There are so many buildings around here that each day as I commute I seem to see new ones. They are globs found off of the main arteries that the buses filled with bodies are found. The building I am in now I have walked within a 1/8 mile of many times but I never saw it despite it being 16 stories tall. It was masked by other buildings of equal or greater height. I'm in just residing in one cell of nearly 2,000 in this dense cluster. On average those 2,000 other cells have between around 4 life forms inside. That's nearly 8,000 people. Well that's if the numbers are right anyway. Even if they're only half right, it's still a large number. And this is just one complex located away from the heart of the city. And I'm just one of the ones living here.
Opportunity Strikes - again
I just finished talking with my brother on skype. Well I wasn't actually finished, but he had to be in order to go to work. We were talking about words and how they can take average people to above average places. Words are powerful - they can change how you feel and certainly help one decide what actions they will take. I remember back in high school reading Shad Helmstetter's book about self-talk and I got into a conviction that the power of words was where it was all at. Then I backed down as I tried to be realistic - after all saying "I have a million dollars in the bank" doesn't create that money instantly. Well, I probably should have been more inquisitive at that time, because as it turns out saying something like "I will work hard to get an 'A' on my test - I can already tell my hard work is paying off" can really help get you motivated to figure out what ACTIONS need to be taken to fulfill the dream. People have told me "it's hard to be a vegetarian in China", I don't know how they fared, but I told myself "this is a great place to be a vegetarian" and I've found quite a bit of delicious cuisine. You know I think it is a principle that God put into the world - that if we use positive words we can discover positive emotions, positive solutions, positive energy, positive perspectives. This is something that the I believe the whole world needs more of. Wouldn't it just be fabulous to see people giving out affirmations freely and smiling at the sunrise. You can.
English
Why is English such a valuable language. I know it's valuable because people will give a lot for their children to have the opportunity to soak up this beautiful language. Off the top of my head I can think of several reasons why English is important. The common language of business is English, the language of the Aircraft industry is English, computer code and the internet is based around English, from what I understand the medical industry especially for doctors and other highly educated positions need to know English and Latin, and of course English makes it easy to travel and live in some of the wealthiest and freest nations on the earth.
