30 Days Of Knowledge

Starting January 1st, I'll will post 30 messages each day of how to live life better, the lifqual way. Peace,Love

Time Of The Season

Enjoy the lifqual and sit back and press play.

Happy Thanksgiving

My parents just arrived. We have a big day planned today. We are volunteering at the homeless shelter for most of the day and then we'll be celebrating Thanksgiving sometime after 6 pm. My neighbor is coming over as well to celebrate with us.

It's days like these that people should give to the less fortunate. Some people do not have anybody to call or to be with during the holiday. Show some love to unhappy to brighten up their day. Who knows, your kindness may actually change their life. Enjoy your Thanksgiving and have a lifqual day!

Post 100!

I just noticed that I hit the 100 mark. Each post being another life lesson. It kind of gave me an idea, starting in January, everyday that month I will post a motto or phrase of something we can all live our lives by.

Love & Live the Lifqual

The Agony of Defeat

When forced into a situation that you never expected, you tend to cope with it and adapt to it. Last time I was in this predicament, I was at a down part in my life. Refusing to feel that way again, I begin to do what I did to overcome the hardship. In this case I would focus on doing more things closer to my home so that I wouldn't have to walk as much. I would limp to my neighbor's place and we would both go and help the less fortunate.

Thinking that giving into defeat would only make things worse for you, when in fact it will be defeating the agony. My motto is, live and give life as if today is your last, because karma will be with you. Have a lifqual day and relax with some oil and water...

Election Day

With crutches and doped up on medicine, I made my vote today. I personally voted for Obama because I feel that he will put the country in a good direction. I do respect any other opposite opinion if that is what you feel. Whoever does win, I hope we all as a country stay united and not split apart. Tomorrow I would highly recommend giving out some good vibes to everybody. There will be some unhappy people. Give a little of the lifqual.

Wake Up

I was in a bad car accident towards the end of September. Just a couple of broken ribs, foot, a slight concussion, spranged finger, spranged ankle, but other than that I am ok. I always get the worst injuries to myself. It's pretty hard typing with one hand. My medicine is starting to go away, I need to take some more a lay down. Blog you later. Enjoy the lifqual.

Song

I was listening to the rado and this song came on. It reminds me of having cookouts on the beach at night, fun times. Have a lifqual day.

Accident Prone

I tripped on some sand and spranged my ankle. On SAND! How is that possible? I made it possible.

So I rented Harold & Kumar and plan on having a movie night with some friends tonight since I can't really walk that much now. Enjoy the lifqual everybody.

Prepare to Surf

With Tropical Storm Gustav expected to be a hurricane and is expected to hit somewhere in the gulf coast, I'm preparing to get ready for the excitement. I'd be the lone surfer in the water.

Living the Lifqual.

In a World Sick with Hate . . .

. . . get well soon.

Peace and many lifquals to you.



I have a friend that was down. I gave her an unexpected hug to brighten her day. You see, when you hug somebody, they expect it, but when you hug them out of nowhere, it feels more meaningful to them, especially to a stranger.

Pain is something we all have to deal with. It's just how others come to your help when you least expect it that makes that pain feel a bit more painless.

Give a little lifqual and see how much good it gets you.

Peace & Love

Greg.

Tropical Storm Fay

Will it ever stop raining? It was fun for the first couple of days with surfing, now I'm tired of it. I can't do anything. The storm is ruining my daily routine. Just about all the roads are closed. All the stores are out of everything. It feels like the storm is holding us all hostage at home. One positive thing though is that it's allowed me to focus more on my meditation.

Stay safe my fellow Floridians and have a lifqual day.

I Am Colorado

Hypothetically chosen to rule the world, I am Colorado. I was conceived on the 4th night of the full moon to a man and woman who knew that that day would be the reckoning of the future. Growing up I never knew how special I really was. Chasing rockets with my imagination and grabbing tragedies as if it were candy. Life would never be the same. High school never knew the day. I look at my hands and felt the emotion that they can make. Tears never tasted so sweet. I grew older and entered college as if I had to. I molded minds and destroyed lives. I revolted and made peace. It was the day of a new beginning to a new end. Life passed me by. Years down the road with bloody footprints in the sand of my life I realize what I've done. I ended the world. As I lay on my death bed staring at nothingness through my blinded eyes of guilt, I come to realize my job is done. Time is short and life is everlasting. As I die on the 4th night of the full moon, a man and a woman greet me. 200 years ago would be my reckoning of the future. I am Colorado, and this is my end.

Enjoy the lifqual.

The World Outside @ 8/8/08 @ 8:08 p.m.

In the future, the world outside is hard and bitter with a deafening wind.
Time will not allow us to live like this any longer.
All hope passes by each minute of each hour of each day of every escape.
But before we can open the door, we're blown back in.
Nobody can ever leave this place for we're stuck here for a lifelong eternity.
Can this be our fate? Our only way out is the world outside.
Runaway. If it was that easy. But it's useless if we don't know where to go.

In Time, All But Nobody Can Runaway.

Think about it...and have a lifqual Friday.

Bridge of Sighs

Could you imagine seeing a bridge. The way you came from you're used to, but the other side of the bridge is foggy and you do not know what future is ahead once you cross it. On that other side their could be a much happier experience for you or it could become the worst decision you'll ever make in your life. Would you risk it all and cross that bridge?

The bridge would represent your life and how you live it. You know you can improve it if you just cross the bridge. But determining which way would be an improvement would be your decision. We are all capable of making big decisions so just think about it and make that decision that will be best for you and your life. Life being miserable will echo throughout your soul while life being happy will strengthen it. Enjoy your Monday and spread the lifqual!

Superpoweredmagnificentunstoppable

I just saw the video from Beck called Orphans. Great video and great song.

Cast out these creatures of woe
Who shattered themselves
Fighting a fire with your bare hands

Day 2 and it's like I never left. I missed my girlfriend, I missed my friends, I missed my home, I missed the beach. The party was awesome. My trip was a growing experience and I have bigger things planned for this year. Have a lifqual day. Enjoy a little Beck.

Day One

I'm home. Welcome. As my friends and neighbors and girlfriend greet me and throw me a coming home party tonight, I realize I am home. My mind is like a quicksand just pulling everything in slowly and gradually trying to soak it up. Today is going to be a blast while tomorrow is going to be better than today. Welcome Home Greg the Surfer, peace and lifqual.

Plane Over Water

I have lifted off and I'm thousands of feet in the air above the water. I close my eyes and summarize my journey here in quick flashes. I wake up and look outside my window. I see the water, so pure and clear and embracing. It pulls me in and under. I close my eyes again and let the water swallow me. I'm awaken by turbulence and we land. Lifqual.

Tomorrow Is A Minute Away

Tomorrow I leave to go back to Florida. I made some good friends here in Hawaii and I plan on coming back someday. The lifqual was present all day everyday with everybody. So many happy people everywhere. I never felt so at peace in mind, body & soul. All stress and pain that I ever had went away.



My destination from New Smyrna Beach Florida to California to Maui was a fun one. Working at doing what I love doing was a blast. But my journey is far from over. I have bigger plans for this year. I'll keep you guys updated. Peace & lifqual.

It's Almost Here

It's almost time to leave Hawaii. Just a couple more days left. What a great summer I'm having. One of the best on record.

I wrote this when I first started my blog:

As the waves crash on the shore at the sight of the first sun of the day, the world is awaken with new life with a new beginning serving a new purpose.

Greg

It means just as much now and no matter where I am, especially in Hawaii. Waking up in the morning with the fresh air and starting each day with a new purpose. Each purpose being living life to the fullest and making each one a lifqual day.

Have a lifqual day everybody.

A Face Without A Face

No place like home. I leave this week to go back home. Seems like my home is in the news again. Two shark attacks within days of each other. I hot linked the link (((HeRe))). With New Smyrna Beach being the shark capital of the world I'm not shocked. Luckily the injuries weren't fatal. It's a risk us surfers have to take everytime we step foot into their jungle.

The article leads me into my next story. The water and our world outside the water is like to different worlds. Could you imagine looking down in the water and seeing and seeing yourself empty. Empty meaning not having a face. No emotions will ever be heard. Words could never hurt. Vision would never impede a stereotype of the person in front of you. We would all adapt to the new environment somehow, or die trying. A face without a face would be a world without a gun.

A world without a face, hmmm, makes you wonder. Have a lifqual Monday, before you know it, the weekend will be here once again. Be safe and enjoy the lifqual.

Build Your Starship

Close your eyes and build your starship. Put everything and everyone you want to go with you. This will be your sanctuary. You will not need any money for this journey. Take a flight a begin your life happier. You'll see that happiness is easier to find than you know.

Fill that starship with the lifqual and make it your nonstop getaway.

Life's Serving Size

Kick back and relax. Donate that extra dollar in your pocket to the more deserving. For one day, your karma will be very fortunate. Have a lifqual day!

Love

Love is a splendid thing. How can something that brings so much joy can also bring so much pain. I saw the new Gnarls Barkley video today and it reminded of the first time my heart was broken. Sometimes the break ups are ok and expected, but at times it hits you unexpectedly.

A girl I dated in high school was the love of my life. It was more than a teenage love affair. I wasn't infatuated, it was love. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. I had our lives and our future all planned out. Then right before graduation, she broke with me. I was destroyed. It was like running a million miles per hour and running straight into a brick wall. It was unexpected. Theirs still a place in my heart for her. No matter how hard I try to fill it, it ends up empty. I haven't seen her since graduation and I've always wanted to see her again. Perhaps it will stir up old memories. Maybe it's best that we never see each other. For all I know, she could want me even more and I would never know because I feel and fear that seeing her again would hurt me again. Love.

All this love talk makes me wanna call my girlfriend back home. Find love on this lifqual Friday. Enjoy yourself and have a lifqual day.

Wish I Was There

I hope everybody has a safe Wednesday in South Texas & North Mexico. For some, this is a weather event some of us wish never happens. For me, a surfer, these things make our lives better. The waves are best the day before the hurricane hits. When it's there then you have to worry about the rain and loose things hitting you which makes surfing a lot harder. If I was back in Florida then I would've gone to Texas, but I'm still in Hawaii. Surfing is more than a sport to me, it's a lifestyle, like eating food and drinking water. It's my passion. Have a lifqual day everybody, especially the people in the path of THE HURRICANE.

This Town

I'm leaving Hawaii on July 31st. I'm a little sad that I have to leave. I LOVE THIS TOWN! Have a lifqual day everybody!

Bittersweet

Cloudy skies upon me once again
The rain showers always seem to never end
Forgetting the pain isn't easy to do
Looking in the mirror at my bruise I wonder who
Life for me was never meant to be this hard
For my life has no safe exit and is always barred.

For some people, the lifqual is a little hard to come by. But never fear, the sun is breaking through your clouds and the lifqual will return. Have a great day.

How Soon Is Now?

It's July 4th! They are going to shoot fireworks at the beach so we are all going to get together and enjoy life and what it has to offer. Peace and lifqual everybody. Enjoy The Smiths.

A Cause

Im going to join a cause on the second half of my trip here in Hawaii. I don't know what it'll be but it'll be something that'll help people or send the word out to people. It'll probably involve a lot of traveling which I like so, I'll keep you guys updated. Have a lifqual day and enjoy Mushaboom from Feist.

Taking one Day @ a Time

We are all living in the future. Slow down, take a breath and look at your life and live one day at a time. You're too good to let your life rule you. Take advantage of the things you take for granted and see the beauty that it has bestowed in front of you. Peace and happiness is available and is free to all that wants it, it's just up to you to take it or leave it. Take a vacation from life and go somewhere you always wanted to go. Relax at 6:39 a.m. and view the sunrise in front of you and know in your mind that this kind of life is yours. The only thing you need to do is take one day at a time and you'll experience "the lifqual" everyday. Fulfilling and relaxing is the way we need to go about our day, not stressful and unhappiness. Have a lifqual Tuesday!

Shells by the Seashore

Life in Hawaii is great. The people here have something to be happy about. Start your Wednesday with a little lifqual & Ben Jelen.

On to the 2nd Leg . . .

On to part two of my trip. I enjoyed California and it's waves, but now it is time for me to move on to a even bigger highlight, HAWAII! I didn't know if I was going to go this year but I had to. I can't stop at California and not go to Hawaii. My flight leaves tomorrow morning so I'm totally stoked! Have a lifqual day tomorrow, and Cherish the Day.

Lifqual

Lifqual baby!

Necessity

With the world living in extreme financial difficulties, it's hard to live a life under so much financial strain. By cutting "your" necessities, you realize you would live life better and cheaper. What I mean by "your" necessities, I mean "your" things that you really don't need. Do you need a home phone? Using your cellphone is not only convenient for you, but it's convenient for the people trying to call you. Get rid of your high priced furniture and trade them in for eco-friendly furniture. Buy a bike and ride it to work. For those who have to drive a long distance, carpool or ride the train/bus, think eco.

I've learned to cut down on my expenses just to live here in California for the summer. I bought a bike and ride it to work or walk. Get fit while you do your work. Enjoy your day and have a lifqual day.

The Day After

I had a karaoke night last night. Doing a duet a little intoxicated with a very intoxicated person made the night forgettable. Have a lifqual day everybody!

It's Friday Morning

And it's a beautiful day in Southern California. Have a lifqual day & weekend everybody.

Shark Attack

I was reading an article a few days ago about the shark attack capital of the world. Turns out that its my home, freaky. I knew about shark attacks in my area but I didn't know we were the deadliest. That won't deter me from surfing. Here's the article: Shark Attack Capital.

Now what may deter me a little bit is that I am in California right now for a trip and somebody just got killed by a shark today @ Solana Beach. News travels fast especially since it was a shark attack. I heard it within a couple of hours after it happened. It's about 50-60 miles from where I am but I was going futher towards southern California this weekend to surf a little bit. Sharks tend not to be fatal, it's just a what you call a miscommunication with real food and the one that they usually do not eat. Regardless, who are we to tell what they can and can't eat. It's a risk all of us has to take whenever we go out in the water. And it's an uncommon risk, but when it happens, it's big.

I'd like to send my condolences out to the family and friends of the man who lost his life today. Everybody, be safe & have a lifqual day.

California

I love California. I'm having a blast! I got a job as a surfing trainer for the summer. I had to change my morning routine. I surf early in the morning and work in the afternoon. Tomorrow I have to day off so I'm going to Las Vegas with some of the locals. Car pooling rocks, so does this website: http://www.gasbuddy.com/. I check it every week to find the cheapest gas. This is sort of a vacation for me, but all the money I spend for gas will leave me stranded here in California. I'm not too familiar with the area since last time I was here but it's slowly coming back to me. Eventually I'll get a bike to take me places. Well, gotta go. I have a little party to go to today.

Enjoy the lifqual.

Simple

Lifqual. I'm getting to anxious to go surfing again. My leg is about completely healed so I'm going to watch the waves in California. I'll be back eventually. In the mean time...

peace + love = lifqual

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Injury

I've been meaning to post by I hurt my leg surfing again. I'm a good surfer and I never get hurt but when I do, it's a doozie. So here I am, back writing and not out surfing. I'll be going to California and then Hawaii in the coming months for awhile to meet up with some friends I haven't seen in awhile and surf of course. I will be surfing with/without a broken leg then, disobeying doctors orders. What can I say?

Have some of the pie of life and live a little lifqual today.

My Time

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Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast,
it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking.
It is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil,
but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.

I Corinthians 13:4-8

Try a slice of the lifqual. I have plenty to go around.

It's Not Always Cloudy Today

I was a little upset the past few days. Sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest difference. The same routine everyday becomes the norm. Today was different. When I was in the water today, a kid told me to cheer up because it's sunny. It was like a childhood innocent was the only thing to pull me out of this slump. It felt like my mind, body and soul was awakening. To me what he said was that no matter how life gets you down you can always expect the sun come out in which the sun represented peace and tranquillity. I looked up and the sun was shining and I was happy. The lifqual has different ways of showing up in your life, glad it came today. Enjoy the lifqual!

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El Mañana

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I keep a journal besides my blog that I write in everyday. Sometimes I just feel a little unhappy and I decide to write in my journal so that I wouldn't have to give such a sad mellow mood for the blog. Today was just an off day for me. Something just didn't feel right today. Something was bugging me but I couldn't put my finger on it. With great family, friends, and a girlfriend around me I still feel alone some how. A took a long walk on the beach to gather my thoughts, but unfortunately I came up empty handed at the end. I think I just need to sleep on it tonight. So I need some good vibes guys!

give me the lifqual and the lifqual we be given to you

The World is your Oyster...Reach in and grab it's Pearl

Valentine's Day came and passed. Sorry I wasn't able to post something inspirational on that day but that day has been planned for a long time, so today I will post something twice as inspirational. First press play and let the mood settle in, I'll give you a second.

Spending Valentine's Day with the one you love was not only relaxing but very calming. With surprises throughout the day and ending it with a night on the beach with the wind blowing through our hair and the water rushing pass our feet. Thinking about the past and the future and remembering the present forever. It will be another day I will never forget. I hope your Valentine's Day was as peaceful as mine. Life just doesn't get any better than this.

Music makes up my life. Music gives me the strength and the inspiration to move on with my day. Listen to your favorite song of all time and see how great you feel throughout the day. My taste in music is very wide but I just love to relax to reggae. The soul and the emotion and the relaxation in every song, and how the beat just flows like the water to the lyrics. They are in a different world when singing the song. You close your eyes and you imagine the best thing in your life. How relaxing. Enjoy the lifqual everybody and just press play.

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The Kingdom

The room is dark so I light a match that illuminates a whole new world. The surroundings are bigger than I thought. I see life everywhere I look. I see trees and grass and animals and the sun trying to shine through the giant leaves. The wind blows and sounds like a train coming through. Tropical birds fly out and above me. The air is clean and pure as if it hasn't been tainted with pollution. I'm afraid to blink in fear that it is all a dream and I would wake up into a nightmare. Eventually I'm forced to blink. I close my eyes and everything goes silent. I open my eyes and the room is dark again. I light another match that illuminates something different. I see death everywhere I look. I see dead trees and brown grass with decomposed remains of animals. The sun is trying to shine through the thick cloud of smog. The wind blows and pushes up a horrible smell, the smell of death. I look up in the sky and see nothing but darkness. Life can't live like this. The air is tainted and rotting as if it has always been like this. I'm quick to close my eyes in hopes that this would all end and I would wake back up in a better time. But when I close my eyes the sound continues. I open them and the room is dark. I light the match to illuminate the room once again. I look around at the horror that nothing has changed. I realize that this is reality and now I must cope with a tainted world and learn to live again.

Living in a morbid world we must remember that we can change it. Have a lifqual day everybody and enjoy "Kingdom" by Dave Gahan

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Life's new Drug

My girlfriend recently told me some troubling things about her past. If she's willing to open up emotionally to me then I am able to do the same thing with her. It was quite an emotional few hours. It's hard to feel happy when your upset. Normally I'm an upbeat person and I feel it is my job to bring a smile to the lives of others. At that moment, I was the one being comforted. The lifqual has ways of giving you good vibes when you just need to let everything go. So for my mission of life now is for everybody to just open up to somebody. Everybody has a little pain, just let it out and you'll feel the stress letting you go free. Have a lifqual everybody.

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What It's Like

Today it snowed in Baghdad. For one moment, people stopped killing and realized their was something worth doing. Enjoy the lifqual everybody and find out what it's like.

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Enjoy It

A friend of my introduced me to this artist named Matisyahu. He's a reggae artist that teaches a message. His lyrics are straight and the music is relaxing. Highly recommend this to relax. Here's a little snippet of his lyrics.

Strip away the layers and reveal your soul
Got to give yourself up and then you become whole
You're a slave to yourself and you don't even know
You want to live the fast life but your brain moves slow
If you're trying to stay high then you're bound to stay low

So how was everybody's New Years? Mines was good. Spent the day on the beach with my friends and partied all night on the beach with them. Paradise can't be this good. Somedays I think I'm dreaming and I'll wake up and go back to a bad life. But so far, I haven't and life seems to be perfect. The lifqual has been good to me so far and just continues to get better. Enjoy the lifqual everybody and enjoy the Matisyahu.

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