Miss being a kid!
July 31, 2008
Earlier this month, I celebrated my 27th birthday. At the present time, three weeks later, it is yet to sink in that I am 27. In three years I will hit the 30-year marker! (SCARY) It’s fast approaching the time when I will start balding and my knee joints would not work as well as they used to; well, that’s what I’ve been told anyway.
It seems as though it was just yesteryear that I was celebrating my entry into adulthood at what was a surprise Birthday Party in Washington, DC. Now I am even closer to the 30-year marker. I am almost 3 decades old and my younger friends seem to enjoy reminding me of that; that I am now ‘old’.
As I look back at my life, I am often tempted to be envious of the years I’ve spent as a child where I had little responsibility but to eat, sleep and go to school (if you want to call those responsibilities). Food, clothes, airplane tickets and everything else all seemed to appear out of thin air. Bills? What bills? Work? What is work? All I knew is that my dad and mom went away for a couple hours every day and every material thing was there when I needed it. I miss being a kid!
Akhenaton
mail@pharaohsprotege.com
WORDS
July 31, 2008
Have you ever had a moment where you said or did something and later on wished that you hadn’t? This morning I had such a moment. I said some things that may have put a strain on what has been a budding friendship.
This, I’ve found today is an area that I should work on, that is, exercising greater discretion in my discourse, while taking into account context, necessity and appropriateness.
One author said that words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad. No one can claim perfection in this regard. For me, it is my hope henceforth to continue to articulate myself openly, honestly and earnestly, yet in a more respectful manner.
Akhenaton
mail@pharaohsprotege.com
Missing out while doing good
July 30, 2008
Time flies when you’re having fun doesn’t it? I’ve been doing some great and yes, fun stuff over the past few weeks. This has included (among other things) helping plan and facilitate US Presidential Campaign Events, volunteering at a Homeless Shelter in Washington, DC and regularly going to the gym.
While what I’ve been doing has churned out many positive outcomes, I may have, in the midst of it all been simultaneously pushing away some of the pillars that have kept me in fine fettle over the years. I have in many respects lived an imbalanced life over the past few weeks.
Testimony to that imbalance is the frequency of late of not-so-pleasant phone calls from loved ones who have not been hearing from me as often as before or complaints from others who just cannot seem to get much of my attention anymore.
An important lesson I am learning and hope to take away from this is that even in the process of doing good, I can do harm, harm to what yet remains one of the most important needs that I have as a member of the human species- the need for relationships. No matter how much satisfaction I find in doing good, there is nothing that can substitute the laughter, encouragement, joy and fulfillment that comes from having a close connection with those that I love.
The bad news, one author said, is that time flies. The good news is that I can be the pilot if I want to. My hope over the next few days is to get back into the pilot seat and steer my life back in the direction that allows for greater flexibility so as to not isolate those that I care deeply about.
Akhenaton
mail@pharaohsprotege.com
Birthday Party!
July 6, 2008
Grab a glass of lemonade, actually, no… grab a glass of sorrel, pull a chair and enjoy the Photos from the Birthday Celebration. Click the picture to view the photos…..all 332 of them!
