Caution Tape

        Stay away. There is nothing good that is going to happen here. Don't you understand that is the your warning. Baggage would be an understatement in this instances but hey, you should of seen the caution tape. So I use these cheesy pickup lines on these girls. Like pulling out a pack of sugar and telling her that she dropped her name tag. Maybe that God will be upset when he realizes that he is missing one of his angles. Or I ask her if it hurt... Did it hurt when he gave you everything that you had ever wanted and then one day ripped out your heart. Sometimes I feel like super man I use my x-ray vision to look right through these walls that you have built. I know that look on your face that is the fake smile like it is new shirt that you got at the store so that you put on while getting ready to go out so no one will ask you what is wrong... I know this look because we shop at the same store. Being happy just didn't seem so safe anymore. There is just something missing though. While you feel safe you are not happy... Don't you understand that you are amazing. Your heart is an orchestra and people would think that John Williams was in there directing it. I know it sounds strange, but I have to think that guy who broke your heart. If it was not for his mistake you might of moved into that relationship only to be stuck for the rest of your life. The thing is now you are free. I know you sit in your room at night and cry but there is no need. I am not saying I am perfect but I am saying that I am here. Like any good person I am whatever you need me to be because I just want you to be happy, but don't get it twisted, I do love you. You wanna know how I got these scars but I am reluctant to tell you. Just like I see through the walls that you put up and can see though the clown makeup that is on my face coving the scars from all of the shrapnel that is my life. I lie. I tell you it is because of some girl but it is not. The thing is that I only have scars and no cuts. The difference is that my scars have healed and I have learned and become a better man from them, but cuts are what a person refuses to fix in their life. Up until about a year ago I was coved with these cuts. Then I grew up... But I don't want to tell you all of this. Don't take this the wrong way, I do trust you. I trust you so much that I look into your eyes, now that is not something I do often because I am afraid of what I might see in people. With you it is all good. Just remember no one can make you feel inferior without your permission, so the next time that he lies or cheats or hits you write him a thank you note with no return address. Resist all temptation of going back because you think that you need him because you don't. Truth be told I might not be what you need either but that is okay, I will just help you with your bags.

Always Love and Happy Thoughts 

Jacob Clyde Batton

How hard can you get hit.

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!" Rocky 
You know this is one of my favorite movie speeches of all time. There is a playlist of four songs that I listen to every morning. One of the songs on there is just some of the best motivational quotes ever set to super dramatical music in the background. When the Rocky quote starts I get goosebumps every time. You know everything that is said is true in my opinion. You think great people are not ever met with adversity? How would you learn how to make yourself better if you are never knocked down? These are questions we need to ask ourselves when we are in a place in out lives that we do not see as ideal. Never stay there though. That is the key to winning. If you want to do something then do it never let anyone hold you back. Who is to say what is unattainable? There are two kinds of people in this world those who say I can and those who say I can't and they are both usually right. It is your state of mind that controls your destiny. You think Michael Jordan become the best basketball player ever by listening to every person that did not believe in him? NO! That is motivation in its purist form. As humans we love proving people wrong. I have never met someone that does not get some sort of satisfaction in proving others wrong. You do not what those people to be right, you want to be the one who gets to sit there with a smirk on your face saying I told you so.  When you want something you have to go get it, that is on you. Like Rocky said, "saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody." You can not blame other people for your choices. To be honest my dad was not really around when I was growing up. When I was younger I use to blame my mistakes and screw ups on that fact. As I have gotten a little bit older I came to the realization that I had to stop. I was honestly holding myself back because I thought the thing I were doing were justified and they weren't. I was not taking any responsibility for my actions because I saw an easier way out. The great people in this world do not take the easy way. There is no value or lesson or reward in taking the easy way. If you fail you learn from that is how you make yourself better. Take your trials and you improve yourself one day at a time. If you think that it is going to be some over night thing well get real. You want to be the best you have to put in work every day for that no matter what it is you want to be. I have used big metaphors like athletes in this blog but honestly it can be anything. If you want to be the worlds best writer for example then that is what you have to do every day. The moment when you stop trying to improve, the moment when you start to compromise with yourself that is when you start the downhill spiral that is failure. Never say that is good enough always want to be better, always need to be better. Keep moving in whatever it is that you want in life.
Always Love and Happy Thoughts 
Jacob Clyde Batton        

You Want Something Go Get It.

"You Got a Dream... You Gotta Protect It. People Can't Do Somethin' Themselves, They Wanna Tell You You Can't Do It. If You Want Somethin', Go Get it."

Pursuit Of Happyness

If there is something that you want in this world you have to go get it. There will always be haters in this world you can't change that but instead get your head into something and go after it. I am kind of tired of how down people are in this world, for example. While I was doing student teaching last year and the teacher asked the middle school teacher asked the kids what they wanted to be when they were older. Then the teacher said" I don't want any out of each jobs like pro athletes or astronaut or anything like that." Now this really got at me like how are you going to kill a kids dreams like that. Now regrettably I did not say anything to anyone about it. Now I think that if you really want something in this world you can achieve it no matter how big of a dream it is. Now dreams change a lot throughout your life. My dream when I was little as nerdy as this sounds, I wanted to be a paleontologist. I wanted my entire life to be about dinosaurs and nothing more. Now I didn't give in for really any reason but I just lost my passion in some way. Right now my dream is just to get married have a family and be happy and I want to provide for my family.But to tell a kid that he will never be able to do something should be a crime. My imagination was my only friend for a long time. Really anything is possible and everyone needs to really remember that. I wish that more people would stop settling for just a life that they are not happy with. As a people we need to support each other in things that we want to do. I think that if someone has a real dream you should just tell them that they can do it. NOW, I think that people do need constructive  criticism but you have to understand the difference between that and "hating". Sitting there and telling someone that they suck and should find something else to do is wrong. I think that you could help someone with a tad bit of criticism that is needed in this world. To go back to the quote people cant do something themselves they wanna tell you cant do it. That is where all of this hate in the world comes from. The people that just settle want everyone else to settle too. There is just a part of these people that want everyone else to be unhappy too. I want everyone to feel the support that I have in my life and I know that everyone really is capable of amazing things. You hear all of the rags to riches stories in this world and I think that it has kind of lost what it use to be. These people are talented no questions asked. These people were most likely told that they would never be athletes or actors or anything like that all the time growing up. Instead they kept moving and pushing themselves until they made it. So many people stop moving forward with their dreams because of people telling them that they can't and that is just sad. For example, Michael Jordan the best basketball players of all time was cut from his high school basketball team. Now imagine if that would have been it. He gave up on his dream and never player basketball again. No, he kept going and made himself better and won six NBA championship rings. So I leave you with this you can always better yourself and you never should give up on something if you really want it. 

Always love and happy thoughts

Jacob Clyde Batton

Why Do We Fall?

Been a few weeks with Christmas and New Years but I'm back!
So tonights blog is inspired by the quote "Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up." This was said in the movie Batman Begins. This is a one of many great quotes from this series which I will bring up a few more in here tonight. Learning how to be resilient is a painful road simply because practice makes perfect. Now take this into whatever form you want like emotional or physical. Learning how to pick yourself up means you must fall down and falling down always hurts no matter who you are. Now you can act like you don't care or act like it doesn't hurt because I have been doing it forever. When you just act like you don't care or don't feel hurt, you are not picking yourself back up. What you are really doing is just keeping yourself down and more then that you are really just digging yourself into the ground! "Wanna know how I got these scars?" Yeah falling down leaves scars!!! Dont just pull down your sleeves to hide them from everyone else and defiantly dont hide your scars if you are trying to start a relationship. If you have dug yourself into a hole and if you find someone that is willing to help dig you out and stand you back up accept it! Everyone need help, sticking with the theme here Batman had Robin. He could have done it on his own but no... The best way to get back up  is to have someone help you. Life is the toughest game ever played because there is no real story line for your character. See that is the hardest thing to live with is the unknown but honestly it is also the best thing in life. Think about it, what would you do if your entire life was laid out in front of you. There we be no happiness or hope in the world. Falling and getting back up would be lost because you would know if that situation will even be a lesson in your life. See that is a hidden beauty in falling. Lessons and opportunities  could always come out of it. "No one cared who I was until I put the mask on." See this was an opportunity in Banes life and he took it. Now he did use this opportunity for evil but he made that choice just like everyone has a choice of what we can do with our lives. Everyone will have there "mask" in their life. There is that one thing in every person that no one can ignore no matter how good, bad, big, or small. Your "mask" is that one thing that makes you, you. It is not always easy to see what your mask is. I think my mask is my ability to make friend with everyone. With your "mask" you can also do work in others. That is our choice though. Batman used his mask to help an entire city to get out of bad times. Agree with it or not I try my best to use my "mask" to bring people to God. Falling is hard and so is getting back up, but in the process of both we learn about not only the world but also ourselves but also the people around us. Never forget there will always be someone there for you, always. 
Always love and happy thoughts 
Jacob Clyde