"ARE WE STARTING TO LOSE OURSELVES IN THIS DAY AND AGE?"

Let's take a close look at what's happening around us right now, as seen in different perspectives and areas. And it's not getting any better ...

Stock investments/ mutual funds in peril due to the inconsistent performance at the stock market ... Massive company layoffs and cutbacks ... Sudden corporate takeovers and mergers/buyouts ... Quarterly profits & losses ultimately deciding the fate of a business ... Companies interested in big bucks than retaining loyal, longtime workers ... Job outsourcing by companies (for lower job labor costs) ... Grocery prices increasing ... Soaring gas prices at the gas pumps ... Divorce rates climbing high ... Parents working more hours as they spend less time for their children ... Children becoming more obese and isolated relying on video games and the computer as their main activity (and spending less interactive family time) ... Teens are now more sexually active than ever before ... Pornography is a booming business on the internet ... Sex and violence are shown more often on the TV tube ... More seniors still work to get more money than retire, in order to survive ... Homes for residents are lost to foreclosures ... Our young generation continuing to die in a war that has yet no solution and no reason (as the head terrorist mastermind still looms at large) ... Greedy overpaid/ overhyped athletes that don't produce their stats (as sports becomes now more of a business than tradition) ... Celebrities 'on-the-edge', conceited and crazy wasting their life away... Working middle class suffering a whole lot more as the rich becomes more richer ... Earth is in big danger by man's actions as global warming is more evident than ever ...

From what I've mentioned, it's really getting worse and it seems likely that this trend will continue furthermore - with no end in sight. We're becoming our own victims falling prey to the factors mentioned. If I could decipher what's going on with everything, I came up with this:

MAN is motivated by POWER and GREED

In this present society we now live in, it seems that we're starting to lose ourselves and the simple pleasures/ fundamentals of life that our generations before had once embraced to keep going forward with their lives.

We must not lose hope. We must rely on our faith and God through all of this. We know He gives comfort especially in times of doubts and struggle. In our lives, He can give us only what we can really handle - and I'm a firm believer in that. God is the balance to our lives and that He will always be there for the long run despite all of the changes happening. Just keeping hanging on, everyone - and don't lose yourselves to the world.

RE-POST: "Remembering 9/11"

A day that'll forever live with us through history. We remember the fallen and the hope of a nation that faced tragedy. We are healing day by day ...

It is now 7 years later ...

A lesson learned...

Sometimes we wish to have a superpower that can change the world, ultimately bringing about a huge difference to one's life or many more in your important circle. Perhaps, even people that you've just gotten to know recently. And when you keep going forth with the extra mileage to show more faith & support, it has the potential to have risky consequences in the process. We would love to paint a good picture to show the finer things and simple pleasures in life with what we can do to shape one's life on a positive scale, but sometimes that's hard to do. Not every one around will fully appreciate and accept what one does for another. Being 'good', we can only do but so much. Worst case scenario is a friendship being misintepreted and misjudged out of nowhere by people (in a third-party that don't even know the other person) who do not know its roots/origins based between two individuals. And it's all blown out of proportions making a big deal out of nothing. Some in this category can also base an assumption that it's 'romanticism' based on opposite gender, but that's not my intentions or plan at all to begin with. The best thing really is to be openly frank and honest with that person than to hear from other people regarding the situation at-hand (when a problem exists) ... My goal, my aim is to create opportunties for real friendships and to show my banner of unconditional support wherever I am. No frills. No gimmicks here. More importantly, is to show the realism of what a friend should be - even in this imperfect world we live in. My faithful friends (whether it's here in FL or those in VA - even my EXs in past relationships) know that and have witnessed that - out of what I can do ... I do have to say that sometimes a setback like this can help improve one's performance for the better in the future having more responsibility on their given superpower and when to appropriately use it, instead of overdoing it so often. I take the blame if I've went too far for that friend being there so many times. It may be hard to accept at first, but it takes an honest man out of myself to admit it ... I'm glad that God provided the 'every day' so I can start from scratch, perhaps even picking up the pieces and moving on boldly without complaints, criticism and the polluted noise out there. It's better than having to wallow everything in self-pity. It's also a blessing to know that sometimes a lesson like this can build a whole lot more strength for a person of good character, such as myself ... Remember, it's not the end of the world. We can continue to immerse ourselves to be that superhero to everyone's lives (the ones that remain so faithful to us from the beginning and for those that have yet to bear witness to your powers). Just like 'Spider-Man' and 'Superman' in the comics world, they faced criticism out there for what they do with their innate abilities - yet they continue to shine by being good and persevering with it. We must do the same and show how versatile we are, even during doubtful times.