Pictures and a cool story!

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Anyway todays top story is --> UP <-- when i saw that it made me think of the movie up! anyway i just wanted to post my pictures and show the funny article i found because i have to go to bed because i had a track meet today. i came in 4th out of 5th in my race and the team as a whole won! woohoo 1-0!

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Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional. Roger Crawford

What would you do if you were a billionaire for 5 hours?

The question would arise today when i was on the internet i saw a cool article on yahoo


http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/109237/if-you-were-billionaire-for-five-hours


So the question stands. what would YOU do with almost $90,000,000,000?

Me? i would probably buy out the Gamestop! all of them, because i love going to gamestop and it would be cool to own a company. Also i would take all my friends and family sky diving because that is something that i have always wanted to do. Next i would give my sister enough money to last two lifetimes so she could pay for all her college, and buy a really nice car. Third i would give my dad money so that he could pay off the house then do whatever he wanted to for the rest of his life. Fourth i would give my mom enough money so she could live a happy life as what she really wants to be, an artist. Last i would probably donate alot because i honestly wouldn't need 90,000,000,000. That is what i would do with my 90,000,000,000 to say the least i would try to change the world!

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If you have a chance to change the world...pounce on it because it probably wont last long. --Colton--

im back!

Sorry to everybody who reads this daily. our internet hasnt been working lately, then it started working but i didnt know my password so thats why i havent posted in a few days.

ANYWHO! today (and the past 3 days) were great. today i went to Dave and Busters.

So today while i was at he rec center working out somebody told my dad that he had motivated them o work out a little while because he was in such good shape so i thought that was cool.

that just shows that no matter what your doing. if your doing it right then people will appreciate you/what your doing

last really quick i just wanted to post this article:

No one said it was going to be easy, the day you were born. Your mother never said that life would be a breeze and it will be clear sailing without any struggles, risks, or obstacles to overcome. Instead, you realized that things might not always go your way. Even as an infant, you got hungry, thirsty, bored, tired, sick, cold, hot, constipated, upset, startled, scared, confused, and frustrated by a myriad of circumstances you couldn't possibly comprehend.

As you grew up, you began to understand how you could control certain elements of your environment, yet still suffered from all the troubles I just listed. Even as an adult, we are subjected to these same issues that invade our lives. It appears that life is, and shall remain, a struggle until the day we die. It's how we cope and view these incidents that determine our character and the quality of our existence.

It's all about our attitude. With constant news reports about catastrophes striking every country in the world, how can we feel good about ourselves? There are starving people, natural disasters, political strife, warring nations, terrorism, pollution, health concerns, and over-crowding, both local and nationally. The news apparently is never good.

Add to that, daily confrontations with employers, store clerks, other drivers, and family members, you get the picture. You face a never-ending sea of bills, relationship challenges, and on-the-job dilemmas. Where will it end? Only at death, I'm afraid and some depressed individuals have already decided to end their lives sooner than later. But, for the rest of us that face these facts of daily life, what are our options?

We have to accept why we are on this planet in the first place. Assuming we have only one crack at a lifetime, we get to make the most out of it as possible. Through our own free will and perhaps some divine intervention, we control our fate. We can choose to allow the constant bombardment of negativity ruin our psyche, or ignore the obvious taunts and move forward with a good attitude. It's takes a commitment and constant effort to overcome the flow of obstacles, but it can be done. It begins with the simple things.

Do you smile a lot? Well, you should. Practice at smiling at everyone you see, whether a total stranger you pass in the supermarket aisle or your postman. Saying a kind word at the appropriate time, is even better. How's your sense of humor? Do you like to laugh? The cycle begins when you look and feel good about yourself. Surround yourself with other positive people, while divesting of the negative ones. When someone starts to offer critical feedback in a discussion, politely tell them that you prefer not to continue that particular topic. You can decide to change the subject to something more constructive.

We all have the naysayers that love to harp on life's darker side. It's time to put them aside and focus on people with a good outlook. Just like the negative news, these folks will bring you down. I dread those phone calls and now try to put a good spin on bad news. It's the old art of turning lemons into lemonade.

I relate those events back to the myth of the Phoenix bird. After a life of 500 years, it appears a tragedy is to occur when the bird builds a giant pyre of fire jumps into the inferno. But, later, after being consumed, a baby Phoenix emerges to begin a new lifespan with a renewed sense of optimism. We should all learn from this act.

Out of seemingly impossible situations, new opportunities can arise. This forward-thinking outlook can guide our thoughts and deeds at every juncture. Remember, we have this one life to survive and we are entrusted by our creator to do the best we can. I would imagine that the purpose of our existence is to create, not destroy, to uplift, not to put down, and to leave it a better place than where we found it.

How would you like to be recalled when you have passed away? As the old bitter, person that never had a nice thing to say about anyone or anything? Or as the positive, upbeat person, that embraced life and lived it to the fullest, thereby positively impacting everyone with whom you interacted? It's your choice while you're living.

If I've touched a nerve and got you to think about being a more positive person, then great, because you can make a difference from this moment on. Just get out there and feel good about yourself. Treat yourself to something decadent like dark chocolate, a new pair or shoes for the lady, or a power tool for the gentleman, because you deserve it. Hey, did I just catch you smiling?

Jeffrey Hauser was a sales consultant for the Bell System Yellow Pages for nearly 25 years. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Advertising and has a Master's Degree in teaching. He had his own advertising agency in Scottsdale, Arizona and ran a consulting and design firm, ABC Advertising. He has authored 6 books and a novel, "Pursuit of the Phoenix." His latest book is, "Inside the Yellow Pages" which can be seen at his website, http://www.poweradbook.com. Currently, he is the Marketing Director for thenurseschoice.com, a Health Information and Doctor Referral site. i didnt read this whole article but i read most of it and although it seems negative at the beginning it gets more positive.

marvelous monday!

so today was a pretty good day because ihad somebody tell me i was a good person! so that made me feel really good and boosted my morale a little bit. ALSO i googled my name and first was my myspace and then the second/third link was my blog so thats pretty exiting! LAST thing thats exiting is that i have 99 page views so im about to hit another marker!

anyway thanks to all the people who have viewed and commented on my blog!

Quote: I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”

– Hellen Keller

Yesterday i completley forgot to post cacuse i had a basketball game and then i went and slept over my friends house. ANYWAY, we won our basketball game over the nuggets 28-24... so now we are 2-0

just wanted to make a quick post for today. also this one is for today and yesterday because i have family over and we are preparing for the super bowl! w00t! GO SAInTS

quote: negativity gets you no where

Today was a good day!

today was a pretty good day. not to much going on but i had a good school day then i went bowling and got a like 100 or 101 or something and now im going to the mall so i just wanted to say that i had a really good day and nothing much going on.

last i had an example of being positive or more rather a personal experience.

When i started working out 2-3 months ago i weighed 90 pounds and could max out at about 70-90.

NOW 2 months later i weigh 110 pounds and i can max out at 145 pounds so thats good/positive thing about my life. So anyway i think that if you are positive toward life then life will be positive toward you, and thats my quote of today!

If you're positive toward life then life will be positive toward you.

--Colton--

Wednesday For ket-chup

So today i wanted to say that i COMPLETELY forgot to say the score of my basketball game on Saturday which we won 33-26 over the bobcats, i had no points and no shots but i had 2 steals so thats on the positive side.

Also i forgot to say to my sister GOOD LUCK AT SCHOOL, she just went back to California and actually she started school on Feb. 1st so congratz to her.

Anyway i found or thought of rather a good example of positive attitude while i was watching TV. I was watching The Biggest Loser last night and i saw these people who were 300..400 pounds and i thought to myself "They may be overweight but they have the power to choose how the handle it and they are handling it with a positive attitude and making a difference." So as i say this i say this for just about everything else in life. It is all about how you look at things, i know i ALWAYS go back to this example but the glass half Empty/Full. if you look at it half empty then you are choosing to look at it in a negative way. Now my question to the people who look at it that way.. Why? why look at the glass half empty when you could join me and millions of other people in the world who live a positive life and look for the positive in EVERYTHING!

Also-last i just wanted to say that in school we are debating about certain things and in MY opinion i dont think that there is anything to debate about being positive or negative.

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A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself

--Jan Christian Smuts--