...break your home stereo...
This weekend has been a whirlwind! The Urban D guys are still on their acoustic tour and will finish that this Friday. Yesterday, the show stopped at St. Peters, MO and was a huge success. There were people offering more dates and a person that offered to invest money in the group. On top of that, the guys rocked it, as usual. The highlight of the night had to be when a 5-year-old boy (around that age at least) walked up on stage with the guys and played his junior guitar with the band for 3 songs. He would have stayed longer, but his grandparents pulled him away. I spent the rest of the night through this morning staying up working out finances and contacting important people that requested information on the Urban D guys.
In the midst of my drowsiness (when I think the best) I felt like the Man Upstairs was telling me to review the important points I had learned in life thus far. I did and it doesn't make life easier, but it makes you feel like it was a bit worth living. Anyway, while I have the time, I thought I'd share those points with you:
Top 5 Life Lessons Of Rod Kim Thus Far
1. Everyone is moody no matter how laid back you think you are. Those who chose either to not deal with it or not control it are the ones that mess up this world.
2. Everyone serves something. No matter how much pride you have and how much you like to think you're in control, you will bend to something...if it's not a God, it's your lust of money, sexual desires, emotions, etc. Come to grips with your weaknesses and move on.
3. Living for yourself is a pointless, self-fulfilling prophecy. If you live only or primarily for your own self interest, you are only bringing happiness to one person (yourself) for a short period of time. You could use your time, talents, gifts, finances, etc. to help others in ways that could be longer lasting and help more people than yourself.
4. Everyone sees things at different perspectives because we're all different and can't say that someone else's perspective is wrong without being in their shoes...except for most people who grew up in Texas, most of their views are skewed and closed minded, so the rest of the world has to learn to ignore it and let them continue to breed cults that self-implode.
5. I am imperfect...so I can't live life so certain that I'm right about everything that I put down everyone around me that doesn't agree...people that certain in what they believe in end up flying planes into buildings.
That's it so far, I'm only 21, so as the years go by, this list will grow and I'll be old and 21-year-olds will be ignoring my advice.
Will write more later,
-Rod
P.S. Here is what Mary Schmich's advice is on life...most of you will remember this:
1. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
2. You are NOT as fat as you imagine.
3. Don’t worry about the future...or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
4. Do one thing every day that scares you.
5. Sing.
6. Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
7. Floss.
8. Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
9. Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
10. Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
11. Stretch.
12. Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.
13. Get plenty of calcium.
14. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
15. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
16. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.
17. Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
18. Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.
19. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
20. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.
21. Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
22. Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
23. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
24. Travel.
25. Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
26. Respect your elders.
27. Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
28. Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
29. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.
30. Wear sunscreen.
In the midst of my drowsiness (when I think the best) I felt like the Man Upstairs was telling me to review the important points I had learned in life thus far. I did and it doesn't make life easier, but it makes you feel like it was a bit worth living. Anyway, while I have the time, I thought I'd share those points with you:
Top 5 Life Lessons Of Rod Kim Thus Far
1. Everyone is moody no matter how laid back you think you are. Those who chose either to not deal with it or not control it are the ones that mess up this world.
2. Everyone serves something. No matter how much pride you have and how much you like to think you're in control, you will bend to something...if it's not a God, it's your lust of money, sexual desires, emotions, etc. Come to grips with your weaknesses and move on.
3. Living for yourself is a pointless, self-fulfilling prophecy. If you live only or primarily for your own self interest, you are only bringing happiness to one person (yourself) for a short period of time. You could use your time, talents, gifts, finances, etc. to help others in ways that could be longer lasting and help more people than yourself.
4. Everyone sees things at different perspectives because we're all different and can't say that someone else's perspective is wrong without being in their shoes...except for most people who grew up in Texas, most of their views are skewed and closed minded, so the rest of the world has to learn to ignore it and let them continue to breed cults that self-implode.
5. I am imperfect...so I can't live life so certain that I'm right about everything that I put down everyone around me that doesn't agree...people that certain in what they believe in end up flying planes into buildings.
That's it so far, I'm only 21, so as the years go by, this list will grow and I'll be old and 21-year-olds will be ignoring my advice.
Will write more later,
-Rod
P.S. Here is what Mary Schmich's advice is on life...most of you will remember this:
1. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
2. You are NOT as fat as you imagine.
3. Don’t worry about the future...or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
4. Do one thing every day that scares you.
5. Sing.
6. Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
7. Floss.
8. Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
9. Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
10. Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
11. Stretch.
12. Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.
13. Get plenty of calcium.
14. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
15. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
16. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.
17. Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
18. Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.
19. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
20. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.
21. Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
22. Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
23. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
24. Travel.
25. Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
26. Respect your elders.
27. Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
28. Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
29. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.
30. Wear sunscreen.
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