A New Year

So, I broke in the New Year watching all three Matrix movies with my son Jonah. A line comes to mind from P.M. Dawn and it is "reality used to be a friend of mine."  I think we all want the courage to have taken the red pill, to jump down the rabbit hole to an unknown life of adventure, but the reality is most of us, including myself, are perfectly content to have swallowed the blue pill.  So, the question I have to ask myself in 2014 is what am I going to do differently to be a little more purple, to inject some red into my otherwise blue life? After a little thought, here are some things I might improve upon. I shall not call them resolutions, because, in truth, to accomplish any of these would be more along the lines of mini revolutions but here goes...

1. I need to lose some weight. I don't know how much, but weight must be shed. There are only two ways to do this and these include a more balanced and controlled diet and the dreaded exercise. I hate, HatE, HATE working out but my diabetes pretty much demands it. I am currently at a comfortable 214... but by the end of the year if I could be around 195 or so that would be nice and I am sure I would "allegedly" feel better because of it.

2. I need to immerse myself in the Scriptures more. Garbage In = Garbage Out and vice versa. This should not be difficult to do, I would just have to cut out some more television... yeah... ummm... ok.

3. I need to be more disciplined in the area of finances. Uggghhh.The main areas I need to rein in are discretionary spending and dining. Do you see a pattern here how #! and #3 go hand in hand?

The overall purpose of this blog is to share some of the musings and meanderings my mind might dream up at whatever odd hour of the night I am writing this, but on another level, perhaps it will serve as some sort of self accountability. Maybe this will serve as a reminder of things that both impress and depress me, and maybe... just maybe you will join me on this journey down the rabbit hole.