Tuesday, June 24, 2014

What next?

I had one of those once in a life time experiences yesterday.  My older son came up to me and said dad tomorrow is the last day I will ever go to High School.  I though for something profound to say to him and could only come up with "congratulations, how do you feel about it?"  I think he saw if for what it is a new start on where his journey in life will take him.  He is looking forward to a trip to Cuba next week and starting out to go and work for a year before he goes to post secondary.

Endings and new beginnings are good for a person.  It gives a sense of accomplishment and the excitement of something new and  unknown.  It open up possibilities in ones mind.

As a father all I can do at this point is to hope his mother and I did all we could to give him the skills to go forth and become successful in the terms that are important to him. I know what I believe success to be but he will have to determine that on his own.


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Mr. Sand

Saturday, June 14, 2014

The last philosophical blog for awhile

As we get older some of the constants in our lives change, go away or sometime simply don't mean anything to us.  Is this good or bad?  I don't think so it is just life and has been happening for tens of thousands of years.  But when these changes happen it can feel like we have nothing and nowhere to go.

We strive to find meaning and hope eventually we can understand these changes. Some of us handle it on our own and some look out to the people around us.  All we can hope is we were taught the tools in our life to be able to deal with this change.

I guess I can feel confidant that I had the guidance in my life to be able to deal with most things.  I thank those that gave me the the right moral compass.




Mr Sand

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Many questions

As we travel through life do we stop to ask ourselves the bigger questions?  Do we focus on the business of our lives and accomplishing or doing things rather than trying to understand what is it all about.

Are we here due to some cosmic chain of events that have no real meaning or is there a guiding force?  Is this force based on a set of universal laws or is there a divine guide that has created all that is around us.

There are times in my life where I ask these questions and am perplexed with the overwhelming possibilities.  If there one right answer?  Or is the understanding of the universe and all that is around us beyond the capacity for a single human to comprehend?

I have struggled with these questions my whole life.  At times religion has been a focus for me.  At other times science.  Then there are times that I think it truly is just a big cosmic coincidence.  The beauty of the world and the people around me will keeping me struggling with this.

We just had the 70 anniversary of the d day invasion. That was a time in the world where there was a lot of evil and many of us had our family members go and do horrific duties to try and rid the world of  this evil. Many of us lost these members of our families to help others out.

Have our forefathers been able to get rid of the evil in our world, or has our generation been able to rid the world of evil?  Sadly I conclude that we have not been able to.   Evil comes in many forms: In people, in institutions, in disease, in nature and in thought ideologies.  Should we throw up our hands and say it can't be done.  I believe that the more evil we see the more we need to go and try and rid the world of that evil. Will we always succeed? Unfortunately not, but we need to continue to work on getting rid of evil.

At some point in my life I hope I get to a comfortable understanding of why I have consciousnesses but in the mean time I will focus on being a good person to my family my community and the world around me.

Mr. sand

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

keeping on track

I am caught up in an extremely busy week with work family and doing volunteer work.  I cant remember being this busy in a long time.

What is keeping me on track is my training.  It is good to know that with everything else training is a refuge and a place to calm the mind.

I am glad I have discovered this and have learned the importance of consistency.



Mr. Sand