April 12, 2007

• The Power Of Sharing

  
  Photo taken by JUNSHIEN & processed by me! =) And yes thats me!

   

   
  Playing around with different logo fonts =)

  Sharing has a interesting magic of its own.  Sharing something with ten people allows you to share an idea to someone while you get to hear it ten more time.  Sharing includes sharing with your family, friends and so forth.  When a person shares something with someone else, two things happen…the audience could be transformed and so might the speaker.  If you share with someone else they could be transformed, you may have dropped in at the right time.  This could be their moment or revelation in life to opportunities they never saw before.  We are all looking for transformation, we are looking for something more than this life has to offer.  Many of us desire to be good at what we do but not everyone desires to be GREAT.  Sharing makes room for more but to make room for more we need to pour out into others so that we can be filled with more.  When you share and pour out into others it likely you will receive more. If you don’t believe it, just try it and see what happens!  A close friend of mine SHARED something with me that changed my life.  To say it revolutionized my thinking and my perspective on life might be extreme to say just yet but at one point I was blind but now I can see!  And that was all through the power of sharing.  Sharing with one another our life experiences, accomplishments, thoughts and ideas can impact people in ways we may never notice.  It’s like the gift of Salvation…it is something good but don’t you hord whats good to yourself do you?  OF COURSE NOT, YOU SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE so that they too may know the grace of the Lord and be exposed to the vast opportunities that life may have to offer.  Only requirement of sharing is that you LISTEN!  You may not necessarily agree with people of course but at least give people an opportunity to share. A life or perspective change could be one persons voice you listen to away!  As human beings we often fall into the trap of what I call tunnel vision where you don’t see anything around you except for what is in front of you or afflicting you.  Therefore…expand yourself beyond your bubble and explore what life has to offer! Sharing is simply, it’s knowledge passed onto others!

  Job Update:  Well I’m not unemployed which is a good thing but finding another job has definitely been tough.  Housing markets are down in my region of California, taxes are being filed, the job market here is scarce along with many other factors that seem to be affecting my job hunt.  I swear I entered the job market at a bad time, others say I’m looking in the wrong places or Sacramento sucks haha!  You might ask…why on earth are you staying there or limiting yourself to this place only!  For me its simple, Family!  Some people may not have close family ties and this may seem like a stupid excuse but my family circumstances are very important to me and they are the people I love the most in life.  Is it easy?  No but it’s not an inner struggle with life but it is a difficult transitional period!  A couple other friends of mine in the area share my pain  and honestly I get frustrated a lot and it almost seems to dampen your confidence level but I’ve never thought of the option of ever throwing in the towel.  At this stage in life, I don’t really have that option and if I did have a choice, I wouldn’t anyways!  From what most people tell me, finding a decent job is HARD!  I don’t know one person who has told me finding a job is easy.  If you are that person, please message me and perhaps you could share some more tips with me and tell me why it is so easy!  I took a long 4 hour exam with the department of CHP but after reviewing what they demanded of me it could put a halt to my photography career for over a year and that…I am just not willing to sacrifice so I could careless if I even get the job or not!  I should get my results in a month or so so well see.  Fortunately I do have another testing for a accountant position and I hope I’ll do well for that.  If i score high enough I then proceed to an interview, talk about structure!  Well, thats usually how a lot of my job processes have been so far aside from jobs in the private sector.  The job search continues….tomorrow I’ll be meeting up with an executive for Stockman’s Bank to discuss opportunities, banking, investment banking and so forth.  I hope I learn from it and perhaps I’ll be networked to others for opportunities! 

  On a positive note, I join a small group at my parents church.  Seem pretty awesome…they are doing what they call “40 Days of Community”  not the same as “40 Days of Purpose” if you have done a study through Rick Warrens book “Purpose Driven Life” (Awesome book might I remind you).  Anyways, I am pretty excited about meeting some new people of different age groups, connecting with a community of believer which I haven’t had for sometime now since my transition from college to back home!  This should be an exciting change for me and I pray the Lord will bless me through it! 

  I read this on my mother’s desk calendar for April 10th.  She changes it everyday and here is what April 10th has to say…To pray “Thy will be done” should not be a attitude of passive submission, but a call to the whole nature to strive to do the upmost for the cause of God.  Simply powerful!  I need to revolve my life around this quote more! 

  Blessings to you all and thanks for reading

  Cheers,

  Steve

  EDIT:  I think I’m having monitor issues here!  I’m seeing different things on different monitors of my work.  My work seems slightly off, lighter in areas than I see on my monitor at home.  Maybe my contrast settings are too high at home?  Maybe I’m over reacting but something is off and I can’t tell which image is true!  I know which one I like more but not sure which one would be true (true as in if i were to send it to the print shop, would it come out as I see it on my monitor?) =P  I honestly think I have an issue with this.  I don’t think people are seeing what I want them to see!  This is bothering me a lot!  I need to resolve this asap!  If you notice something odd about the photos above please tell me because I don’t want you to just comment “o great photo” to just be nice or fear of giving people your HONEST opinion!  I like constructive criticism…it pushes me to become better! =) [the first image should actually appear slightly darker and the contrast and saturation should be up a tad too, but not seeing it on multiple monitors)

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