promises......

i sure do love blogging. it seems that something will just pop into my head and i have to write it down. maybe blogging will take the place of me talking to myself, probably not? i was watching shawshank redemption tonight and promises are a huge part at the end of the movie. morgan freeman is having a hard time dealing with life after prison. the only thing that kept him hanging on was a promise he made to andy. i don't really think that promises like that exist today. he made a promise to andy and he was going to go through with it. i wonder if i could make a promise to someone and them really know that i was going to keep it? think if i told someone that i was going to do something. that something might happen a year from now. what if that person trusted me so much that he/she never doubted, ever, that i was going to come through and fulfill my promise. that kind of trust blows my mind. i think that's how it was in the old days, like before telephones. if you wanted to meet someone, you told them, "i'll meet you here at this time and place." you really had no way of telling them any different until the meeting time came. i wish that i could go back to those times. i believe that people would be more honest with their words, and more sincere with their time. think about if you planned to have dinner with the hot farm girl in the next town. if you planned the dinner a week in advance, you would have to build your schedule around that meeting. too many times these days people just call on their cell phone and reschedule. i'm not sure i really like that. another line in the movie talks about how it seems everyone in the world just got in a big, damn hurry. that's why i like jk livin so much. a lot of that lifestyle is just living life. life seems to get so busy at times. busy life should be a damn crime. you should be able to enjoy the sun coming up with a cup of coffee. most of the time you can't b/c you were so tired from the day before, or you were up late getting a project ready for the next day. you should be able to stop and have a conversation with a good friend. most of the time you can't b/c you have somewhere to be. you should be able to enjoy the sunset in the great outdoors. i wish that i could do that. i can't b/c i'm in class while it gets dark. i believe that this is a snipit of why i want to be an island boy so bad. mr. mcconaughey and i want to be able to enjoy the simple things in life and just keep livin. i understand that i can't change the world that we live in. i have to adapt everyday to what this world brings. i hope to always be able to keep the simple things in mind. i hope that i have close friends who i can make a promise to and they will know that i'm going to fulfill it. i'll make a promise right now. one day i will have an airstream and i will drive it cross country. i will enjoy the simple things in life and i will love every minute. jk livin