"What am I doing with my life" has become an all too familiar question for me... It seems that I am the poster child of the slacker generation...Of course it is my opinion that our generation is not necessarily a horde of slackers, but rather a group of individuals who know that there are better ways of doing things, more result from less labor..... a more efficient engine if you will. I am definitely one of these people...

I enjoy life.. I very much enjoy my work... I am one of the people that realize that our world is changing, whether it is for the better or worse is yet to be seen, but we must acknowledge that things are not as they were, and that they are ever changing, even as we speak. I embrace this change and consider it part of humanity's destiny to become more than it is... to become better.

It is my opinion that how we deal with the changing world and the future is more important than how we deal with today... the present.... We can only take the present as it comes... no amount of planning is going to help you expect the unexpected.. that is why it is unexpected. Instead of planning for situations you have no control over, set goals and make your dreams tangible. Don't let today block you sight for tomorrow.

Rationalization will be the downfall of humanity.... Too many times, people have done less than admirable deeds and shrugged it off by saying, "Well so-an-so did it...." or something along those lines. Does that make what they did any less wrong or more tolerable... Instead of dealing with a situation... humanity has a nasty habit of rationalizing it off as something else, something less bad. I do not disapprove of rationalization in all circumstances, however, there is a time and a place for rationalization, and to make a person to appear less guilty or feel better about something wrong they did is not one of them.

I have come to realize that the way we deal with the unexpected tragedies in life is a better reflection of who we really are than the way we handle life's regular happenings. It is only during your darkest hours of deepest need that you can truly look inside yourself and say.. "This is who I am". Once you realize this.. you are free to become whatever you want.. Until then, you have no starting point... no place to begin your journey. Without a beginning, how will you know when you reach the end..? How will you know that you are exactly where you want to be..?