What Really Grinds My Gears

You know what really grinds my gears? The news, all you here about is the bad and not enough on the good. There are so many great people doing outstanding things every day. I started looking on CNN for a good story to talk about, but almost gave up because I couldn't find one. Finally I came across this video on how a family's house was flooded all the way up to their ceiling. Their cars, the house, everything was ruined. Then when they least expected it, a group of volunteers arrived to give a helping hand. The group is called Samaritan's Purse. They go all over the world giving a helpful hand to the poor, sick, and suffering.

I am inspired after learning about this group, and all of the lives they have changed. Then I ask myself, how in the hell did Roman Polanski make it on the front page of cnn.com. His story was how he is being arrested now for having sex with a 13 year old in 1977.

How are we supposed to feel good about all the blessings around world if we never here about them. The news should promote groups like Samaritan's Purse, so we can be grateful for those making this great world of ours a better place to live.

Volunteering Makes You Happy and Healthy

Volunteering makes you a happier and healthier person. After someone volunteers, they get a great sense of accomplishment. There is nothing quite like it, you leave with a different outlook on life, especially if you volunteer for the less fortunate. You start noticing how lucky you are for the gifts you have that others don't.
I volunteered at a food kitchen, where they feed the hungry, and took more out of it than I would have ever expected. They were so thankful for that one meal, which made me realize that not everyone knows when their next meal will come. Sure I knew that there are people out there who weren't sure when they would eat again, but once you experience how grateful they are you start becoming that way too.
Volunteering is so great because, not only do you start seeing life through a different perspective, you are actually reducing your risk for heart disease. After reading this article on how volunteering is good for you, I know that people who volunteer a couple hours a week live a longer life than those who don't. They have a greater sense of belonging because, they feel like they have an affect on other peoples lives. It's funny how just a little bit of your time goes such a long way.

Benefits on Exercising

I can't tell you how many times I've heard people say how they are too tired to exercise. Not going to lie, I find myself thinking about that a lot. It's funny how I think about it before every wrestling practice, while I have more energy throughout the day than I do in the off season.
Now I'm not saying the first week or two will be easy, you will most likely be more tired than you would not exercising. This is only because your body is trying to adjust to the new lifestyle. Once your body starts coping with your workouts and isn't sore anymore is when you'll see the improvements in your energy level.
If you are curious about this lifestyle, there is a great, short, article that you should take a look at. This article is about how your body will feel and a couple of other things that go hand-in-hand with your workouts. Exercising is guaranteed to give you more energy and make you feel better about yourself.

Every morning you have a choice

Going through life you can have two mindsets. You can constantly think about, "what really grinds your gears" and keep wishing you had more. You could also take a more positive approach and think of the glass half-full and be grateful for the things you are blessed with. There is always someone out there in a worse position than you. It all starts with choices.
Let's take two people with the same childhood, and see how different their lives are just by the mindset they wake up with each morning. Throughout their childhood they were continuously getting abused and tormented. The first one grew up thinking of how it will all get better, while the other one was more discouraged and didn't believe it would get better.
The positive one received pretty good grades, constantly trying to better himself. After high school he attended college at a university a couple states away to start a new chapter in his life.
The other constantly made excuses, getting grades that barely put him through school. He went to college to just get away.
As time passes they each have families, the optimistic one makes sure his family doesn't experience what he went through. The pessimistic one feels he is the one that deserves the most and when something goes wrong he takes it out on his unfortunate children, allowing himself to be no better than his own parents.
Every morning you have a choice...