My interests include and are not limited to: God and all of his creation(s), my children, family, literature, world histories and religions.
Other interests are: music especially U2 and music that takes a person to a higher spiritual or emotional realm.
I also am interested in: Near Death Experiences (N.D.E.) Politics, Automobiles and Sports-Go Jazz.
Müzik
U2, Sigur Ros, Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Peter Gabriel, Tom Petty, Tori Amos, Bjork, The Mission UK, Muse, Killers, Paul Oakenfold, Keane, Neil Young, Moby, Sisters of Mercy, Cat Stevens, David Lanz, Springsteen, not Springfield, Peter Murphy, Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, Supertramp, Echo and the Bunneymen, Seal, The Alarm, Talk Talk, Waterboys, The Call, The Outfield (don't laugh) Willaim Orbit, Eddie Money, Siouxsie And The Banshees
Filmler
Preferences are usually Independent, Non Fiction, edgy documentaries films and/or biographies. Schlinder's List, What Dreams May Come, Glengarry Glen Ross, Starman, The Untouchables, Wall Street, To Live and Die in L.A, Pride and Prejudice, My Girl, The Onion Field, Cinderella Man,Gladiator, Munich, August Rush, American History X, To Kill A Mockingbird, 12 Angry Men, American Beauty, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, The Elephant Man, The English Patient, Black September, Before The Fall, Ghost, Coming To America, Work and Glory, States of Grace, Marathon Man, Rainman, Less Than Zero, Say Anything,The Nutty Professor (E Murphy),Winged Migration, Breathless, No Way Out, Highlander, Purple Rain,
Sideways, Ghosts of Mississippi, Ghosts of Rwanda, The Red Violin, Gandhi, New York Doll, Mississippi Burning, Rabbit Proof Fence, Whale Rider, Heat, Scarface etc...read me? Love quality cinema and weep often during films.
Televizyon
24, 60 Minutes, CNN, BYU Television, NFL Playoffs, NBA Playoffs, Crime Stories and Unsolved Mysteries. My list is limited, I wish there were better choices on the tele.
Kitaplar
Man's Search for Meaning, As A Man Thinketh, A Child Called It, The Bible- KJV, The Book of Mormon, Divinci Code, In Contempt, A Purpose Driven Life, Rough Stone Rolling, They Knew The Prophet, The First Mormon, The Four Agreements, Black Like Me, Under Fire, The Choice,Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Greatest Salesman in the World, A Soul's Rebemerance, Embraced By The Light, The Little Match Girl, I Stand All Amazed, Biko, The Prodigal Father...umm I like to read lots and usually reading is my own form of a nightcap before entering slumberland.*smiles*
Kahramanları
Heroes are those millions of people who go unnoticed thru out history doing charitable acts of kindness everyday. These are they who give of their time and talents willingly, under the radar and without fanfare. My belief is their reward is recorded in a Higher Realm and it will be made known to them in the here after by their Creator.
Only our Creator and those that willfully participate in helping their fellowmen know
of the true motives of their charity and generosity and at a future date in the hereafter will reap their eventual reward by our Creator -for their joyful and willful acts of kindness here.
My personal heroes are and not limited to:
Christ, all others start arriving in at a close or distant 2nd place. Joseph Smith, The Apostles, my dad, Mother Teresa, The Christian Martyrs, Gandhi, David Pelzer,Viktor Emil Frankl, MLK, Bono, Brigadier General Alexander Doniphan, Lady Thatcher, Golda Meir, Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, Joan of Arc, Stephen Hawking, Medgar Evers, William Wallace, Nelson Mandela, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jim Thorpe, Helen Keller, Flo Jo and so so many others -those who stood or stand for timeless principles, righteousness and faith and who endure it well.
I am the father of 2 beautiful teenage girls, and husband -married to a absolutely wonderful woman. I am a gregarious lover of life. I love going to the gym often, vacationing, my lovely wife, and my 2 exceptional children who have taught me and continue to teach me. I enjoy sleeping, dreaming and remembering to always live life large and dream out loud.
My passions and interests are music and finding out about people, who they are and what makes them tick. I love stories of the human struggle, how people persevere and win, and how good will eventually triumph over evil.
My profession is a mortgage lender in Tempe, Az.
On a more serious note, I sing karaoke on the side and receive no compensation at all. ;)
All people from every walk of life- especially those that I may be able to help. I consider myself a broad open minded, “thinking man's” compassionate conservative. I try to always think outside of the box. My Faith teaches that we are to help those less fortunate than ourselves and judge not upon how those we are helping arrived at their circumstance.
I love conversing about music, art, religious view points and different philosophies either modern or ancient and celebrate when our commonalities may coexist harmoniously with one another. I consider myself a much more spiritual person than an outwardly religious one.
I find in conversations that the human race has much more in common with itself that past generations once thought.
"Some men are willing to die for their faith but will not fully live for it. Christ both lived and died for us. By walking in his steps and through his atonement we can gain the greatest gift of all--eternal life--which is that kind of life of the great Eternal One, our Father in heaven." --Ezra Taft Benson
Wishing you much love this Holiday Season and always, We are so blessed for the Love of our Heavenly Father and Savior, May we give Thanks in Many ways for the blessings we recieve daily,
Walk with integrity; in storm and sunshine, be faithful; in richness or in poverty, be faithful; in youth or old age, be faithful; Hold out until the end and God will bless you and crown your days with sweetness, and peace, and love.
Gordon B Hinckley
Remember many of our struggles and storms are our our greatest blessings down the road... so ponder them with care:)
"Truly understood and properly practiced, faith is one of the grand and glorious powers of eternity. It is a force powerful beyond our comprehension. "Through faith … the worlds were framed by the word of God." Through faith, waters are parted, the sick healed, the wicked silenced, and salvation made possible. Our faith is the foundation upon which all our spiritual lives rest. It should be the most important resource of our lives. Faith is not so much something we believe; faith is something we live." --Joseph B. Wirthlin
Wishing you a Peaceful Sunday full of Love,
We are cold here (39) Burrrr So stay warm if your weather is cold!!
"Truly understood and properly practiced, faith is one of the grand and glorious powers of eternity. It is a force powerful beyond our comprehension. "Through faith … the worlds were framed by the word of God." Through faith, waters are parted, the sick healed, the wicked silenced, and salvation made possible. Our faith is the foundation upon which all our spiritual lives rest. It should be the most important resource of our lives. Faith is not so much something we believe; faith is something we live." --Joseph B. Wirthlin
Wishing you a Peaceful Sunday full of Love,
We are cold here (39) Burrrr So stay warm if your weather is cold!!
Individuals who are positive in their thoughts always tend to look upon the brighter side of life. With their faces turned toward the sunshine, they attempt to see the good, even in the bad. Such individuals habitually think thoughts of a positive nature and they are a blessing to the world. They are in a Positive Vibration, and therefore attract other positive personalities to them. -- Bob Proctor
Wishing you a peaceful Sunday... God Bless you and yours,
"Because of Christ there is hope smiling brightly before you, and you need not worry too much about sickness, death, poverty, or other afflictions. The Lord will take care of you. Your responsibility is to keep the commandments, feast upon the words of Christ, and stay in the path to your heavenly home." --Julie B. Beck
Wishing you a wonderful Sunday... Hope you can enjoy some yummy treat... Love and hugs Jeana
"I know that God loves us. He allows us to exercise our moral agency even when we misuse it. He permits us to make our own decisions. Christ cannot help us if we do not trust Him; He cannot teach us if we do not serve Him. He will not force us to do what’s right, but He will show us the way only when we decide to serve Him. Certainly, for us to serve in His kingdom, Christ requires that we experience a change of thought and attitude." --Thomas S. Monson
Wishing you much love and happiness... Love and hugs Jeana
In autumn when the trees are brown The little leaves come tumbling down They do not make the slightest sound But lie so quietly on the ground Until the wind comes puffing by And blows them off towards the sky
FREEDOM & LIBERTY! "Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." "Galatians 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." "James 1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed."
Philosophy, tradition, or being worldly & politically correct will not gain anyone the freedom and liberty that our Lord Jesus Christ made available to us. But when we we love our neighbor as our self, then we gain great freedom, as we in our own way serve each other as God has enabled us.
I hope your enjoying your day... Its so lovely here, OK OK I couldn't help but include the ice cream!! LOL After all that just adds too enjoying the day!! :)
Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count.
Hello my sweet friend. How are you today? Im a little tired from depression but im ok. Happy Fall to you. Its my favorite season. I see some trees are changing colors.I have been away spending time with my family. Im trying so hard to be here. Im not sure if its my computer or myspace but its been a pain in the neck. I hope that myspace gets things done.Its a nice day here in maine.Im so far behind on my comments. It will take a long while to get caught up.I hope all is well with you and your sweet family. Please take care. God loves you and so do i. God bless you my sweet friend. Angel hugs to you.
Pumpkins in the cornfields Gold among the brown Leaves of rust and scarlet Trembling slowly down Birds that travel southward Lovely time to play Nothing is as pleasant As an autumn day!
"If we daily exercise faith, meekness, charity, and lowliness in heart, confessing that Jesus is the Christ, and accepting His Atonement, we will be blessed with the strength and hope to face and overcome the trials and pains of this life." Adhemar Damiani
"As we put our faith and trust to work, hope is born. Hope grows out of faith and gives meaning and purpose to all that we do. It can even give us the peaceful assurance we need to live happily in a world that is ripe with iniquity, calamity, and injustice." M. Russell Ballard
Wishing you a wonderful day... I'm enjoying this beautiful weather now, it will be gone before we know it, Love the fall!!
"As we put our faith and trust to work, hope is born. Hope grows out of faith and gives meaning and purpose to all that we do. It can even give us the peaceful assurance we need to live happily in a world that is ripe with iniquity, calamity, and injustice." M. Russell Ballard
Wishing you a wonderful day... I'm enjoying this beautiful weather now, it will be gone before we know it, Love the fall!!
