i woke up at 5:00 yesterday to work in ft. dodge. i told myself i couldn't stay up late that night or else i would pay for it today. well, ended up switching off B.O.B. at about 11:15. fell asleep around 12:15. up at 6:00 this morning. not exactly ideal for me. i need LOTS of sleep.
oh, don't get me wrong. i'll still be super cranky when i wake up, just more coherent.
i got ready in the dark like usual. i fear light in the morning. once i got my shoes and tie on i checked msn, as is the standard operating procedure. as i flipped open my laptop, i let a little "mmmmm" as i grimaced from the bright green light of my desktop. remember, this is my first experience with light in the morning.
when msn opens up, i see the headline, "obama wins nobel peace prize." i think, "uhhhh...what? am i still sleeping and dreaming about future time where obama has actually done.....anything?"
alas, i was not dreaming. i was parked in the neutral, lodged in the same ridiculous reality in which i'm always existing.
in case you were wondering, other awards that will be giving out in the next week:
lebron james wins the 2010 nba mvp award.
danny glover wins best supporting actor at the oscars for lethal weapon 5.
i get a huge raise and a trophy following 10 years of devoted service to the wolfe clinic.
how in the world does barack obama win a nobel peace prize???
well, let me lay out what it takes to win a nobel peace prize. here it is from mr. alfred nobel himself. he says the prize should go to, "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
mr. president, what have you done? if you need a comedic view of your accomplishments, look no further than saturday night live. this aired last weekend.
i'm not saying barack obama won't go down as a great president, he may very well go down as the best president. but at this point, he isn't. he hasn't done much of anything in office. to his defense, he's tried. he's tried to alter just about everything i've come to know from our government as long as i've been alive. does our country really need a total overall? yes, our economy has fallen apart, but it was bound to bounce back regardless of who was in office. it's cyclical...kind of like global warming (i'll save this thought for another time).
one other curious thing i discovered which makes this even more unbelievable...check that..not EVEN MORE...but completely unbelievable, guess when the guys that vote for prize have to have their votes turned in by.
februrary 1st.
why is that significant?
barack obama took office on january 20th.
is this laughable yet? maybe this will push you over the edge.
there has been several years where the committee has actually released a few of their finalists. something tells me from this list that we shouldn't put much, if any, stock in who actually wins:
adolf hitler, joseph stalin, benito mussolini.
whoops.
i'm starting to feel a little left out. you know, maybe i should start looking at this as a "glass half full" scenario. maybe I could win he nobel peace prize! you really don't need to actually accomplish anything. you just have to SAY you're going to accomplish something significant...and maybe act half serious while you do (the prize patrol and can see right through your lies). it's really no more difficult than that.
or maybe you could actually make an effort to make this world better. forget awards. forget all the press. forget the attention. be a servant. do what your called to do.
philippians 2: 3-4. do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also the the interests of others.
serve. serve. serve.
i'll close with some good ol' ghandi.
"the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the sevice of others."
by the way, ghandi never won the nobel peace prize.
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