Think about this: Three sisters on a bicycle on the street and having fun, laughing and enjoying every bit of what life has to offer. Will I ever have that type of contagious laugh ever again? That is a tough question, because my time pass on with your life, you would experience more tragedies, sorrow, sadness, failures. You have more responsibility by default. You have debt to pay. You have wife to nag, complain and accuse you of every single small things. There would be people in this world at this moment that would trade every physical material thing for that bicycle and the natural unforced smile.
Each one of use should find a way to turn our minds simple again. A mind without worry. A mind of freedom from bondage. A mind without dirty thoughts. A mind without evil thoughts. We should not be worry about the problems that we can’t affect a bit.
The Little Children and Jesus ~ Luke 18:15-17
15People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. 16But Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."
The Year of Living Biblically
One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
The Book by A. J. Jacobs
The description from Jacobs
The Year of Living Biblically is about my quest to live the ultimate biblical life. To follow every single rule in the Bible – as literally as possible. I obey the famous ones:
• The Ten Commandments
• Love thy neighbor
• Be fruitful and multiply
But also, the hundreds of oft-ignored ones.
• Do not wear clothes of mixed fibers.
• Do not shave your beard
• Stone adulterers
Why? Well, I grew up in a very secular home (I’m officially Jewish but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant). I’d always assumed religion would just wither away and we’d live in a neo-Enlightenment world. I was, of course, spectacularly wrong. So was I missing something essential to being a human? Or was half the world deluded?
I decided to dive in headfirst. To try to experience the Bible myself and find out what’s good in it, and what’s maybe not so relevant to the 21st century.
The resulting year was fascinating, entertaining and informative. It was equal parts irreverent and reverent. It was filled with surprising insights almost every day. (I know it’s not biblical to boast, so apologies for that).
The book that came out of the year has several layers.
-An exploration of some of the Bible’s startlingly relevant rules. I tried not to covet, gossip, or lie for a year. I’m a journalist in New York. This was not easy.
--An investigation of the rules that baffle the 21st century brain. How to justify the laws about stoning homosexuals? Or smashing idols? Or sacrificing oxen? And how do you follow those in modern-day Manhattan?
--A look at various fascinating religious groups. I embedded myself among several groups that take the Bible literally in their own way, from creationists to snake handlers, Hasidim to the Amish.
--A critique of fundamentalism. I became the ultra-fundamentalist. I found that fundamentalists may claim to take the Bible literally, but they actually just pick and choose certain rules to follow. By taking fundamentalism extreme, I found that literalism is not the best way to interpret the Bible.
--A spiritual journey. As an agnostic, I’d never seriously explored such things as sacredness and revelation.
--A memoir of my family’s eccentric religious history, including my ex-uncle Gil, who has been, among other things, a Hindu cult leader, an evangelical Christian and an Orthodox Jew.
After I completed the book, it left an open void in my mind with a big question: That’s it? That is all you can come up with? You spend a whole year going through all these dumb ideas like not eating shrimp and grow out your beard for a whole year and try to complete all the outdated rituals to try to become the New York Times Bestseller? No. This book is quite good and worth reading.
The author and I have an odd common, so it makes me feel somewhat part of a major league team. We both like the book Ecclesiastes, the preacher, sách Truyền Đạo.
This man is a self described secular, overprotective father and a pushover yet smart and have an extreme sense of humor. I think the book is worth reading, especially for people who consider themselves Christian and whom consider themselves as Hebrew Jewish.
How do you come up to be a Christian? Are you really who you think you are? What type of relationship do you have with God?
To bring to the conclusion: Why are there so many types of bible out there? Why should we put stock in certain bible and not the others? Then do we believe in God through the bible or believe in the bible through God? This leads to the inevitable consequence of many denomination and different types of belief. Jacobs find out that they are all wrong. It is you, the single individual who will meet God in the wild. What I just said is totally wrong anyway.
yes, Ocean fish auction. One of the high point of my stay in Hawaìi. It beats every other attraction. Where can we bring home a 30lbs fresh tuna for a relatively cheap prize. It is just a turn on to see all types of fishes availabe on Ocean water and you get to choose any fishes you wish. Tiny but obnoxious one (Sea Bass, Hapuupuu), fat tasty one (walu), skinny yet long one (Shortbill Spearfish, Hebi), round big but beautiful looking one (Moon Fish, Opah), beautiful, pink, long tail tasty ones ( Onaga and opakapaka)and the chapion of them all, the family of Tuna (Big eye, yellow fin, good source of protein and admire by mankind).
I can only choose one each time I go to the auction to bid on my fish. It depends on the mood that I'm in but also would I be able to afford the hefty weight of the fish as well. Next time, I will try the Pink Snapper. I can't eat the snapper raw and I have to take it home, marinate it well and slow cook it. Well, it's worth the time and effort and I will put in.
Biết viết gì đây. Khi mà phải nhắc lại những qúa khứ của một con người sầu khổ. Các con trai của ba: Phúc Thọ, Bá Linh và Bình An dều rất yêu qúy của ba. Dù sao thi ba cũng phải cho các con biết được cuộc đời của bar a làm sao của các con như thế nào?
Rồi bắt đầu tù ngày hôm nay ba sẽ từ từ nhớ lại về số phận và hành trình con người của ba.
Well, I did Physical training today at Fort Belvoir. Some abs work out and then 4x400 meters. I did indeed get decent time of roughly 85 seconds consistently. Then went to the indoor swimming pool. The worst thing about that pool was that it was filled with old retired military personnel. And guess what? While I was swimming, a lifeguard advised everybody to get out of the pool because of a suspicious object on the bottom of the pool. It was a pile of poop. There is no such thing as there is a correlation between old people and "can not hold your turd". and I'm not insisting anything for that matter. It happens as in Forrest Gump movie when Forrest simply said, "It happens". Well that is all for your entertainment. Until next time.
We had the paintball range at Bellows Air Force Base. It was good, but I get purple marks all over my body. It was a good day, well, not so good since the Los Angeles Lakers lost the game to Denver today and my wife just got angry with me again. We are 5 thousands miles apart and 5 hours apart as well. I don't know if things will get better but it is really suckie right now.
Well, tomorrow, I will be heading back to Los Angeles. Let's see how things are working out with me and the future but it does not seem bright at all.
Good night Zimmerman
Yes, all good things must come to an end but also all bad things must come to an end as well. Today I check out the website meetup.com and was able to sign up for a few group/organization include: All Things Oahu, Hikers and adventurers and Volunteer Honolulu. I must get involve in the community and discover other things besides work alone which might be a depressant in the long run and stress me out as well.
Work is wonderful. I belong to a great organization. All personnel are high speed with high moral. These people are smart yet humble. I belong to a high speed organization does not meet I’m high speed. Indeed, I’m far away high speed. But I must try my best to stay on top of things and hopefully won’t get burn out.
Tomorrow, we will head to Bellows for some tactical exercises. So, go figure. Where we work at, there are plenty of lands to train on, but we must go to a better place to train.
Next Wednesday, I will head to H5 Homeless Shelter to feed the Homeless people. I believe it will be a fascinating experience. I actually did this before in Santa Barbara, California; one of the richest city on Earth. Now, you go figure, too.
