Month: October 2008

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Anna’s Piano Lessons

So with Anna’s diminishing interest in ballet/dancing, she drew interest in piano.

This past Wednesday marked her first tutoring lesson.  She was very excited to learn.  And the teacher was very good and got along great with Anna.  Our take on Anna’s learning to play piano isn’t so much that she would become a professional at it.  Far from it.  Actually, I hope she doesn’t.

We wanted her to learn music so that it would help her in getting through life.  I believe that music, among many other things, can give the person the ability to pull through tough times.  I wanted Anna to have that when things got tough and she needed a way to release her emotions and frustrations.

This also meant that I have to oversee her practicing it 15 minutes a day!  Yikes!  :O  But in the end, I hope she will be able to use it to help herself and others get through tough times of life.  Is that weird of me?

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Engineering Basics – Linux

Lately, I have had to train people. And I am realizing that of the 4, 3 don’t know much about Linux. And as a somewhat of a veteran engineer now, if you are going to enter the engineering job field, please please please learn some basics of the Linux OS!!

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CNN’s Top 10 Heroes of 2008

Article with the list

What have you done for the year to date?  CNN has listed its top 10 people that have seen beyond themselves to help those that are around them, both near and far.  It was such a moving story to see how one person changed and helped so many.

The point to strive as a Christian should be as to be on that list but without being actually in it.  After all, God said to do a good deed in secret so as to not let your hand know what the other is doing.  Always trying to reach out beyond myself will always be the goal of my life.  Why?  Because God has inspired me to be and without Him in the first place, I wouldn’t be where I am to begin with.

Are you challenged?  If so, challenge others.  I want to be a radical transformer of our society for Christ.