? do you Reset your list of friends and associates for the New Year

I was looking at my cell phone and saying to myself, 'who in the hell is this?'.. numbers i got so randomly from here and there throughout the year clutter my phone, and i don't even like being on the phone. i usually tell myself 'you'll never know when your going to need that number'. but fuck that. not anymore.. there is no need to hold on to certain people going into next year and i think that you should evaluate who needs to be given a pink slip out of your life. now i'm not referring to business connections. business is always business.. Don't be foolish either. don't read this and take the words out of context. we as humans when thinking over situations in our lives have the tendency to receive affirmation about a particular thought, and then automatically pull the trigger. and a lot of the time it's not the correct decision. it just takes too much out of us to rationalize our thoughts and come up with the best alternative.. less work, why not.. You should analyze a couple of things.. one being. what purpose does this person serve in my life?. another being. is this person progressing in life? and progress has nothing to do with money or status. it has to do with simply put, 'are you better today than you were yesterday'. if you reply no, i don't want any parts of you.. There are so many more question that you can come up with those were just a few examples.. it's kind of like stages if you will.. strangers turn into associates. associates turn into friends. and friends turn into great friends. just take those 4 levels and ask yourself if that person is moving up or down on your list. if you find that your list is getting smaller then your probably getting older, and your on the right track.. friendship is not something you just give away, it's something that is earned... what do you think?

? could you work for a person or a company performing Unethical practices

Be real.. if you had a 6 figure salary working for Nike when it went through it's whole ordeal about not properly paying workers overseas would you have walked away? yeah i thought so. when your personal morals and ethics meet your salary at a cross roads it can be one of the hardest decisions of your life.. we do what we can in life to make sure that we don't get too much red paint on our hands as individuals. by 'red paint' i'm talking about negative acts. anything that could be looked at as deliberately committing sins.. Now not knowing is a completely different story. but knowing and turning the other cheek is what we're discussing.. i always wondered why jobs ask you questions at interviews such as, 'if you saw a co-worker doing something against company policy would you report them to management?' why does that fucking matter? they ask you that to test see if you have integrity. but one huge thought comes into my head. and that's the fact that senior management are the biggest crooks in companies, not everyday employees.. are you really expecting a mother with 2 kids to risk her job and well being over tattling on a co-worker. yeah right. and that doesn't mean that she doesn't have integrity. it means that she has higher priorities such as feeding a family. and you can never knock on someone for doing just that.. but on the flip side of that comment you can't be the type of person that only cries foul when it's happening to you.. when the unethical acts are happening if you closed your mouth for one act, shouldn't you keep your mouth closed for the rest? a famous quote says ' an injustice somewhere is an injustice everywhere'.. so if you believe in that quote then live accordingly. and if not. then live with the cycle because it will eventually come back around... what do you think?

? should Gay couples be allowed to Adopt children

Some parents are alcoholics.. many are adulterers.. and others are habitual liars.. so that guarantees that their children will be just the same correct? not at all. so why do so many people believe that gay couples shouldn't be able to adopt children?.. This is actually a tough subject for me to touch because i don't know much about homosexuals nor their communities. but from a humane standpoint; there are just so many people who are horrible straight parents that it amazes me how you can deny an orphan, or a child that was put up for adoption a chance to be loved by people who want to take care of them.. children need love. i know i'm sounding like an after school special, but honestly it is such hypocrisy.. sometimes common sense just needs to override personal preference.. The state of Arkansas recently passed a law that forbids unmarried couples from being able to adopt children. if you do the math they also ban gay couples from getting married. so basically they set it up so that gay people can't adopt because they can't get married in the state either.. yeah right. this is the same state which in 2003 had to pass an incest law because family members couldn't or wouldn't stop fucking around with each other.. Children are no different than adults in a sense that if you don't have something in life then you adjust to not having it and you act accordingly. so if a child has no mother they'll make adjustments. several children grow up without fathers so if 2 women were to raise a child that wouldn't be anything new.. To me it's all about proper parenting. because no matter how you raise your children nothing guarantees them success accept their own hard work... what do you think?

? do you have any new year's Resolutions ( part 1 )

What are they? are they any good.. that's good that you have goals to help improve yourself along your journey, but i just have one question. why don't you get started today?! new year's resolutions are some of the laziest tactics for motivation that i have ever seen.. if you know you need to change something. or better yet if you know you don't want to change anything then you shouldn't attempt to fool yourself by starting things that you won't finish.. everyday is a new day. and when you truly appreciate life you appreciate the tuesday's just as much as the holiday's.. Everything from losing weight to quitting drinking or smoking it's all about what you want to do for yourself, and most of the time we don't change anything unless we absolutely have to.. we're a nation of procrastinators but we can't help ourselves. a democracy is based on free will and although it's the best structure for running a nation, it's also the easiest way to provoke laziness throughout a society.. New year's is a perfect time for a full evaluation of your lifestyle. it's as simple as asking yourself one easy question, 'am i better at this point than what i was last year?' and if you can answer with confidence yes, then get an early start to the new year and begin the change that you wish to see with yourself. the earlier you start, the better you'll finish... what do you think?