You can ask any engineer, architect, or contractor how important is the foundation to any building, and they will all tell you the same thing. IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT! Without a good foundation, the building will be compromised.The walls will crack, the building will tilt, the windows won't open, the measurements will be off, etc, etc, etc.A shaky foundation will eventually corrupt the whole building. no matter how hard you try, how much money you spend, or how many people you get involved, the entire structure will eventually fail.It might not be immediately; in fact it might take years or decades before something actually happens, but it is inevitable.So, you say, what does this have to do with me? I am not in construction.But you are! You are in the construction business of life.You are constructing and building relationships with the people around you every day. with yourself, with your family, your friends, even strangers.Don't believe me? Think for a second about your life - where you are today.Today, you are where you are because the people you have been hanging around, the relationships you have had, the experiences you have gone through.All of those are the ingredients that, when mixed together, built the person you are today, right now.A little good, a little bad, a few heartaches, a few deserts, a few exercises, a little school, a few parties - all combine together to construct who you are.So whether you like it or not, you are in the construction businesses! And like most professions, there is training involved, and there are basics that everyone must know in order to be successful in their particular field.Unfortunately, though, we don't come with a user manual.Like all great buildings, the first thing the engineer or architect has to know is, what is the purpose of the building? What will it be used for?Many people believe that we are here by accident, that there was a random set of events, that though millions or billions of years, we evolved to where we are today.So let's explore this idea - because the theory of evolution has generated a completely new way of thinking for millions of people.I would like for you to ask yourself a few questions regarding this way of thinking.One of the foundational concepts of evolution is that where nature finds a need, it provides a solution.So answer me this -.Could you get more done with another arm?How did we "decide" that we needed to see? How do our two eyes form on a perfectly horizontal line through one of the hardest bones in our body? Why don't we have an eye in the back of our head? Why is every living creature on earth symmetrical - perfectly even on both sides? Why are we the only "beast" that can control and manipulate fire? Why do most animals need the opposite gender to prolong the species? How do the species continue to have the same offspring and not a more advanced combined species?As we study more and more deeply, from simple questions to complex science, we began to shed light on the amazing uniqueness of life itself.Did you know that the instant a male and female cell meet, a completely unique DNA code, over 3 Billion characters in length, is created and instantly begins doubling and doubling over 50 trillion times - creating cells with specific duties, and purposes that is completely unique to you and you alone?Did you know humans are the only species on the planet that can laugh, or even blush?Did you know that everything on this earth has a purpose and is needed? From the ant in the forest to the power of the giant elephant, everything was put on earth for a reason.Almost every living creature requires oxygen to live, and yet oxygen destroys anything that is not alive.Where did this breath of life come from? And once it is gone, why does everything turn to dust?After examining nature and its beautiful intricacies, one might conclude that one of the main problems with evolution is that, with evolution, we have no purpose.After all, why do bad things happen to good people? This viewpoint forces us to look at the situations we are born into and the lives we live as pure random luck - simply survival of the fittest, you might say.Yet even the most powerful lion in the jungle might break a paw, accidentally become hurt and die, and never raise any offspring.Even the smartest and most powerful men on earth might be impotent, and the most beautiful and elegant women be barren.How is this survival of the fittest?Even the mind of a child can conceive that over billions of years there will never be a pencil created out of pure luck - and that pencil has a purpose, even though it only has 3 parts.In contrast, we as living human beings have thousands of different cells that all depend on the uniqueness of the other cells' purposes to sustain and prolong life - just one set of cells going out of whack can destroy the whole organism - yet people still propose this just "happened"! And where did the breath of life come from in the first place? Was that just another accident?I don't know about you, but those simple questions had me thinking that there is just no way we are here by chance - NO WAY.So if we aren't here by chance, we are here for a reason; a purpose.And so, if everything on the planet has a purpose.What is mine?Purpose.There are hundreds, if not thousands of books written by Self Help Gurus, Preachers, Religious Leaders, Psychologists, Doctors - I am sure that if you can name it, there is some book giving people steps to reaching or fulfilling something.Yet all of them seem to have one problem. apparently, they don't work.They give you lists and How To's that, over time, fade away in the cumbersome toils of day-to-day life.I know - I have read most of them.New York Times Bestsellers, Oprah Book Club, Forbes.Everyone has recommendations.Yet none of them really seem to fix the problems we face; they simply seem to delay or give us steps that help, but don't completely change us.But many of these books claim to have sold millions of copies! So, we reason, if this book sold millions of copies, it must be good, it must work, and I must read it! Oh how fickle we have become as humans, always chasing after the next shiny new object or trend.The amazing thing about living here in 2010 is that, via the internet, we have the ability to access information and communicate like never before.We are able to learn from others' mistakes and hear what works and what doesn't.So, like most young people these days, I went to Google and searched "Most Printed Books.".Here are some results. December 2009-.Southbeach Diet - 22 million copies.Rich Dad Poor Dad - 26 million copies.Paddington Bear - 35 million copies.Tarzan, The Hardy Boys, and Men Are From Mars; Women Are From Venus - 50 million copies each.World Almanac (published yearly) - 80 million copies.The Twilight series - 85 million copies.Peter Rabbit - 150 million copies.Star Wars - 160 million copies.A Tale Of Two Cities - 200 million copies.Bernstein Bears - 260 million copies.Harry Potter - 400 million copies.Chinese Dictionary - 400 million copies.Quran - 800 million copies.The Holy Bible - 2,500,000,000 -6,000,000,000 copies.Wait a minute! Did you see that? The Bible has sold 2.5 to 6 Billion copies! There is nothing even close to that number!
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Project Part 2
You can ask any engineer, architect, or contractor how important is the foundation to any building, and they will all tell you the same thing. IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT! Without a good foundation, the building will be compromised.The walls will crack, the building will tilt, the windows won't open, the measurements will be off, etc, etc, etc.A shaky foundation will eventually corrupt the whole building. no matter how hard you try, how much money you spend, or how many people you get involved, the entire structure will eventually fail.It might not be immediately; in fact it might take years or decades before something actually happens, but it is inevitable.So, you say, what does this have to do with me? I am not in construction.But you are! You are in the construction business of life.You are constructing and building relationships with the people around you every day. with yourself, with your family, your friends, even strangers.Don't believe me? Think for a second about your life - where you are today.Today, you are where you are because the people you have been hanging around, the relationships you have had, the experiences you have gone through.All of those are the ingredients that, when mixed together, built the person you are today, right now.A little good, a little bad, a few heartaches, a few deserts, a few exercises, a little school, a few parties - all combine together to construct who you are.So whether you like it or not, you are in the construction businesses! And like most professions, there is training involved, and there are basics that everyone must know in order to be successful in their particular field.Unfortunately, though, we don't come with a user manual.Like all great buildings, the first thing the engineer or architect has to know is, what is the purpose of the building? What will it be used for?Many people believe that we are here by accident, that there was a random set of events, that though millions or billions of years, we evolved to where we are today.So let's explore this idea - because the theory of evolution has generated a completely new way of thinking for millions of people.I would like for you to ask yourself a few questions regarding this way of thinking.One of the foundational concepts of evolution is that where nature finds a need, it provides a solution.So answer me this -.Could you get more done with another arm?How did we "decide" that we needed to see? How do our two eyes form on a perfectly horizontal line through one of the hardest bones in our body? Why don't we have an eye in the back of our head? Why is every living creature on earth symmetrical - perfectly even on both sides? Why are we the only "beast" that can control and manipulate fire? Why do most animals need the opposite gender to prolong the species? How do the species continue to have the same offspring and not a more advanced combined species?As we study more and more deeply, from simple questions to complex science, we began to shed light on the amazing uniqueness of life itself.Did you know that the instant a male and female cell meet, a completely unique DNA code, over 3 Billion characters in length, is created and instantly begins doubling and doubling over 50 trillion times - creating cells with specific duties, and purposes that is completely unique to you and you alone?Did you know humans are the only species on the planet that can laugh, or even blush?Did you know that everything on this earth has a purpose and is needed? From the ant in the forest to the power of the giant elephant, everything was put on earth for a reason.Almost every living creature requires oxygen to live, and yet oxygen destroys anything that is not alive.Where did this breath of life come from? And once it is gone, why does everything turn to dust?After examining nature and its beautiful intricacies, one might conclude that one of the main problems with evolution is that, with evolution, we have no purpose.After all, why do bad things happen to good people? This viewpoint forces us to look at the situations we are born into and the lives we live as pure random luck - simply survival of the fittest, you might say.Yet even the most powerful lion in the jungle might break a paw, accidentally become hurt and die, and never raise any offspring.Even the smartest and most powerful men on earth might be impotent, and the most beautiful and elegant women be barren.How is this survival of the fittest?Even the mind of a child can conceive that over billions of years there will never be a pencil created out of pure luck - and that pencil has a purpose, even though it only has 3 parts.In contrast, we as living human beings have thousands of different cells that all depend on the uniqueness of the other cells' purposes to sustain and prolong life - just one set of cells going out of whack can destroy the whole organism - yet people still propose this just "happened"! And where did the breath of life come from in the first place? Was that just another accident?I don't know about you, but those simple questions had me thinking that there is just no way we are here by chance - NO WAY.So if we aren't here by chance, we are here for a reason; a purpose.And so, if everything on the planet has a purpose.What is mine?Purpose.There are hundreds, if not thousands of books written by Self Help Gurus, Preachers, Religious Leaders, Psychologists, Doctors - I am sure that if you can name it, there is some book giving people steps to reaching or fulfilling something.Yet all of them seem to have one problem. apparently, they don't work.They give you lists and How To's that, over time, fade away in the cumbersome toils of day-to-day life.I know - I have read most of them.New York Times Bestsellers, Oprah Book Club, Forbes.Everyone has recommendations.Yet none of them really seem to fix the problems we face; they simply seem to delay or give us steps that help, but don't completely change us.But many of these books claim to have sold millions of copies! So, we reason, if this book sold millions of copies, it must be good, it must work, and I must read it! Oh how fickle we have become as humans, always chasing after the next shiny new object or trend.The amazing thing about living here in 2010 is that, via the internet, we have the ability to access information and communicate like never before.We are able to learn from others' mistakes and hear what works and what doesn't.So, like most young people these days, I went to Google and searched "Most Printed Books.".Here are some results. December 2009-.Southbeach Diet - 22 million copies.Rich Dad Poor Dad - 26 million copies.Paddington Bear - 35 million copies.Tarzan, The Hardy Boys, and Men Are From Mars; Women Are From Venus - 50 million copies each.World Almanac (published yearly) - 80 million copies.The Twilight series - 85 million copies.Peter Rabbit - 150 million copies.Star Wars - 160 million copies.A Tale Of Two Cities - 200 million copies.Bernstein Bears - 260 million copies.Harry Potter - 400 million copies.Chinese Dictionary - 400 million copies.Quran - 800 million copies.The Holy Bible - 2,500,000,000 -6,000,000,000 copies.Wait a minute! Did you see that? The Bible has sold 2.5 to 6 Billion copies! There is nothing even close to that number!
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