Peace Prayer of St. Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
when there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
Grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand,
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying [to ourselves] that we are born to eternal life.

musics

so i left my guitar at home while i was attending school for the past month. worst mistake ever. i was like a writer without a pen and paper, a surfer without waves, or a life without jesus chirst. i mostly play bass now but i grew up playing the guitar and living without it was just too hard. its brings me sanity whenever i pick it up ans strum a few of my favorite chords.

good news. i am going to get it back today! yay! i cannot wait to play what has been in my mind for the last month. much has been swirling around in the catacombs of my brain, longing to come out and grace the ears of "the sweet layer."

school is already kicking my white booty. i have grown tired of hw, reading, or studying. week four begins tomorrow. wah wah.

girlfriennn in twelve dayzzzz. see you soon fartbreath!

Messages From The Past

The following is an e-mail from the past, composed on Monday, July 20, 2009, and sent via FutureMe.org
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Subject: Happy Birthday Dumbass

Dear FutureMe,
if you do not have a girlfriend by today then you have failed at life. but God still loves you, your family still loves you, and your friends still love you no matter how much of a loser you are and will probably be. you probably have no money because you hate work. you're probably failing a class because you hate school. anyways, now onto the really important stuff. get more tattoos. people will think you are cooler than you actually are. it'll be awesome, you'll have them all fooled. you are 21 now, so be responsible when it comes to alcohol. do not EVER drive while under the influence or the 20 year old punk writing this will kick your butt. i think that is all i can think of right now. your 20 year old self is at sugar pine right now enjoying summer and obviously gettin' paid. your little brother showed you how to write this email and he is really cool. your older brother is also da man. your parents are the best parents in the world and they would do anything for you.

love,
20 year old jax

celebrate

i am twenty one years old today.

Philippians 2:1-11

(1)Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, (2)make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. (3)Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; (4)do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. (5)Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, (6)who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped (7)but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. (8)Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (9)For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, (10)so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, (11)and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

facebook vs. twitter

first it was melodramatic
then blogger
then myspace
then facebook

the only reason all of those were so much fun and resourceful was because at one point everyone had one. there really is nothing too special about facebook. no one reinvented the wheel with designing it. it is useful because 95% of my friends have one. myspace could have still been awesome but it quickly became too creepy and is now only used to follow my favorite bands.

the future is now twitter. people are still hating on this program because they are too scared to fully take the plunge into something new. trust me, it is worth it. i thoroughly enjoy it. the only reason it is not as cool as facebook is because only about 15% of my friends use it. that is not nearly enough people saying awesome statements in less than 140 characters to keep me around for the long haul. yes, t swift, hayley, and chadball will entertain me for now but my friends, you have to step up. join twitter. say funny things. say srs things. follow me, and i you. and together we shall take over.

http://twitter.com/jaxonadams

i leave you with a haiku that i just wrote in one minute, because they are fun and i do not have to show off my poor rhyming skillz.

facebook is the past
twitter is now the future
and you smell like cheese