Right In Two

June 14th, 2010

Angels on the sideline,
Puzzled and amused.
Why did Father give these humans free will?
Now they’re all confused.

Don’t these talking monkeys know that Eden has enough to go around?
Plenty in this holy garden, silly monkeys
Where there’s one you’re bound to divide it right in two.

Angels on the sideline,
Baffled and confused.
Father blessed them all with reason,
And this is what they choose?

Monkey killing monkey killing monkey over pieces of the ground.
Silly monkeys.
Give them thumbs, they forge a blade,
And where there’s one they’re bound to divide it right in two.

Monkey killing monkey killing monkey over pieces of the ground.
Silly monkeys.
Give them thumbs, they make a club to beat their brother down.
How they’ve survived so misguided is a mystery.
Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability
To lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here.

Gotta divide it all right in two.

Fight till they die over sun, over sky,
They fight till they die over sea, over air,
They fight till they die over blood, over love,
They fight till they die over words, polarizing.

Angels on the sideline again,
Benched along with patience and reason.
Angels on the sideline again,
Wondering where this tug of war will end.

Gotta divide it all right in two.

Randy

Integrity

June 11th, 2010

Not targeting to be an inspirational poster at walmart but more as a reminder to myself and to maybe help someone else. I was recently reminded that integrity is something that is earned and is measured only by your true self. Just because someone does the right thing when you are looking and the wrong while no one is looking they still lose their integrity. It is not a tree falling with no one to hear and is always heard by the one cutting it down.

Randy

Never explain

June 10th, 2010

Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe you anyways.

Randy

Charcter

May 9th, 2010

What defines a person’s character? Character is made up of those qualities that have consistently defined a person’s beliefs and actions across all domains in his life. Qualities such as being empathic, hardworking, gentle, or funny are a combination of innate temperament, developed value systems, and habits of behavior in life. These qualities tend to remain fairly stable throughout a person’s life. For example, a man does not over time just stop having a good sense of humor, lose his sense of empathy, and stop feeling responsible for his actions towards others. If these qualities do change relatively quickly in a relationship, it is probably because the person was not being entirely genuine in the beginning of the relationship, in an attempt to “keep up appearances.”

Excerpt from an article entitled Beware of your Dreem Partner from psycology today that I found obvious but interesting.

Randy

Quote

April 9th, 2010

“You cannot help the poor
by destroying the rich.

You cannot strengthen the weak
by weakening the strong.

You cannot bring about prosperity
by discouraging thrift.

You cannot lift the wage earner up
by pulling the wage payer down.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man
by inciting class hatred.

You cannot build character and courage
by taking away people’s initiative and independence.

You cannot help people permanently
by doing for them,
what they could and
should do for themselves.”

-Abraham Lincoln

Randy