Forgetting Who I Am

The other day I heard someone say, “if you don’t support our President and our troops you are un-American.”

Ok… get ready for angry Tycen to make his presence be felt.

Un-American? Are you shitting me? Has the country seriously started to be THIS brain washed?  I don’t care if you’re Democrat, Republican, Independent or if you could give a shit less… YOU have the right to an opinion.

I remember a couple years back the Dixie Chicks got a bad wrap for saying, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas," Hell, Natalie, I’ll take your words even farther. I’M ASHAMED HE’S THE PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY, I’M ASHAMED OUR CITIZENS ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO VOTE SUCH A DUMB ASS INTO OFFICE AND I’M ASHAMED TO BE AN AMERICAN.

I don’t care who hears me, I don’t care if the FBI puts me under investigation (for those of you who know the story… lol.. for those of you that don’t… I’ll post later)

Being an American should mean what it ment when this country began, BACK WHEN WE HAD BRAINS OPPERATING OUR GOVERNMENT.  The writers of the constitution didn’t want followers, they didn’t want to build a brain washed society, they wanted a country to govern itself, they wanted new ideas and new ways to do things to come to the front on a constant basis. They made the constitution open for change, they were smart enough to know that they didn’t know everything; that’s the beauty of our country is that WE  as a people should be making the decisions. But, slowly the government has just about stripped all those rights away.  When are we going to unite and take that freedom back? Freedom of choice is our strongest freedom, regardless of what side you’re on, you should be concerned with our lack of freedoms today.

Our President isn’t an elected king, he’s not an Emperor, a ruler or a god, he’s the SERVANT of the people elected BY the people… I think America has forgotten that.

America is about ideas, I think if we follow people blindly then we are going against who we are supposed to become as a nation. Go out, make up a new idea, make it known, have a opinion and don’t let people change that. Your beliefs are WHO you are, don’t let someone tell you differently. Read, talk, and study the topic and then make a decision on where you stand. Don’t let George Bush or the news or your next door neighbor tell you that you aren’t American for not supporting America’s decisions.

The war is stupid, George Bush is a moron and I’m counting down the days til he is released from office. (718 days 15 hours 44 min… if ya don’t believe me look it up)

I don’t care if you disagree with me I’M HAPPY IF YOU DO.. that’s what America is all about.

I wish some people would grow some damn balls and be proud to be different. Quit following your parents, friends and the news, get your own opinion and hold it close to you… quit being a sheep and divert yourself from the flock.

Cause personally, in my opinion, if you follow leaders blindly and hand over all your rights to give them more power… I don’t think I’M THE ONE who is being UN-American. 

I fight..
I'm not speaking of fighting in the sense of toe to toe, fist to face fighting... although that is fun, hell I have taken knees to the face, been kicked in my ribs, I even once (in  a all out brawl) took a board to the side of my head Tommy boy style. For some reason that is fun to me... but that’s not what I’m talking about. I'm talking about fighting to stay happy.
Now don't get me wrong, I’m happy, anyone who knows me knows that I have a good time doing ANYTHING. You give me a piece of tape and a toothpick and I’ll laugh for hours.
But, in life, the old saying stays true. SHIT HAPPENS. Shit does happen, and it sucks. I've had surgery's (7 to be exact) all of which have put me out a MINIMUM of  6 weeks. It sucks, rehab hurts. And my body is sick of being cut open every year. Other than going under the knife, I've had problems with, family hating girls I date, getting no respect when I believe I deserve it, my bro going through a divorce.. shit.. a lot goes down in the PoVey family. The most disturbing of course is losing someone you love. I have lost three friends over my life. Two in a horrible accident and one to drugs.... Regardless of the reason.. it never gets easy.
I know I always try to be captain "tough guy" I always try to be the rock for other people in tough situations, but honestly I am not very good at it, my fighter mentality wants me to be tough, but my soft heart conquers and I often allow my emotions to show. As hard as I try to be like my father, I’m not.
I guess that’s where my fighting comes into play. I fight so hard to stay happy that, at times, I’m not happy because I fight myself.  Now that I look at my life I realize one thing..
I’ve realized that life is amazing. You can float through your whole life wondering “why me” or you can take each experience and grow from it.  Yes we all have a surgery in one form or another. You might not go under the knife, but all of us have been “cut down” by god one way or the other… it’s our choice if we want to complain, or start rehabbing the proper way so we become stronger. We all have family problems and we all lose loved ones. Nothing about family or death can be easy. But I believe that with a positive attitude you can face anything. In The Book of Mormon, god tells us that we won’t be asked to run faster than we can, basically we won’t deal with anything he doesn’t think we can conquer… so why is it that so many times we feel like we are helpless?
Because we CHOOSE to feel that way.
My message to you today is to stand tall, smile, grab a piece of tape and a toothpick and act like a dork. Life is amazing, god put you here to enjoy this experience, go  CHOOSE to enjoy yourself...