A few days ago, we got to go hear the baby's heartbeat for the 3rd time. Wow, to think that this little life is growing inside Denisa still blows me away. Our midwife has told us that everything seems to be going just the way that it needs to be. Denisa's bump is getting bigger and the experience is amazing everyday.
Tristan
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Perfection
The word perfection usually is interpreted to mean that someone or something is without flaw. At the same time, we are taught throughout our life to see the flaws and imperfections in ourselves and others, and to strive to be perfect through any means necessary. Thus, creating a never ending cycle of disappointment when the impossible "perfection" is never attained. Some try to overcome their own self-created shortcomings by getting caught up in a variety of things. These, for many, are disguised as things that are necessary for becoming perfect. People bury themselves in their jobs thinking that with more money, or more of their co-workers thinking that they're doing a good job, that happiness and perfection with follow. For others it might be their religion and the idea that if I pass through the open doors every Sunday, I might someday be perfect.
The problem with ideas like this is that they are all outside-in fixes for something that must be inside-out. Perfection must be seen and acknowledged in our lives each day because every moment is perfect. Our bodies are adapting to everything that happens around us in the most perfect way it knows how. Sometimes this may be misinterpreted as negative. For example, when our bodies are invaded by the flu virus, it responds by raising the body temperature, making the body feel aches and tired, and often increasing the mucus production in the sinuses. For years, I wasn't able to see the perfection in this. I saw all these events as something preventing me from being perfect and feeling 100%. My reaction was always to take something to reduce the fever, stop the runny nose, and do my best to act like I felt fine. I would take steps to fix this "problem" that was being taken care of from the inside-out by a fever and rest, and would try the outside-in approach by masking the problem with medication.
Tapping in to our own perfection requires understanding that regardless what is going on around us, we adjust the best we can. Even when things don't happen they way we want them to, or in the time table that we expected, each event is perfection. I often tell the students that are in the P.E. classes that I teach that there is no sense in getting upset about something that someone else has done. We can only control ourselves and the way we react to their decision. Every time I tell them this, I need to take a moment and remind myself the same thing.
Tristan
The problem with ideas like this is that they are all outside-in fixes for something that must be inside-out. Perfection must be seen and acknowledged in our lives each day because every moment is perfect. Our bodies are adapting to everything that happens around us in the most perfect way it knows how. Sometimes this may be misinterpreted as negative. For example, when our bodies are invaded by the flu virus, it responds by raising the body temperature, making the body feel aches and tired, and often increasing the mucus production in the sinuses. For years, I wasn't able to see the perfection in this. I saw all these events as something preventing me from being perfect and feeling 100%. My reaction was always to take something to reduce the fever, stop the runny nose, and do my best to act like I felt fine. I would take steps to fix this "problem" that was being taken care of from the inside-out by a fever and rest, and would try the outside-in approach by masking the problem with medication.
Tapping in to our own perfection requires understanding that regardless what is going on around us, we adjust the best we can. Even when things don't happen they way we want them to, or in the time table that we expected, each event is perfection. I often tell the students that are in the P.E. classes that I teach that there is no sense in getting upset about something that someone else has done. We can only control ourselves and the way we react to their decision. Every time I tell them this, I need to take a moment and remind myself the same thing.
Tristan
Thursday, September 17, 2009
From 2 to 40 trillion
Watching Denisa grow a human inside her has been one of, if not the most, amazing thing I have ever witnessed in my life. I was reminded again last night of the amazing intelligence that creates that being. This baby started out as two cells and will form 40 trillion cells before it's all said and done! And, though the first cells were mine and Denisa's, this little one will be unique and unlike any other human that has set foot on the planet. The infinite creativity of God blows me away.
What confuses me though is that we will instantly give credit to a higher power because of the creation of unique individuals each second, but once these unique individuals are on this earth, we are constantly looking to meet the goals set before us by someone else, or by some societal standard. Why do we stifle our own creative juices, strive to live out our life according to someone else's timeline, and spend our lives doing jobs that we don't enjoy? At what point do we stop the madness and check in with who we were created to be? Live your dream daily. Today I choose to coach and teach because I love it and cannot imagine doing anything else...We'll see what tomorrow holds for me.
Tristan
What confuses me though is that we will instantly give credit to a higher power because of the creation of unique individuals each second, but once these unique individuals are on this earth, we are constantly looking to meet the goals set before us by someone else, or by some societal standard. Why do we stifle our own creative juices, strive to live out our life according to someone else's timeline, and spend our lives doing jobs that we don't enjoy? At what point do we stop the madness and check in with who we were created to be? Live your dream daily. Today I choose to coach and teach because I love it and cannot imagine doing anything else...We'll see what tomorrow holds for me.
Tristan
Monday, September 14, 2009
News and Updates
So the thought of having a blog is turning out to be much easier than actually keeping up with the blog. Just in case you missed all the happenings with us; here is what you've missed:
-Denisa and I are expecting a child around the end of February or the beginning of March!
-Denisa graduated from chiropractic school Aug. 15, and is now officially Dr. Weber.
-I am in the middle of football season and am spending many hours at school preparing for each Friday night. HP is currently 2-1 and we start district next week (9-25-09).
-We have moved from Addison and into the Big D. Denisa is 5 mins away from where she will be practicing and I'm 10 mins away from work. We love those commutes.
I'm sure there are many details I'm forgetting, but all in all, we are living the dream and enjoying every minute of it.
Tristan
-Denisa and I are expecting a child around the end of February or the beginning of March!
-Denisa graduated from chiropractic school Aug. 15, and is now officially Dr. Weber.
-I am in the middle of football season and am spending many hours at school preparing for each Friday night. HP is currently 2-1 and we start district next week (9-25-09).
-We have moved from Addison and into the Big D. Denisa is 5 mins away from where she will be practicing and I'm 10 mins away from work. We love those commutes.
I'm sure there are many details I'm forgetting, but all in all, we are living the dream and enjoying every minute of it.
Tristan
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