{"id":605,"date":"2007-03-23T22:05:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-23T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=605"},"modified":"2007-03-23T22:05:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-23T22:05:00","slug":"605","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2007\/03\/23\/605\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another blog.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>You know.. I went to fix an error on my last post and accidently clicked &#8220;Update Time and Stamp&#8221; while clicking submit.&nbsp; So fooey.&nbsp; This is my first real post for Friday&#8230; even though it may not be.&nbsp; :oP<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This is a pretty cool link.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/image.weather.com\/web\/flash\/FMMain.swf\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">click here.<\/a>&nbsp; It updates every 5 minutes automatically.&nbsp; Double click to zoom in.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Another chance to learn about me blog<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I am independent.&nbsp; I don&#8217;t depend on anyone&#8211; even as much as my friends get close to me, I still don&#8217;t put the (thinks of the word for it) load?&nbsp; I don&#8217;t put it on them &#8211; or anyone.&nbsp; I can count on my family, that is a blessing.&nbsp; Everyone from My parents to Michael and Heidi.&nbsp; We&#8217;ve always been a closely knit group, especially with how small our family size is.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Having said that, I don&#8217;t feel that I need to &#8216;talk&#8217; about what I blogged about.&nbsp; At least not with people to whom it doesn&#8217;t even regard.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This is my &#8220;I know it already&#8221; attitude, but I also have heard everything everyone has said before.&nbsp; About life, God,&nbsp;focus&#8211; I&#8217;ve done research on things, read books etc etc<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Anyway.&nbsp; Cascade had some thing with their system that they didn&#8217;t add to my account, so they said I owed them 1000 more.&nbsp; They researched it, added some of the things I should have gotten anyway, and said that I needed to pay 500 instead.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Least everything is paid off&#8230; on the school level haha.&nbsp; Goodness knows I still have my share of&nbsp;loans.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>(this is space after I remember the thing I wanted to blog about&#8211; but can&#8217;t remember at the moment &#8212; To Be Filled!)&nbsp; Yes.. You will have to check back later if you want to read it.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The last thing I want to post about in this blog is the term success.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I looked up the definition&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"me\"><strong>suc\u00b7cess<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\"><span class=\"pg\"><em><font color=\"#558811\">\u2013noun <\/font><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"luna-Ent\"><\/p>\n<tbody><\/p>\n<tr><\/p>\n<td class=\"dn\" vAlign=\"top\">1.<\/td>\n<p><\/p>\n<td vAlign=\"top\">the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"luna-Ent\"><\/p>\n<tbody><\/p>\n<tr><\/p>\n<td class=\"dn\" vAlign=\"top\">2.<\/td>\n<p><\/p>\n<td vAlign=\"top\">the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"luna-Ent\"><\/p>\n<tbody><\/p>\n<tr><\/p>\n<td class=\"dn\" vAlign=\"top\">3.<\/td>\n<p><\/p>\n<td vAlign=\"top\">a successful performance or achievement: <span class=\"ital-inline\"><em>The play was an instant success. <\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"luna-Ent\"><\/p>\n<tbody><\/p>\n<tr><\/p>\n<td class=\"dn\" vAlign=\"top\">4.<\/td>\n<p><\/p>\n<td vAlign=\"top\">a person or thing that is successful: <span class=\"ital-inline\"><em>She was a great success on the talk show. <\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">Why is this being blogged about?&nbsp; I struggle with success in life.&nbsp; Not really.. but then totally.&nbsp; To be a success in others eyes seems to be something I still yearn for.&nbsp; Something I still want, even if I tell myself and pray about being only successful for the Kingdom of God.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">It doesn&#8217;t matter, I always get back into what society claims success as.&nbsp; I know it isn&#8217;t some posh job, or some hefty pay.&nbsp; I know it isn&#8217;t getting a college degree, or even getting married and having kids.&nbsp; I guess I haven&#8217;t come to a real defining moment as to what I personally define success at.&nbsp; I can tell you this, that if I had all of those things I just listed <u>I would<\/u> consider myself successful.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">I want to be successful, yet at every turn my life seems to go down a different route.&nbsp; Maybe not a good route, maybe not a bad route, just one that I don&#8217;t deem as successful.&nbsp; Like, a feeling of just wasting away- trying to figure out success on a personal level.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">&#8220;I&#8217;m headed for the breakdown&#8221; &#8211; Breaking Benjamin<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">Even when I was high on life, growing daily in my personal walk.&nbsp; I would just work at Sears, witness to people I knew, to my friends.&nbsp; I would see changes and be part of exciting changes in peoples lives, yet success was not at my fingertips.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">I am not looking for an explanation of success.&nbsp; These are just my thoughts.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\"><\/p>\n<dt class=\"quote\">&#8220;I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. 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