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Name: Timothy
Gender: Male
Interests: Piano, Cello, Accounting, Cycling, Yachting, American Government, Photography, and Thinking
Expertise: Piano playing, Cycling, Sailing, and Photography
Occupation: Student
Industry: Accounting
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
9/11/2006
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I wish to thank all of my readers for their generous support
of my blog. It has truly been a fun
experience – one which I will not soon forget.
Due to several factors, I have decided to lay my cpa_2010
blog down for good. It will now be a closed
chapter in the book of my history.
For those of you who know me and would like to stay in
touch, please send me a message and I will send you my email contact info. It has been a pleasure corresponding on
Xanga, and I would love to stay in touch.
Thanks again for all the fun!
Farewell.
Yours in the service of our King,
Timothy H.
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| Living is expensive. So is basketball. I recently purchased some new basketball gear; the prices were shocking. But when you compare it with the benefits of the exercise and fun it provides, I would definitely say the good definitely outweighs the expense. I have been running, riding, and playing basketball more in the past three weeks than I have in a long time. PE is good for the body. I feel great. I'm in better shape than I have been in a long time. The other day, I got within about three inches of a regulation 10' basketball goal. One of these days I'll be able to get the rim. And for a short guy with a poor vertical, that will be very gratifying!
I have orchestra practice today. I think it will be the hardest one yet. Tuesdays and Thursdays are my hardest days. Mondays are fun. Last night, I had my third fencing class. It was great! I had my first bout, and won 5-3! That was the best part. : )
I need to do some homework now. Have a wonderful day!
Timothy
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| I have been here in Oklahoma City for nearly three weeks. I have had very limited connectivity, but think that I have gotten most of the bugs worked out and will be able to resume a somewhat normal Internet usage. I have been gone from my blogging for three weeks now. I have missed it. I especially miss responding to all your thoughtful comments. It's the regular contact with all of my readers which I miss the most. I apologize for being unable to respond to most of the comments you left for me on my last post. But I do want to drop all of you a line and let you know that I'm still here and will attempt to resume my blogging on a semi-regular basis.
College life is good. OCU is a great university! I wish I could share about everything I've been doing, but I'll have to suffice it to say that I am thoroughly enjoying my time here at OCU.
I have an essay due in one hour and ten minutes, so I need to go making the finishing touches right now.
It feels good to be back. Thanks for all your patience with me!
Timothy
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| Yesterday, I broke another piano string. This time with Chopin. This hobby just might start getting expensive.
Yes, I promised to post a thought or two on manifest destiny. As I am sure many of you know, the doctrine of manifest destiny is nothing new. It was alive and well at the founding of our nation and, to a large degree, was responsible for America's period of expansionism during the late 1800's. Put simply, the doctrine of manifest destiny states that divine providence dictates the success of the entity in question. In America's case, we believed that God intended for us to subdue the wilderness between New England and the Pacific. Accordingly, we fought and conquered every obstacle in our way of carrying out this mission perceived as sovereign.
But my question from yesterday pertained to manifest destiny on a personal level. Based on my observations of human nature, it seems quite apparent that the success of a person is often a direct result of the degree to which that individual believes in the manifest destiny of his own life. My point is this: Without a firm conviction that you are born with a purpose, how can you accomplish anything worthwhile? A belief in the providential destiny of your life is the often forgetten, essential ingredient in God's recipe for success.
Live with a purpose, believing that God has a mission for your life, and follow His calling wherever it leads.
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| "The only difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." -anon.
I wonder how many of you have considered how the centralization of government in this country has changed us from a "union" to a "nation." Under the original constitution, we were a group of states, somewhat loosely held together by a federal government only put in place in order to keep the seperate states working together harmoniously for the common good of the union. After the civil war and the subsequent reconstruction, congress increased federal power over the states to an alarming degree. In the period between 1863 and 1877, the United States forsook many of the benefits of a union for a centrally governed nation. One evidence of this is the fact that in former days Americans would refer to actions of their country with the phrase, "The United States are..." Now, we would normally say, "The United States is... (going to war, raising their taxes, etc...)" We are no longer thought of as seperate states, but as one, huge, entity.
On a different, yet historical note, have you ever thought of the doctrine of manifest destiny in your own lives? To be continued...
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