the number of broken prongs, a strangely shaped rock, and an old photo? For a culture that is trying to dissect human nature, it wouldn't make much sense.
--Perhaps that is the best things about humans. We are so perfectly screwed up, and maybe that can only make sense to those with incogitancy.
---This is not an interesting rock or photo, however. This text is merely a piece of my mind that will remain for some time-I hope. This is a time capsule for me, and the treasure inside is my mind as it is now (20-years-old).
It's fun to know that when the culturally advanced civilization digs up this box containing my mind, what they will find is bound to be very different from what I put in it!
Remember the place where you played in the autumn leaves, deep inside the woods? As far as the trail goes there was a old stump in the middle of a clearing. Through the cracks of the tree tops, light would shine and shadows danced as the wind carried the sweet smell of life.
Go back to that spot.)
-I can imagine that a culturally advanced civilization might one day explore the remains of Earth's human race, and I can imagine further that from an etic perspective it would be such a curious thing to find an odd assortment of things that serve no particular purpose. How strange would it be to dig up a small metal lunch box containing nothing more than a simple plastic comb whose age is told by the number of broken prongs, a strangely shaped rock, and an old photo? For a culture that is trying to dissect human nature, it wouldn't make much sense.
--Perhaps that is the best things about humans. We are so perfectly screwed up, and maybe that can only make sense to those with incogitancy.
---This is not an interesting rock or photo, however. This text is merely a piece of my mind that will remain for some time-I hope. This is a time capsule for me, and the treasure inside is my mind as it is now (20-years-old).
It's fun to know that when the culturally advanced civilization digs up this box containing my mind, what they will find is bound to be very different from what I put in it!
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