A Forest of Kings...(Day #16 February 4, 2013)

Hopefully everyone had a great start to the week today, the day after the Super Bowl where the Baltimore Ravens pulled off a victorious win over the San Francisco 49ers in the 4th quarter when the 49ers almost came back to win it. I was rooting for the 49ers myself and didn't want the team who beat our Broncos to win, but then again it makes the Broncos not look so bad losing to the winning Super Bowl team. In the end it was a great season for the Broncos, the 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens, so congratulations to them for taking it all the way home. 

I work weekends and got called to work today, tomorrow and wednesday as well, so I will be making some extra money the next few days, which I could not be more happier about, thanks to my awesome co-workers. I had a tattoo appointment today for 2pm, but I again had to cancel on my buddy who's doing my back piece and who did my stomach piece as well. I can't stand canceling on him, but I also need the money and extra shifts to pay bills and to be able to hook him up with some cash too even though I have already paid for the piece in full. This piece is a Alaskan Native American piece that is on a t-shirt that my mom gave me when she went to the National Native American conference in Alaska. Along with this Native piece, I have a n entire sleeve dedicated to the ancient Maya (Native South Americans, if you will), Egyptians, Inca's and Aztecs. I absolutely Love ancient history and can personally not get enough of it. My mom is such an amazing lady and has supported me my entire life. With choices/decisions, comfort, humility (or what I thought was at the time), peace, loving, care and never ending support in general.My mother has molded, shaped and carved me into the person I am today and I could not be more grateful and proud to call her my mom. She is simply amazing. 

I started reading another book aside from "The God Delusion" which I STILL haven't finished yet, and it's called "A Forest Of Kings." It is about the ancient Maya civilization and starts from the beginning where the Olmecs left off. It's the biggest book I have ever gone after and is irresistibly good; you don't ever want to put it down or get bored reading it. It's filled with accurate and concise facts about the modern and ancient maya culture. Giving distinct details on culture life, social life, agricultural life and their spiritual ways of life. This book was recommended to me by my philosophy professor my last year of my undergrad and he told me this book was the book for me. He told me about this after seeing my tattoos as I described them to him in a one on one meeting we had. He knew exactly what I wanted to read and how it would benefit my knowledge and understanding of the ancient maya civilization. I suggest if you want to learn more about this culture, then read A Forest of Kings by David Freidel and Linda Schelle. Absolutely Phenomenal!!!

Well...the rest of the week is work for the next two days, then two days off. Train (tonight) tomorrow, and wednesday night, go see the movie Parker on thursday during the day (a lot cheaper) by myself which I love to do sometimes and then dinner with my baby and my cousin Jessica on Friday night. I think we all might go see a movie as well, or just eat dinner and then hang out at one of our houses and watch a movie so we can talk, catch up and just have some good and much needed family QT. 

I hope everyone has an AWESOME rest of the week. Remember for all who struggle and feel lost that TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY and the day after that and so on and so forth. You can choose your future by doing what YOU want to do. A little words of encouragement for the day is that I quit chewing a few months back and went straight to Nicorette gum and have been chewing that for the last few months and wanted to stop that to so I am! I got the patch (only because I don't want to be an irritated angry person towards my co-workers, family or my amazing girlfriend LyLY) to ease off the gum as well and I wear the patch most of the entire day and if I feel necessary then I will have a couple pieces of gum through out the day. I went from chewing a can (a little more) each day, then to a LOT of gum in one day, to only a couple pieces a day while wearing the patch 3/4 of the day. I am ALMOST there!! My energy is better than it has been since I can remember, I feel more like ME than what I can ever remember and my senses are MUCH MUCH more clear than they have ever been. I encourage all of you to push for the things you want most in life and for me a healthy addiction free lifestyle is EXACTLY the life I want to pursue and lead. Love to all and Pay If Forward, even if your stubbornness wants to get the best of you, DO IT!!