Hey all! I just wanted to wish you all a Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year. I just can’t wait for 2009, it’s just like… newer. So many new things are gonna happen, like the new Fast and Furious Movie! And hopefully 2009 brings out some cool cars too! Anyways posts will resume as regularly as they can after the New Year has come in. Again HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND BRING ON 2009! Now for some more coffee. OFF TO STARBUCKS!
Wishing you all a happy holidays/new year ,
- AT16
Always shoot for the brightest star; even if you miss you’ll still be among them. This was a quote I heard from a person I know, the person in specific does not matter. What that person said is.
Shoot for the brightest star? What does that mean? Man has always looked at the stars for inspiration, whether it was finding their way home or trying to land on the Moon. We as a race have always had an affinity for the stars. When I say the brightest star I mean it as the brightest star is the most perfect. We as infants are nature’s attempts to create a perfect being. While you may say that perfection is unattainable, however we all aim to be perfect in one aspect of our lives. We see that in our jobs, a math teacher aims to teach a class where no one makes a mistake. An engineer aims to create the perfect machine, by using his knowledge. You see our attempts at perfection surround us, even when it does not seem so.
As we try to attain perfection we may achieve it or not, that depends on your drive. I would like to share a story of my friend’s own attempts at ‘perfection’.
Last summer I entered a local mountain bike race, as many heats went ahead we all tried to beat the lead lap time of 2 minutes 4.2 seconds. My heat went ahead and I finished a respectable 2 minutes and 8.02 seconds, I moved on to the finals. As many people went ahead, I saw no one beat the 2:04.2 time. I said to myself over and over again I’m gonna beat that, I’m gonna beat that. My turn came; as I lined up on the starting line I imagined getting that impossible 1:50 lap time. As the whistle blew I worked my legs and my gears furiously attempting to get up to speed. The rest of the track I spent trying to perfect each corner, and never use my brakes. I was completely focused on the apexes of the corners, and pedalling as hard as I could to keep my speed up. I hammered the pedals as hard as I could and my mind completely set on the 1:50 lap time, I didn’t care for the brakes and safety I just wanted that time. With the finish line in sight, I pushed the pedals with so much force; I felt the wheels losing traction as I accelerated hard for the finish. I crossed the line and ripped my brakes. My legs feeling like jelly and my body aching for rest, I made my way to the official’s table. After what seemed an eternity I got my time, the card said a clean time of 2:00.6 minutes. I jumped up and down in happiness; even though my original goal was not reached I still beat the 2:04.2. Even though my time was beat thrice by other riders, I didn’t really care. I had achieved as close to perfection as I could that day.
You see when you reach for an unattainable goal, you push yourself father than you ever would with a hard but attainable goal. Your body and mind awaken to the challenge and I think the harder the challenge the harder we work. Why can’t we do this with all of our goals? There is no reason not to. So for everything you do, every challenge you take. Set an outrageous goal, see how far you get. When you aim for the brightest star, you might just hit another star; not quite as bright but it’s still a darn bright star.
- AT16
Sorry for the lack of posts for about a month. However this time I bring some bad news.
AT16 here, sorry for the lack of posts, life has been busy. The site will be on hiatus until August.
See you then!
EDIT: Since my current situation does not allow me to be writing as often as I would like the hiatus will be extended to September. Sorry for leading you on for posts, I will be back in September.
- AT16
Sup? Wow I started the new blog with “sup?”. Anyways for those who know me they probably know me by my gamer tag and blogger name (from smash.weblog): AT16, and for those who don’t: Hey I’m AT16, and I’m the owner of http://at16.personallog.org. This blog much like smash.weblog will be talking about my interests, and those would be: Gaming, Ethics, Politics, Sports, and Technology. As you may have guessed the above topics will be discussed or “blogged” on my site. This site is only run by me, so my posts may not as frequent as the start of smash.weblog’s were. So in the words of the famous Mario: Here we go!