Do The Right Thing? (Day #12 - January 22, 2013)

We are all put in a situation (daily) where we KNOW what the right from the wrong is. We don't always choose that 'right' decision, but we know what it is when we see it or hear it, don't we? You can convince your self that one decision might be the more of the right answer than the other, but your morality, which has been driven into you from society since the day you knew how to talk, or understand that touching a hot stove would burn your hand, you know what right from wrong is. I myself am a firm believer in a thing called Karma. There are various names for this type of belief, or what goes around comes around ideology, but it is all the same principle thought of something coming back to you as you have done to others. It is not simply that you do un to others as you would have done to you because you don't want something bad happening to yourself, because that is based on a lie within morality that suits only your desire and wants and then you're right back to where you started in the first place. Rather, you do un to others because it is the 'right' thing to do. You would not want to be called a certain name, so you don't call another person that same name or an equal verbal standing. You could always as the question "wouldn't right be the thing that you think and say is right?" Well...yes you could but the fundamental cultural and human values that have been developed and processed over time have shown us what right and wrong is. Wouldn't most of us agree that emotionally hurting someone to gain self fulfillment is wrong? Meaning that you make someone who is over weight feel like shit because of the way they look and came to be that way, just so you can have a laugh for self fulfillment in comparison to your own body? 

It's ideologies such as this that help make the world a better place and to create new ways of thinking for the betterment of the world. We are all human beings who make mistakes, do the 'wrong' thing, make a 'bad' decision and do things that we either wish we hadn't done, or something we promise ourselves to never do again in the future. I think this is a huge part of life, if not one of the main points to it, learning as we go, learning from our mistakes and applying our knowledge towards the future of ourselves and those around us. To achieve these distinct operations of thought you must first have the 'want' and 'will' to be a better person above all the rest, in a world filled with greed, selfishness and ego's. 

Today was a good, long day! I worked last night from 3-11pm to then head home (around 12am) to rest only to be back at work the following morning at 7am, meaning I went to bed at 1am and got up at 5:45am. Another thing I have been doing here in the new year and 'new' part of my life is getting up early and either meditating for a bit, maybe a little yoga, focusing on the things I want to accomplish for the day or how I will go about them, or just simply getting up early to have my coffee and juice while reading or writing (blog or journal). After work I picked up my best friend Robert from grandmas house and then headed back to my apartment before having to be at training at 6pm. It gave me about and hour 1/2 to take a quick nap before putting in some work. Training went great!! I still feel a little winded and not exactly where I should or want to be because of taking some time off, but its definitely coming around and getting back to where I want and need it to be. I was hoping to spar tonight, but it didn't seem like anyone was either up for it or doing so, so I just went home to relax while eating some dinner and a nice hot shower. All this before I go back to training in the morning to put some more work in. Muay Thai baby!!! Muay Thai!!

My precious and amazing girlfriend made this video for her sister Lynn, who left 4 or 5 days after we got back from Vietnam for 3 weeks for a study abroad. Lynn is starting her adventures in Washington D.C. for four weeks, then Brazil for another four weeks, Vietnam (again) for four weeks and ending in South Africa for four weeks before coming back home to Denver. It was the nicest and sweetest video a person could ever do for another human being let alone a sister. I'm not going to lie, but it made me a little sappy watching it and seeing all of my baby's family and Lynn's college friends wishing her safe travels and good luck on her trips. It was simply amazing in all ways,shapes and forms. 

Enough for today, now it's time to keep reading my book "The God Delusion" and get some rest before another day of adventures and training 2x tomorrow. 

I hope everyone is having a GREAT week thus far and enjoying life to their fullest potential!!! You only live once, so do the things you KNOW to be the RIGHT thing to do. Don't let other dictate who you are or what you choose to do with your life. Do what YOU want to do!!! Goodnight :)