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Name: Phillip
Birthday: 11/10/1989
Gender: Male
Interests: wow...major change in intrests. Perhaps a midlife (or quarter life) crisis. I like Spanish, singing, and long walks on the beach followed by classical music in my Hampton House...haha: )
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Member Since:
2/2/2005
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| So...it has been pretty much forever since I have updated this thing. I am really sorry. Not a lot has been happening. I have just pretty much been doing school, church, tennis, choirs, Key Club, etc... Way too much is going on. I need to slow it down a notch. So...I will start with the positives: A new baby to the family: my brother and his girlfriend recently had a baby. Although I don't condone sex outside of marriage, the baby is the cutest ever and has really opened my eyes to the majesties of God. She has made me see more of who I am than anything for a while. She has made me, above all, view life through the eyes of a child: and I like what I see. So thank you Carli Dawn, I love you precious.  You are adorable.
Last positive thing I will touch on is God's grace: Isn't it amazing to know how forgiving God is? I mean granted you can't go out and live your life as you please, but God's grace runs so deep that he is willing to forget the deepest sinner. I recently watched the Passion of the Christ, and bawled my eyes out. I think it was perhaps at the fact that I sin on a daily basis, and don't stand up for God as much as I should. He took all the beating and strife for me, and the least I can do is stand up and call his name out, wherever I am at. So, pray for me that I will have the courage to do anything for God and follow him to the deepest mountain or lowest valley. Thank you. I love you Jesus. I don't think it's important to focus on the negative things, so I won't. I will just say that God knows them all and has them under his belt. I love you all, and hope you are having a fantastic life. I will try and update this more often. Peace out scouts. <>< | | |
| So...the beach was pretty dang amazing. But now, after I came back to the real world and started school, I realize that...it's pretty unrealistic to think you could live a life of vacationing. Kind of ironic though, that people who would vacation for life would constantly be going somewhere but nowhere. Hmm... Anyway, I am really sorry for the lack of update. I don't really have much to say...since I last updated, I went to the Marietta Aquarium also. Good times...if only I wasn't obese...haha. Anyway, I have been doing a lot of soul searching lately. And I have come to the conclusion that...just follow. Lead, but follow. Lead here, follow him. I know, I don't make sense. Lead the people on Earth TO follow Jesus. Be a light. Let people see that you are a christian, not only by witnessing to them, but by just living life everyday. People should be able to see the light through you everyday in your basic motions. Just live to shine.
As for school? Well, the only way I am not going to get ulcers is by God's good grace if you get my drift. Wow it's so difficult this year. Every morning I wake up nervous for the day because I don't know how I am going to do. And now this year I have so start thinking about colleges, testing, just a bunch of stuff. And I have an idea where I wanna be, but I know that it's not set in stone. There's just so much going through my head and I am just so jumbled that it makes me really nervous. I am just...yea.
So, that right now is pretty much my life. Mix church in and you got it. So I will try to update more often but I don't know. I have been really busy lately with school and such and I can't promise anything. Peace all around kids.
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| Sorry for the delay on entries. I think I might be neglecting my xanga due to myspace...and I guess we can't have that. Anyway, I have been doing some serious thinking lately. And I have realized a lot about myself.
For one thing, I realize that, even though I deny it, I miss my sister like crazy! I just have this...feeling like one day she is just going to come back into my arms and give me a hug...and tell me that she's back for good. I don't know. I just miss her a lot...and here lately I have been thinking about her more often for some reason. If, somehow you can see this sis, I miss you and I want you to come back home. Be yourself again.
Secondly, I have been realizing that relationships aren't everything. I know, it's taken me this long to realize it, but I finally have! (Be proud: )) Friendships are so much better than relationships...and often times they lead there. So just be patient...let things happen, and if they don't, then you have an amazing friendship anyway, right? Right.
Lastly, I have come to realize that no matter what the costs, my family will always love and be there for me. I have always had this thought that if I messed up or something that my family would deny me, because I am their "perfect child", but I am NOT perfect. I always say that there was only one perfect man on this Earth...and people crucified him! So yea, my family, no matter what the costs, will always love me. They just want me to give my best effort and they get upset when they know I am not doing that.
I know, this was a long, deep entry...and I am sorry for that. But I thank you guys for the comments even if you don't read this entry. Love to all,
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| Wow...this is gonna be a pretty long entry. I just got back from Australia...my personal favorite country in the world. (I have only been to there and Canada, though...haha). Australia was a great chance for me to find myself and realize my goals while having fun doing it. It really opened my eyes to a lot of things and I am so glad I had the opportunity to go.
While I was snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef, I was amazed to see all the different fish and coral. It's like a complete underwater world. It's really cool to see how animals can live off of each other. It's kind of like our world. Except without war and economical problems.
After the reef, my next favorite thing was probably feeding wild dolphins and petting kangaroos. It was an amazing experience to do dolphin research and then to be able to feed them. Also, not everyday does someone get to pet wild kangaroos. It was so much fun! I got some good pics of roos with joeys too.
Anyway, there are so much more memories I could talk of, but I don't have the time to list them all. I am glad to be back home, but I learned so much about myself while I was in Australia. I learned how to step out of my comfort zone and not be afraid of what people think. I learned that being a negative nancy doesn't pay off at all. I learned that God is with you through everything and that no matter what he will never leave or forsake you.
Glad to be back. Hope you like the pictures I leave on here. Love and miss you all,
Phil
Kangaroos are actually pretty calm when you have a handfull of food for them. Who knew?!: )
It's the start of a new day with new beginnings. A new life with new things. A new everything. Sunrises represent the start of new things and this sunrise was amazing!
So architectually designed around acoustics. Amazing!
One single tree in the midst of something new. Pretty amazing silhouette right?
What a pretty church. Very gothic, yet so amazing.
I hope you like just these few pictures I have over 700, but I didn't figure that this would hold them all. These are just a few of my favorites. Later and <><GOD BLESS><> | | |
| I am in Australia right now and it is absolutely amazing! We snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef and such...and now we are in a 20,000 acre hotel that has wild kangaroos just jumping around the premesis. I love and miss all of you and would write a longer update if I could. Miss you and God Bless.
Phil | | |
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