ABOVE ME

THE WHOLE THING IS.
ALL OF IT, ABOVE ME!
I LIVE FOR OTHERS...
I RISE ABOVE EVERY DAY!
THIS IS WHAT WE DO
FOR PEOPLE WE LOVE....

QUENCH YOUR THIRST

ALWAYS THIRSTY NEVER SATISFIED!
THIS APPLIES TO ALL OF US...

THINK ABOUT IT, WE NEED TO RISE ABOVE THIS!!!

AWESOME IS

RELAXING WITH GREAT CUP OF COFFEE IN A MUG MY 11 YEAR OLD SON MADE FOR ME

IN SCHOOL WITH HIS OWN HANDS!

BY FAR THE BEST CUP OF COFFEE I EVER HAD... LIVE, LOVE AND RISE ABOVE

RISE ABOVE ALL AND LIVE LIFE TO IT'S FULLEST YOU ARE HERE FOR A REASON MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF NOT IN YOUR LIFE THEN IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE!

STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES

                             THIS IS PRETTY FUNNY TO ME
                              LET'S SEE WHAT YOU THINK?

   I WAS HAVING SOME SOME FRIENDS OVER LAST NIGHT AND
       MY WIFE WAS AT THE STORE PICKING UP SOME FOOD.

                    MEANWHILE I WAS HOME CLEANING UP.
        SO I TEXT HER TO GET ONE OF THOSE SMELLY CANDLES

YOU KNOW THE KIND THAT MAKES YOUR HOUSE SMELL CLEAN.
                      RIGHT THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT FUNNY...

    SO AFTER I LAUGH ABOUT THIS TO MYSELF I'M THINKING
                 I SHOULD RISE ABOVE ME AND CLEAN MORE!

BLOGGING OR NOT

TO BE OR NOT TO BE "REALLY" I'M THINKING YOU CAN'T HEAR THE
TREE FALL IF YOU'RE NOT THERE...
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

YOUR EITHER NOT OR YOU ARE!!

I AM THINKING QUOTES THAT SEEM LIKE RIDDLES
ARE WASTING MY TIME...

IF NO ONE READS MY WRITING AM I WRITING?

I NEED TO RISE ABOVE BLAH BLAH BLAH...

MY CAR MY WORLD

        IT STILL AMAZES ME HOW GREAT IT IS TO GET IN YOUR CAR AND GO
    ANYWHERE ROADS WILL TAKE YOU. IT'S YOUR OWN PERSONAL WORLD...

      YOU WANT TO SEE THE OCEAN GET IN YOUR CAR AND GO, A BIG CITY,
A FOREST IN MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, SOMEWHERE WARM, SOMEWHERE COLD,
   A NEW PLACE, AN OLD PLACE OR JUST BACK TO THAT PLACE YOU LOVE!

         OUR BODIES AND MINDS ARE ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR TO A CAR .
                       IF YOU SET YOUR MIND TO SOMETHING YOU CAN
                                          GET ANYWHERE IN YOUR LIFE!

                    I THINK I WILL RISE ABOVE ME AND SHIFT TO DRIVE...

UNCOMFORTABLE

SOME DAYS YOU JUST CAN'T GET YOUR HAT ON STRAIGHT...
                          YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

         YOU JUST HAVE AN UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING...

   SOMETIMES I WISH I COULD RISE ABOVE MY FEELINGS!

CORDLESS CARS

I KNOW THIS IS SILLY, BUT HEAR WE GO, YOU KNOW THE WIND TURBINES
THAT GENERATE ALL THAT ELECTRICITY.

I HAVE DRIVEN BY THEM AND ALL I CAN THINK IS WHY DON'T THEY
USE THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR CARS?

I MEAN IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT IF CARS HAD LITTLE FANS ALL OVER
THEM THINK ABOUT THE ELECTRIC YOU WILL GENERATE  NOW YOU
HAVE A ELECTRIC CAR YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PLUG IN

I KNOW RIGHT, IT SEEMS SO SIMPLE...
IF ONLY I HAD MONEY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

OH WELL I HAVE SO MANY GOOD IDEAS AT LEAST I THINK SO.
I WILL HAVE TO RISE ABOVE THIS AND WATCH SOMEBODY
ELSE MAKE THIS HAPPEN...

REALITY SHOWS?

 WHITHOUT A TRACE, C.S.I. DID YOU EVER SEE THESE SHOWS?
  DO WE REALLY NEED TO LET CRIMINALS KNOW WHAT WE
 ARE LOOKING FOR WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH THEM....

 DOSE ANYBODY REALIZE THAT WE ARE GIVING THEM IDEAS
                ON HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER!!!

I KNOW THESE ARE JUST SHOWS AND I NEED TO GET OVER IT.
     BUT, I HAVE A HARD TIME KNOWING SOME PSYCHO IS
   WATCHING THIS AND PLANNING TO MURDER SOMEONE!!

                       HOW DO WE JUST IGNORE THIS?
WE ARE GOING INTO A PSYCHOS HOUSE AND GIVING THEM AN
    INSTRUCTION BOOK ON WHAT NOT TO DO WHEN YOU
      MURDER SOMEBODY I NEED TO RISE ABOVE THIS!

ABOVE THE SEA

THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THE MIST FROM THE SEA MEETS THE AIR
AND CARESSES YOUR FACE MAKING YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE HOME!

THE OCEAN IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN RISE ABOVE AND BE YOU...

THE NEW AGE OF EMBARRASSING

HERE WE GO, REMEMBER WHEN CELL PHONE RECEPTION WAS SO BAD THAT
YOU THOUGH THE PERSON YOU WERE TALKING TO SAID SOMETHING REALLY
MESSED UP TO YOU, BUT IT WAS JUST BAD RECEPTION!

WELL ON A NEW LEVEL OF EMBARRASSMENT, LAST NIGHT I GET WHAT I THINK
IS A GREAT IDEA FOR MY BLOG. SO I NEED TO WRITE DOWN MY IDEAS, BUT
INSTEAD OF GETTING A PEN AND MY BOOK I GRAB MY PHONE, BECAUSE I HAVE
THIS DICTATION APP I USE TO CHECK  MY SPELLING...

BASICALLY I SPEAK INTO IT AND THE WORDS APPEAR. GREAT RIGHT ?
I THOUGHT SO TOO AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY WHEN
THE WORDS CAME OUT WRONG.

WELL HERE COMES THE EMBARRASSING PART!

FUNNY, TODAY WHEN I SEE THE WORD EMBARRASSING
ALL I CAN SEE IS THE WORD ASS...

ANYWAY, I ALSO USE THIS APP FOR POSTING TO
FACEBOOK ON THE GO.

WELL AFTER I WAS DONE WRITING, MY FRIENDLY LITTLE APP
HAD SOME 70 OR SO WORDS THAT MADE NO SENSE!
BUT IT'S THE FUNNY WORDS, REMEMBER THOSE...

NOT SO FUNNY ANYMORE!!

OK I DRAGGED THIS ON TOO LONG LET'S JUST SAY THAT WRONG WORDS
LIKE; WIFE, INVISIBLE, AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT OK HERE GOES (sex)
THESE ARE NOT THINGS I WOULD WANT TO POST ON FACEBOOK!

BUT YOU PROBABLY GET IT BY NOW. THAT'S RIGHT I SOMEHOW I
HIT THAT POST TO FACEBOOK BUTTON!

SO ALL MY CLOSE FAMILY AND FRIENDS THINK SOMETHING CRAZY
IS GOING ON IN MY LIFE! THAT'S RIGHT LIFE NOT WIFE...

I WISH I WAS IN ADVERTISING BECAUSE I HAVE A GREAT
IDEA FOR A COMMERCIAL...

WELL NOW I JUST NEED TO RISE ABOVE MY EMBARRASSING WAYS!
                                                                     THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN!!!

IS IT JUST ME

YOU EVER SPEAK AND YOU KNOW WORDS ARE COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
           BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO HEAR YOU, WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

                                                          AM I CRAZY?

                         DO I THINK I'M SPEAKING BUT REALLY I AM NOT!

IT MAKES ME WONDER IF THE THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD ARE REALLY NOT RIGHT?
         WHAT I MEAN IS WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT JUST MIGHT BE WRONG.
                                                  I JUST DON'T KNOW...

      MAYBE I MAKE NO SENSE AND ON ONE WANTS TO RESPOND TO ME?
                        MAYBE I CAN'T HEAR THE PEOPLE AROUND ME...

                               YOU THINK I HAVE TO RISE ABOVE THIS?

TIRED

     YOU EVER SO TIRED YOU JUST WANT TO STOP EVERYTHING!
 I MEAN YOU THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO STOP DOING EVERYTHING.
      YOUR JUST DONE. YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING...

       I WANT TO DISAPPEAR JUST BLEND INTO THE LANDSCAPE.
                      BECOME A PERSON THAT NO ONE KNOWS!
  THINKING THAT THIS WILL MAKE ALL LIFE'S DOWNS GO AWAY. 

 BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT YOU WILL BE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE
WITH THE SAME DOWNS BUT YOU WILL HAVE NO ONE TO HELP YOU!

                  I THINK WE SHOULD RISE ABOVE BEING TIRED
                                        AND GET SOME REST...

VALENTINE'S DAY

LOVE IS NOT DETERMINED BY HOW MUCH STUFF YOU GET FROM
   THAT SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE IT IS DETERMINED BY THE THE
          LOVE YOU GET ALL THE TIME FROM THAT SOMEONE!

RISE ABOVE THE GETTING STUFF TODAY AND EMBRACE THE LOVE...

LONELY

ALONE SOUNDS SO LONELY. BUT IS IT? SOME OF THE GREATEST ARTIST
             IN THE WORLD PRODUCED THEIR BEST WORK ALONE...

    SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO BE ALONE SO YOU CAN RISE TO YOUR
                          BEST WORK AND CHANGE THE WORLD...

MEMORIES

HOW IS THAT WE SIT AROUND THINKING ABOUT THE PAST AND HOW GREAT
     IT WAS.  IN REALITY WHEN WE WERE LIVING IT YOU WERE TRYING TO
         CHANGE IT! IT MAKES ME THINK, WHY WE CAN'T JUST BE HAPPY...

JUST THINK SOMEDAY YOU WILL BE LOOKING BACK TO THIS TIME IN YOUR
                             LIFE AND SAYING WHAT GREAT MEMORIES!

                                  WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT'S TRUE...

        LOVE YOUR OLD MEMORIES, BUT RISE TO YOUR NEW MEMORIES!

WARNING LIGHTS

                        JUST A THOUGHT.
    PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE TURN SIGNALS
                  AND WARNING LIGHTS...

   THIS WAY PEOPLE AROUND YOU HAVE
      CLUE AS TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING?

     OR AT LEAST HAVE A LOUD SIREN SO
          WE CAN GET OUT OF THE WAY!

i am definitely guilty of this sometimes my lights are off...

      RISE ABOVE YOU AND LET PEOPLE
     KNOW WHICH WAY YOU ARE GOING!

SHUT DOWN

                             DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THIS?
    YOU KNOW THAT FEELING WHEN YOU ARE WORKING ALL DAY
          ON YOUR COMPUTER AND AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU
                HIT THAT LITTLE BUTTON THAT SAYS SHUT DOWN.

  EVEN THOUGH YOUR DAY IS NOT OVER, YOU THINK TO YOUR SELF
   FINALLY I CAN RELAX EVEN IF IT'S JUST A QUIET CAR RIDE HOME.

   WE ALL NEED TO SOMETIMES JUST HIT OUR SHUT DOWN BUTTON!

       I BELIEVE PERSONALLY THAT I AM A PROFESSIONAL AT THIS...

    EVEN THOUGH I WORK 40 HOURS A WEEK, GET THE KIDS READY
       AND TAKE THEM TO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING I SOMEHOW
                 SQUEEZE IN AT LEAST A HALF HOUR OF ME TIME...

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT IT'S THE OLD RECHARGE YOUR BATTERY THING.
                  SOME PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME DOING THIS!
        I AM NOT SAYING TO LET EVERYTHING GO AND BE LAZY.
       JUST RELAX HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE THIS IS A GREAT HABIT
                                                      TRUST ME!

HANG OUT AND DO NOTHING EVEN IF ITS JUST FOR A HALF AN HOUR!

      THINK ABOUT IT EVERY TIME YOU HIT THAT SHUT DOWN
                              BUTTON ON YOUR COMPUTER...
      JUST RISE ABOVE YOUR SELF FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES!

LIFE'S TO SHORT

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE TO ME.
WE ALL DO THESE THINGS IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
THIS IS JUST MY VERSION!

ANYWAY I WANT TO RENOVATE MY BATHROOM
MAKE IT BIGGER AND I CAN DO IT MYSELF.

TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN I HAVE TO ELIMINATE A BEDROOM.
I ONLY USE IT WHEN COMPANY COMES
AND THAT'S NOT THAT OFTEN!

THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO DO I ALWAYS WANTED A BIG
SHOWER AND MY WIFE ALWAYS WANTED A CLAWFOOT TUB
HER FAVORITE TIME IS SPENT RELAXING IN A BATH!

NOW HERE IS THE UNBELIEVABLE THING.
WE PROBABLY WON'T DO IT BECAUSE TAKING AWAY THAT BEDROOM
WILL BRING DOWN THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE.

SO WE WILL PROBABLY KEEP IT THAT WAY FOR 20 YEARS
THIS WAY WHEN WE SELL IT WE WILL GET OUR PRICE...

HOW DOSE THIS MAKE SENSE?
I WON'T BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS FOR 20 YEARS...

SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO RISE ABOVE A GOOD INVESTMENT
AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT TO MAKE YOU HAPPY IN YOUR LIFE!!

HEART IN HAND

THEY SAY YOUR HEART IS AS BIG AS YOUR HAND.
                      THIS MAKES ME THINK...

 WHEN MY HANDS HURT IS MY HEART TROUBLED?

  MAYBE THIS IS WHY CHILDREN LOVE TO HOLD
                     THEIR PARENTS HANDS!!!

                 RISE TO THE HEART IN HAND...

MY THOUGHTS ON SPACE

   OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT A SCIENTIST BUT I HAVE MY OWN OPINION LIKE MOST OF US.
                      HERE IT GOES, IF YOU THINK WE ARE THE ONLY ONES OUT HERE
                                               IN SPACE THAT IS,  THINK AGAIN!

                          WE ARE SO TINY COMPARED TO WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW
                                                    ABOUT SPACE AROUND US.

         MY THEORY IS, EARTH IS JUST A SNOW GLOBE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S WORLD!

                                   I MUST RISE ABOVE THESE WEIRD THOUGHTS...

MAKING AN IMPACT

WHEN YOU ARE A KID YOU COULD THROW A ROCK AND HIT SOMEONE YOU KNOW...

   WHEN YOU GROW UP YOU CAN THROW A ROCK AND IT WILL BOUNCE OFF OF
                                                     A MILLION PEOPLE!!

                                                  RISE TO YOUR IMPACT....

RISE TO LITTLE WONDERS

LIKE TREES, AIR, GRASS, HEART, WATER, THE OCEAN, THE SUN...

                              RISE TO LITTLE WONDERS??

JUST TRYING TO JUGGLE

   LIFE, DEATH, FAMILY, FRIENDS, LOVE, HATE, FEAR, HAPPINESS,
MAKING MONEY, LOSING MONEY, SUCCESSFUL, UNSUCCESSFUL,
                         GOOD DAD, BAD DAD, BILLS, NEEDS...

                          I'M THINKING YOU GET IT BY NOW!

          SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I JUST WANT TO RISE ABOVE
             ACTING LIKE A CLOWN AND STOP THE JUGGLING!!

SOCIAL NETWORKING

   LAST NIGHT I WATCHED THE MOVIE SOCIAL NETWORKING
      AND NOW ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT ARE ALL MY IDEAS.
              IDEAS I THINK COULD BE THE NEXT BIG THING!

WHAT DO I DO, I DON'T HAVE ANY RICH FRIENDS TO BACK ME?

            LORD KNOWS I CAN BARELY WRITE THIS BLOG...

          SO DO I JUST RISE ABOVE MYSELF AND MOVE ON?

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A SONG

                              HOW WOULD THE LYRICS GO?
      WOULD IT BE FUN, SAD, FAST, SLOW, EXCITING, BORING.
             NOW THINK ABOUT THE LYRICS TO YOUR SONG.

  IF YOU COULD WRITE THE LYRICS TO THE SONG OF YOUR LIFE
                    HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT TO PLAY OUT?

    I THINK FOR MOST OF US NO MATTER HOW IT READS FROM
    BEGINNING TO END WE WANT TO LIVE LIFE TO ITS FULLEST!

    MY SONG WILL HAVE ALL THE EMOTIONS, BUT IN THE END
I THINK THE LYRICS WILL LEAVE YOU WITH A PEACEFULL FEELING...

                             RISE TO THE SONG OF YOUR LIFE!

CHANGE

SO HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR LIFE, IF YOU COULD CHANGE SOMETHING WOULD YOU?

              I MEAN THINK ABOUT IT YOU REALLY CAN CHANGE SOME THINGS.
                                        OTHER THINGS CAN'T BE CHANGED!

  BUT IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY, YOU JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT YOU
                                    DON'T  LIKE AND MAKE SOME CHANGES...

      THE SAD PART IS MOST OF US DON'T WE JUST GO THROUGH LIFE DAY BY DAY.
WE GO TO WORK EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T LIKE WHAT WE DO BECAUSE WE NEED TO!

       EVERYONE HAS A TALENT AND FOR SOME REASON MOST OF US IGNORE IT!

        HAPPY IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU JUST RISE ABOVE THE FEAR OF CHANGE
                                              AND LIVE LIFE TO ITS FULLEST......