Well, just got done watching the Warriors game with my brother-in-law. Just felt like updating here again. First of all, I finally started back up on the t-shirt artwork after about 2 weeks of not touching the project at all.
Just easing back into things, started out by working on the colors a little bit. Those flowers are pretty much done, just gonna tweak the fills on the leaves a little bit.
On these flowers, I've set up the gradients but haven't adjusted the directions or anything yet.
My dinner tonight ^_^
So anyway just starting out small. On my job search, so far I've just been putting in a few applications here and there but mostly I'm just adding myself to more job databases so I can be more organized and methodical in my search. Been finding a lot of prospects in other parts of the country, so there's a possibility I may be relocating as soon as I'm ready.
Recently dumped all my old phone photos.... Gonna use them as visual filler.
But I kinda steered off my goal for awhile, so I'm gonna put less energy into my job search and more into finishing up the t-shirt collection again. Just been hanging out too, trying not to spend too much money but I gotta get fresh air every now and then.
Now, onto some food for thought...
Haha, before I begin *ramble mode* I just gotta say, at first glance my blog looks more like a food blog with some random philosophy thrown in haha.... But naw I think there's enough blogs out there talking about the latest trends and all that. That would take the focus off my own work and life.
***Ok time to ramble so if you're not into that, stop here. Thanks for reading!***
I wasn't sure if I wanted to talk about the thing I left off at last time (Samson and Delilah) but I figure there's plenty of time to write about everything else at some other point anyway. So again with the story of Samson and Delilah, as a child I took the story literally. But I revisited it recently and like with the Exodus story I found my own personal lesson from it. And note in case you didn't read my last post, it was not a religious lesson but more of along to the lines of a life lesson.
For those unfamiliar, I'll just quickly give the gist of the story here. Samson was basically a badass Jewish Hercules. He was blessed with superhuman strength which was tied to his vows as a Nazirite-- he was not to drink alcohol or cut his hair. During Samson's time the Israelites were under the yoke of the Philistines, and a lot of his stories involve him killing a bunch of Philistines. Like the time he killed 1,000 of them with only the jawbone of a donkey as a weapon. The plan was for Samson to use the gifts he was blessed with to deliver his people from the Philistines.
But Samson had a weakness: He was addicted to women. Particularly Philistine women and his addiction would prove to one day be fatal. He eventually married a conniving Philistine woman named Delilah who was bribed by her people to discover the source of Samson's strength. She worked her charms and cut his hair, sapping him of his powers. He's captured, tortured, blinded, and kept in bondage. Eventually, his hair grows back while in captivity and finally he is able to carry out his God-given mission by collapsing the Philistine temple to the pagan god Dagon. In this final blow he takes down himself along with his enemies.
See that? MONEY COUNTS. And the girl scouts know it!
Most of us, like Samson, are blessed. It may be more apparent to some of us than others, but we all have our own unique skills, talents, and qualities. It could be something as simple as a good sense of humor, or it could be tremendous skill in some particular field. We all have at least one gift. And like Samson, we could all put that gift into accomplishing something major in life. You might even say we are MEANT to put that gift to work in some big way. It doesn't necessarily have to shake up the entire world but just something that makes an impact. Even if it's just in the lives of your own family.
But like Samson, we are also vulnerable to addiction. It could be addiction to food, video games, alcohol, drugs, spending money, the internet, even "falling-in-love." Healthy activities can become addictions when we devote so much time and energy to them, to the detriment of other areas of our lives. It's possible to be addicted to people too. Overindulgence in just about anything can become unhealthy...
And just as in Samson's story, that leads us to neglect our gifts and our respective "missions." We let our vices overpower us and lead us to disaster. But even if you've allowed your strengths to fade, it's never too late to come correct and get back on track; putting your gifts to work in fulfilling something worthwhile.
Well, so little time so much to write. I'm gonna take a break from the bible stories for awhile haha... I feel preachy when I talk about them. So next time I ramble on it'll be about something else. And hopefully I'll have gotten some more work done.
Bye!