12: Today's Lesson: Message

Message

Peace and serinity is there for the taking. It's just up to you if you want to receive it.

Enjoy the lifqual.

11: Today's Lesson: Beach

Beach

Let the waves splash against your feet. Let the sand slide between your toes. Let the sun warm you up from the outside in. And seize the day like it's the best day ever.

Enjoy the lifqual.

10: Today's Lesson: Global Warming

Global Warming

Plant a tree and save a life. Ride your bike instead of driving your car. Walk with a friend instead of talking on a cell phone. Grow your food instead of buying it.

Enjoy the lifqual.

9: Today's Lesson: We All Live As One

We All Live As One

We are all a unique snowflake. Looking up into the sky as kids, we all wish we can reach the stars. Dreaming of a far away place where nobody has ever reached. When we die, we will become one of the stars. Shining bright and illuminating as much as we can forever. Looking down back on the world and wish we can reach the planets. Dreaming of a far away place that has never been touched. Smile, you're being watched.

Enjoy the lifqual.

8: Today's Lesson: Karma

Karma

Negativity isn't the way to go. Hurting somebody will always come back to haunt you. In your mind you may feel happy, but that one thought will always haunt you.

Enjoy the lifqual.

7: Today's Lesson: Be Happy

Be Happy

Your skies may be gray, but your gray skies are clearing.

Enjoy the lifqual.

6: Today's Lesson: Be A Friend

Be A Friend

Be your best friend's best friend today.

Enjoy the lifqual.

5: Today's Lesson: Tell Them To Love Thyself

Spread The Love

Treat the one you love with something they would like but they would never expect from you. Sit down and talk and about the good times and the bad times and remember what brought you both together.

Enjoy the lifqual.

4: Today's Lesson: Pick It Up

Pick It Up

Imagine if everybody donated 5 minutes just for one day to just pick up the trash up from the ground. Could you imagine how clean the environment would be. Start a movement in your town and spread the word. With global warming destroying the earth, their will be nothing left of this planet by the time our grandchildren make their first steps on the once green earth.

Enjoy the lifqual.

3: Today's Lesson: Help Yourself

Help Yourself

You never take time out for yourself. Let today be your day to be you. Treat yourself to your favorite thing. The easiest way to help a stranger is to emotionally and physcially help yourself from the inside out and it will show in a much better way.

Enjoy the lifqual.

2: Today's Lesson: Pay It Forward

Pay It Forward

If you've seen the movie then you already know what I'm talking about. Help three strangers with a problem and help them overcome it and ask them to help three strangers as well with their problem and so on. Lend a hand and not the evil eye.

Enjoy the lifqual.

1: Today's Lesson: Thank You

Thank You

Two words that seem so small can mean the difference between you having a bad day and the other person from having a bad day. Thank somebody if they do something for you, no matter how simple it is. It'll make so much of a difference in their day.

Enjoy the lifqual.



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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.

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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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Feel It

The 2007 year is coming to an end. With all the tabloid celebrity news ranging from Anna Nicole to James Brown to Lindsay Lohan to Britney Spears, there were other "real" news out there. I'm talking about the recent tragedy of Benazir Bhutto. She stood for what she believed in and died for a cause. With the senseless tragedy of suicide bombers taking their own lives for political reason, they were both out for the same thing. They killed each other in a wave of shrapnel and gunfire, yet nobody loses but yet makes both parties stronger. In a world full of violence and dislike, let's try and put a smile on our face to feel something. We've all smiled & laughed at some point of our lives, why not do it all the time? Have a lifqual day out there and "Feel It", feel the music.

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Soul Meets Body

My friend has came back from the dead. Feeling the evil of the world and holding the burden on his shoulders, he has come out triumphant. See, the lifqual is in all of us. Here's a appropriate song for the occasion. Have a lifqual day you great people out there! Just press play.

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Lifqual

If you read my posts, you know I end each one with "lifqual". I gave a definition for the word a while back but I think it's time for a refresher. Lifqual is having the perfect life, feeling happy about everything and having good things happen to you. You'd be surprised how doing good for other people will not only make you feel better but it will always put a smile on the faces of other people. It kind of reminds me of the movie Pay it Forward where a kid helps 3 strangers and in turn, those 3 strangers help 3 more each. If only the world did that then we wouldn't have to worry about anymore wars and pain. The world would be a better place. So for everybody, have a lifqual day and give a little lifqual and you'll get some in return.

Relax

Take a breather and let the waves hit your feet. Close your eyes and imagine your happiest fantasy. Once you're there, remember that you are human and that we all make mistakes, and forgive yourself. Listen to the song and have a lifqual day.

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I've Found Her

I think I've found the girl I want to spend the rest of my life with. She does everything I do and we do everything together. She is the missing piece of the puzzle to make me whole, I love her. I've never been so much into a girl like this in my life. I'm the happiest I've ever been.

The lifqual has been working for me since I've started ages ago and my life has been great ever since. I'm loving the lifqual, please enjoy the lifqual too everybody, goodnight.

Giving Thanks

I'll be working volunteer work at the homeless shelter this holiday season, and then when I get back I'll be having dinner with my neighbor and my mom via phone. Give some lifqual this week everybody. Have a happy Thanksgiving good people!

Penny Loafers at 4 Years Old

Looking at life from the outside in gives me a clear view of a new prospective of fulfillment of how I see things. Looking at life at this different view gives me a chance to look at life at a new angle. And I do like this angle. So enjoy the view and keep the lifqual, for the knowledge of it will let you view life in this new way.

Have a good day

Dexter

I've been surfing more than usual since winter is coming. I think it has wore down on me so now I'm coming down with a cold. While I'm home, I'm watching my Netflix dvd's with Milo & Otis. I'm watching Dexter. It's about a sympathetic serial killer who only kills the bad people so I guess that's okay. It's not the best series but I can't turn away.

Have a lifqual day.

Relax & Relaxation

Things that I do to relieve stress:

1) Cleaning the house
2) Walking my dogs Milo & Otis
3) Surfing before dawn
4) Centering myself in the center of a room
5) Living the lifqual

Loving the Lifqual

Soon the weather will get cooler and surfing will become a past time until it warms up again. I cried a little because that's my life. I'm listening to Sugar Ray's When it's over right now. I'm thinking about going to Australia this winter. Haven't been there in awhile and my Australian friend keeps pushing for me to stay there for awhile and surf. Might take him on it.

Have some lifqual.

Killing Me Softly

I've had the sniffles and sneezing for days now and it continues to get a little worst each day. It feels like it's my allergies but I can't seem to get rid of it which makes it seem like a cold. I'm breathing through my mouth because my nose is completely closed. I'm going to get some rest.

Lifqual.

Why Am I Posting This?

I have to say that the United States is full of crazy people. Who cares about the Britney Spears thing. She performed, so what. If you don't like it, who cares. Then the Kathy Griffin comment, who cares. And we have the cop who arrested the employee for giving them a salty cheeseburger. What's going on? No wonder other countries laugh at us.



Laughing at us.

Why Am I Posting This? I promise my next post will be more insightful. We all need more of the lifqual. Once people do it, everybody will be ok. I'm going night surfing.

Back To Back

I'm back! A friend of mines decided to take me on a trip to surf, which ended up lasting about 3 months. Luckily my job was compromising when I came back. I'll try and blog some more later but I got to go.

Live the Liqual.

Brothers for the Unfortunate

I volunteered to be the big brother to a child that didn't have a father yesterday. I took him to the mall and to the beach and taught him how to surf. We had so much fun that I plan on visiting him more often. His mother called me today to thank me. He's the only child. She said that the father and son were in a car accident that killed the father and spared the child. The child never forgot it so he just kept to himself since then and rarely talked. It took him awhile to open up to me, but he eventually started smiling more and having fun. I really felt like he was my own son. The thought of it made me want to settle down and start a family of my own. Something like that would change my life. But then again I know I would be there for them.

Peace and lifqual, do some volunteer work.

Friends

My friend decided to surprise me this weekend by attempting to break into my house as a surprise. He told me that he wanted to just show up on my couch out of nowhere when I came home. But his law breaking was stopped by my partially broken but apparently very secure lock, so he stayed outside. He's lucky my neighbors didn't call the cops on him or even worst, beat him up. They are very protective over me.

I haven't seen him in awhile and it was great seeing him and his girlfriend again. They were with his brother and girlfriend and some other people. They stayed the weekend and left last night. He's going all over the nation. He told me they were headed towards Louisiana. Wish I could go with them.

The lifqual is good today.

Thoughts of Digression Amidst Progression

I was laying in the water today when I just started thinking. I laid on my back and just kept on thinking about life. I'm happy. I told myself to smile a little because I'll never know when somebody will need it.

Have a lifqual day everybody.

Once, Twice, Three Times A "Moran"

I'm just staying indoors until I recover fully from my injuries. Walking the dogs today proved to be a bad idea too. The doctor said to stay away from surf boards which I did, the second time around. I was walking the dogs and one them ran and got me by surprised and pulled me to the ground but banging my head against the bench first. I'm surprised I'm not brain dead by now. Three major blows to the head within a month with two of them being within a week of each other. Clinically I should be dead by now, but I'm able to post this I think. I might be dreaming this right now so when I wake up I'll have to remember something tomorrow or today? I don't know. I need to go lay down.

Have a lifqual day.

Disobeying the Doctor

The doctor said I should get plenty of bed rest. He said that I will have to take it easy and not surf for awhile to avoid further injury. Once the headaches were gone I was back in the water. And as soon as I hit my head I knew that the next doctor visit wouldn't be pretty. I think he was more upset over me not listening than the blood pouring out of my head, but I have a hard head, sometimes.

So I had to go back to the hospital and I was a bit out of it for awhile so I wasn't able to blog being that I was almost in a coma. Well I'm better now! I will stop surfing only for a little while. As soon as the doc gives me the OK then I'm so hitting the water again. Until then I'm into walking other peoples dogs. I can't stay home and see the waves calling me in. I needed something to occupy my time.

Other than the constant accidents I'm OK. My neighbor took my surf board away to remove temptation. Life is still good even without my love of the water. When I begin to miss it I just close my eyes and see myself under the water. Everything around me is slow. The jellyfish glide in front of me. The fish reflect the light of the sun off their scales. The sand is angelic. It moves in between my fingers as if I'm in a new world. I make myself back up to the top to breathe the air and open my eyes. My day is now complete.

Have a lifqual Easter everybody!

Head Injury

I got in a little surfing accident again. That's why I haven't been able to post. I decided to try something new and I ended up getting knocked unconscious for awhile, but I'm ok. At least the second time I attempted (against doctors orders) was successful. Then I got my bed rest. It was good to just sleep in instead of getting up early every morning. Amazing how one thing can disrupt your entire routine. I surf every other morning now until I'm able to keep focus again. Until then, my neighbors come over and cooks me breakfast every other morning to keep me company along with Milo & Otis. I'm starting to get used to this life. Perhaps I should go in a coma more often!

My friend is going through some troubles now. I've been on his path before so I know how he feels. Hopefully he'll overcome whatever burdens are holding him down.

Think lifqual everybody!

Bright Eyes

I can imagine taking your hand and walking down the beach in the middle of the night. Having the waves crash on our feet with the smell of fresh ocean air all around us. The beach is ours. The world is ours. A slight wind blows your hair over your eyes just adding mystery to your beauty. Your hair slowly glides back down to your neck. Words are meaningless. The vision of your beauty is everything. The world around us is empty. Nothing is in my eyes but you. I smell nothing but this. The sky is clear. The moon is full and bright. We see a shooting star and we make a wish. What could be better than this? Another day like this. I love you.

Have a lifqual day my lady.

Finding Your Soul

I'm changing my daily routine. I'm adding one little thing that will bring further peace into my life.

Just taking 15-30 minutes out of my time to nurse my inner body physically and emotionally from within. Meditation is something I've always wanted to try. I think now is a good time to start.

Here are the 7 steps to "Finding Your Inner Soul":

(1) The legs are crossed in the vajra posture. This helps to reduce thoughts and feelings of desirous attachment.

(2) The right hand is placed in the left hand, palms upwards, with the tips of the thumbs slightly raised and gently touching. The hands are held about four fingers' width below the navel. This helps us to develop good concentration. The right hand symbolizes method and the left hand symbolizes wisdom - the two together symbolize the union of method and wisdom. The two thumbs at the level of the navel symbolize the blazing of inner fire.

(3) The back is straight but not tense. This helps us to develop and maintain a clear mind, and it allows the subtle energy winds to flow freely.

(4) The lips and teeth are held as usual, but the tongue touches against the back of the upper teeth. This prevents excessive salivation while also preventing our mouth from becoming too dry.

(5) The head is tipped a little forward with the chin slightly tucked in so that the eyes are cast down. This helps prevent mental excitement.

(6) The eyes are neither wide open nor completely closed, but remain half open and gaze down along the line of the nose. If the eyes are wide open we are likely to develop mental excitement and if they are closed we are likely to develop mental sinking.

(7) The shoulders are level and the elbows are held slightly away from the sides to let air circulate.

Yesterday was my first day doing this. To remove all outside noise around me, I made a mix CD of the ocean. Something in the background that is relaxing can improve the calmness around you.

Enjoy and have a lifqual day!

Bright Shadowy Figure

Don't ever tear us apart, have a lifqual day.

Sad News To Report

Awhile ago, I had a friend that was going through a lot for years. He came to me for my help and I did all I can to give him my advice on things. His wife was cheating on him and he was beginning to lose his job. His family and then eventually his life begin to fall apart. I found out this morning that the person took his own life. Here is the last letter that I received from him a few months ago.

It's been sometime since we last spoke. Things as you know haven't been going so well for me. I'm writing you this to tell you that I am looking past this part of my life and move on from all of this. The divorce is finalizing and I'm starting a new job. Life is starting to look up for me now. Once everything is settled down, I'll try and write back a little more.

I don't know the circumstances surrounding this to make him revert back to being depressed. His funeral will be next week so my post might be more in the way of coping with life.

I try to keep my blog upbeat, but sometimes we have to be reminded that life isn't always as perfect as you want it to be.

Have a lifqual day everybody.

It's Wednesday

Have a lifqual Wednesday!

Thank You

Disney was a blast. Thunderstorms kind of made it shorter but it was fun. We were tempted to drive to Miami but we would've never made it back home in time for work.

There was a note on my door when I got back that just said "Thank You". I asked my neighbors to see if they got it or if they saw who left it their. My friends didn't leave it so it's a total stranger. I guess being friendly to everybody is coming back to me. I'm not worried. I'm sure it's nothing. I have my guard dogs Milo & Otis to protect me if things get scary.

Perhaps "Thank You" just represents somebody just returning the favor for something I helped them in. It's good to hear some good feedback from people that felt I had an impact on their lives. So to this stranger, Thank You too.

Have a lifqual day!

I'm Going To Disneyland!

Living right in Florida, I never actually went there. Well today is the day I will be a kid again, or a kid even more. Dave decided to have a spontaneous day today and kidnap all of us and take us there. His accomplice called me this morning and told me to cancel all my plans so I'm just waiting for the abduction. I'll act surprise while wearing my Mickey Mouse ears when they come.

Have a lifqual day!

The Plague!

Somethings going around. Everybody is getting sick around me. The flu is an evil thing. My neighbors have it and just about all my friends have it. All the people I work with are sick or they are just getting over it. I'm the only one left! I've been sneezing and coughing for about a week now. It doesn't seem to be getting any worst than that. It's taking it's sweet time hitting me hard. Going out surfing every morning during the winter can't be good either. But it's Florida, we don't celebrate the season. My neighbor has already planned our sick party bash full of NyQuil and tissues and Nightmare on Elm Street movies. Makes me kind of want to look forward to getting sick.

Have a lifqual day all you sick people out there!

Living off the Lifqual

I was thinking, I could be living on the streets and I would still be happy with my life. As long as I'm making every day a lifqual day not only to myself but to everybody I meet then life as we know it would be..........perfect. So walk up to a total stranger and give them a compliment, you'd be surprise how much that would brighten up a person's day.

Have a lifqual day everybody!

Short Time To Eternity

What you need is guaranteed,
The deepest thought you have could be . . .

Irresponsible Ideological Misbehaving Thoughtful Reoccurrence

of what we call an eventful day. This day we call Monday. So just sit back and relax on this Irresponsible Ideological Misbehaving Thoughtful Reoccurrence Monday and think about the days of yore and know that somewhere out there, somebody does care about you. If you still feel unloved on this day, know that I still love you...

Have a lifqual Irresponsible Ideological Misbehaving Thoughtful Reoccurrence Monday!

Happy Valentine's Day

Instead of just doing what "everybody else is doing", I'm inviting a few friends over and my girlfriend to watch movies all night. That will be how I'll celebrate Valentine's Day.

Have a lifqual Valentine's Day.

Bittersweet

I love you, but I can do better.

24 Hours

I hear the sound of the waves crashing outside my open window. My alarm goes off, it's 4 a.m. It's time for me to go out and surf. The sun hasn't risen yet but I'm always up. By the time I'm ready to go, the night sky has turned a little brighter. Milo and Otis are at the door waiting for me. I grab my board and head out the door. They follow right behind me. As I walk to the beach, I can feel a slight wind blowing against my face. The air smells of nature and the sand feels wet, I am home. I dust the remaining sand off my board and slowly go into the water to test it out. It's still cold but that's not going to stop me today. Milo and Otis stay on the beach when it's this cold, they know better than I do that I shouldn't be out here. I walk into the water until it's up to my waist and then I get on my board and glide further out. I turn around and wait patiently for a wave worth me riding. I do this for hours. When I'm done, the beach begins to fill up again. I go inside and take a shower. I cook breakfast for myself and Milo and Otis. I get ready for work and I'm out the door again. I like to walk to work because I get to meet new and old friends on my way. I cheer whoever is feeling down, up. I go back home at around 4 p.m. and I can already smell my neighbor's dinner. She reminds me of my grandma and I remind her of her son. We both lost somebody we loved and find our friendship as a way of coping. I come home and leave my door partially opened. Milo and Otis run outside to use the bathroom and my neighbor comes in with a plate of my favorite seafood, fish. We talk about our day and eat. Milo and Otis play in the other room. My neighbor leaves and I begin to finish unfinished projects in life. I get a call from my girlfriend and friends to meet them outside. I grab my board and Milo and Otis follows me. I stay out there for hours with them laughing and having a good time. I come back and it's after midnight and I really need to get some sleep. I close my eyes and eventually I begin to hear the waves crashing outside my open window, then my alarm goes off, its 4 a.m.......

That's me 24/7. Have a lifqual day everybody.

Otis

I had to take Otis to the vet yesterday. He ate something not of this world that his body just didn't like. He ate his squeaky toy and it had to be removed. He wasn't a happy camper, neither was I. But now Otis and Surfer are ok. Squeaky toy had to go.

Have a lifqual day, that includes my unfortunate friends who broke up yesterday. Things always work out for the best.

Idiocracy

I just finished watching this movie. Funny but kind of scary. It talks about a world of the future that is basically stupid. They come up with the theory that water is actually bad for the environment but Gatorade is good. Buildings are being held together by tape. People have barcodes on their arms to tell them who they are.

The movie all starts with a experiment of freezing two people (one being a hooker) so that they can wake up in the future. The experiment is forgotten and they wake up by accident in this new world. The way the world is acting now, their is no telling how much of this movie is more of a reality. I recommend this really cheesy movie.

Have a lifqual day.

Woo Hah!

I'm going to California next week! Westport to be exact. I'm meeting a friend of mines in Texas then we are flying over to California. I haven't been there in years but it's always fun. The surf isn't that good right now but hopefully next week I can taste the water a little bit.

Have a lifqual day out there.

Sundays

The day you can just sit back and relax. No worries, don't worry about a thing.

Have a lifqual day.

Crash

Travel millions of miles
Follow the path of the winds
And crash on my body

Pull me under
Take me to another place
And crash on my body

Let me ride you
Let me feel you underneath me
And crash on my body

When I fall on top of you
You pull me into your blue abyss
And crash on my body

My sweat glistens against you
You wash away all the dirtiness on me
And crash on my body

You are calm in the mornings
And I upset you in the evenings
And crash on my body

I look out my window
I see you calling me tonight
I crash onto your body

Hanging On

When I was a kid I would constantly have this dream of me in a business suit running down a tunnel to make the train. Every time I would get there, the train would be speeding away and I would miss it and then wake up. For years I would always have that dream and never knew what it meant. As I got older, my life started changing. I felt as if I had no control over my life. During that entire time, the dream never came back. I started to wonder if it had something to do all of this. Was the dream a sign of my future? So I thought about it every night until I came up with the conclusion that the train represented my life passing me by. Me rushing down the tunnel to try and reach it would represent my desire to change my life. The train station would always be empty. Not a single person was there. After I stopped having the dreams and my life changed, I knew it was for the best. When I did change it, everything started going my way and I was happy.

When I last posted before I left, I had a broken leg because I hurt it really bad while surfing. I was out for weeks. I had the same routine every day. Get up early and surf and then work and come back home and surf some more or hang out with friends. My life is the water and just being away just brought me down more and more until I just didn't feel like going anywhere. My dream came back. Life has a funny way of telling you something. My life was perfect. I wouldn't change a thing, but when something in my life changed, everything changed for me. My life being perfect was what worried me. Being home for long periods of time just made me think too much. There is no such thing as a life this good, a lifqual. Can somebody have a truly happy life? I did. I would love to cheer up a total stranger if I saw them sad. That's just me. I can't stand seeing unhappiness. I will do my best to make you happy. Even if it sacrifices some of my happiness. That's why so many people were worried about me when I just didn't have anymore happiness to give. I had my own demons to put to rest again. Time away helped me a lot. Without it, I would've ended up isolating myself from the world which is not me. Being around people is what I am, it's what I do.

I have a girl that is a friend now. She surfs and likes everything about me and what I do. We are going to the beach tonight with some friends to light a fire and just have fun, because that's just what I do.

Have a lifqual day everybody.

My Dogs My Buddies

I have to say without Milo and Otis, I wouldn't be able to get over past months. The days when life was really getting me down, they were always by my side. I owe them my life and to this day I appreciate them more and more each and every day.

Milo is doing his usual, laying on the floor next to me watching every move I make as if he is my parent. I grab a dog biscuit and he jumps on my leg to retrieve it. He licks my fingers and goes back on the floor watching my every move again.

Otis is in the other room like usual, watching TV. He even knows how to turn it on. I'm just waiting for that morning I wake up and see him cooking me french toast. Otis is the most active out of all of us. He is my alarm in the morning. He likes to surf just as much as I do.

Goodnight world and have a lifqual day tomorrow.

Friendly Reminder

I forgot all about this blog.

So what's new with me? Milo and Otis are still here. I've gone through so many relationships that I just consider girls as friends and not girlfriends so I won't hurt them anymore.

I still surf, without a doubt. That has and will never change.

Stress was the reason I forgot about this blog. When things just get so overwhelmed, I just have to go out in the water by myself and just let the ocean take me in. The ocean to me is like my love, my forgiven family. It takes me where I want to go and roughs me up a little when I'm out of line. Since the water is a little cooler, I don't surf as much unless the waves are worth it.

That's about it for me today. I'll post something again later.