So lastnight, I was sitting on my front porch watching as a strong lightning storm was coming through. Torrential rains poured, thunder rolled, and the lightning lit up the sky. As I sat there, I thought about how our own lives are much like the rolling of the storms.

When we have conflict in our lives or a breakdown in a relationship, the storm system brews and causes pain and havoc. The rains of tears pour down and hit the ground and flood the area. The pain of the lightning strikes tend to spark the uneasy feelings within. The thunder that rolls through your gut tells you that you are hurting in ways that can’t be spoken.

Yet after awhile, the storm cell passes through. Everything is wet and you still hear the thunder in the distance and wonder what storms brew for the people ahead of you. While you are going through turmoil or an uneasy situation in your life, remember that the storm will pass; but there will be remnants of the storm left over afterwards in which you must repair and move ahead. The tears that fall are still laying there on the ground. Over time, the tears will fall through the ground and your life will feel better.

Learn from your mistakes as well as those of others. The tears, pain of your heartbroken, and the uneasy feeling in your gut will pass eventually. Stand up strong and be even stronger to know what lies ahead. Know that whatever you do, do not live in the past. For other storms in life will come and wreak havoc. Just be watchful and know you are loved.

Our love for food… wow that has got to be a trend in our world. We all try to eat healthy but find ourselves with munchies and tend to eat fast food or snacks. However, good ole vegetables and grains from the ground are the gifts that God gives us to survive. From berries to corn to wheat to make breads… each food grown gives us the ability to survive.

Now think about life itself… Everyone out there grows their own potato fields. By planting the seeds and maintaining the fields, the diseases of earth try to destroy what is trying to grow. Once grown to full potential… the potatoes are cleaned and processed to make several different ways of eating the potato.

So think about this… in life, you consciously are learning just like the potato grows. You are being torn left and right by the diseases of the earth and you are influenced in several different ways. You grow into maturity and then you hit the real world where you are processed and prepared to develop into the adult you are supposed to be. With the proper care and additives, you end up being succulent and mature just like potato salad.

I know this post may have sounded a bit weird… but in reality, life is no different. Our lives are weird… each and every one of us have weird things happen. Sometimes we have heartaches and we must pass through them. Sometimes we have joys which last forever. But no matter what the situation…the ability to react to those diseases will decide on whether or not YOU will be in the good ole’ tater salad!

Once again remember… it isn’t the goal in life in which you reach, it is the journey that takes you there!

Until next time…

Many computer programmers out there know the common terminology of syntax error.  This particular syntax error wreaks havoc in the functionality of the program and causes it to come to a dead stop. It could be a space in code, a S instead of a dollar sign, or merely just a typo of a word. Either way… the program stops or fails to load correctly. Our lives are very much like the old syntax code.

Theoretically, viruses and malware tend to play a role in destroying the software and causes massive sintax errors in operating. In real life, we have those viruses, malware, and maliciousness that causes our own programs of life to break down and fail. Repetitiveness of failed attempts cause destruction of hope and ends up putting shadows of doubt in everything we do. In most cases, these viruses, malware, or other instances can be cleaned and work as a positive product of life.

When does it become so unbearable that you have to wipe your programming clean and start over? Only you know when it is time. Relationships can be just like this and cause havoc and discontent among the couple. By keeping yourself active with the other, it will strengthen the couple’s relationship. If you go too long without doing that, it breaks down the relationship to the point where you feel that you need to format and start over in life. There is no room for ignoring syntax code in a relationship. For when you do ignore it… it will build and build until destruction comes and you forget when and how the program worked before.

So do you have a problem with your life code? Do not feel ashamed or have regrets. Learn from the mistakes of syntax code. Capture the errors on instant and correct them before it gets out of hand. If you reformat and split from your partner, take what you had and learn from it to better your life. Just because you format does not mean that you have to not ever have life software installed again with that person. It just means that you both learn, praise, and with limits… support the one you love.

Last but not least… you do not want to start your memory computer up one day and it says failure to load. For when it gets to that point… all is lost and you have to start all over.

See you next time…

I sit here on my couch and realize that today is Father’s Day. I sit here and think about all of the struggles in life that I have had and realize that those struggles were meant to be because it helped develop me into a man. Never in my dreams at the age of 19 did I think I would be the father of 4 children. With each and every one of them, I can only hope that the principles, the structures, and the morality that I taught them will last for the rest of their lives.

Being a father is perhaps the coolest thing I have ever been exposed to in my life. From childbirth, the establishment of the parental role becomes starstruck and begins a scary journey of raising a child to the best of the father’s ability. Perhaps he will use life lessons learned from his father. Perhaps he will take experiences in life and teach his children to abstain from those mistakes and capitalize on the successes. All in all… being a father is a tough job.

Throughout the past 19 years, I have been able to experience different things. Sometimes my mistakes were building blocks for my children to learn from. From my many relationships in life, they have seen me go through hell and also go through happiness. I think to myself of whether or not I am a good enough father. I think about the failures that I had in front of my children. I think about the times that I could have been better or the times that I could have saved myself from heartache in order to be a more guiding role model for my children. However, if I had not gone through those very heartaches and mistakes in which I committed in front of them; they would not be the respectful children that I have in this day.

So fathers around the world… understand that although we have our faults and mistakes in life… we are not just learning a lesson by ourselves. We are teaching the very lessons to our own children on what NOT to do in life and teaching them the ultimate principle of self respect.

Happy Father’s Day to those Dads out there… Semper Fi and God Speed!

The Dawg

The Dawg apologizes for the site being down this past week. Our servers were hit by a malware virus and infected lots of areas. Personal messages to the Dawg was not compromised and we apologize for this event. Everything has been corrected and the Devil Dawg’s Life is back up and running!

So when was the last time you went and spent $1 and you received change? You felt either glad you got change back or the fact that you had to carry it around with the other change you had in your pocket. You spent the whole day toting all of the change around and jingled everywhere you went.

Life is all about changing. You may have that perfect setting where you have your money ready to blast into the future. Just know that although you break that money down… there will always be change. That change will collect with other change and make you become the person you are today. Throughout every aspect of life, you have experienced issues through trial and error. You end up hurting inside by either something you did to someone or something someone did to you. You change! You build the wall of protection up so high that it takes years to bring it back down. There is nothing wrong with protecting your change. Just make sure that you save enough change so that you may once again share it with someone that isn’t trying to change you.

If you are currently in a situation where you feel that someone is changing you… or you feel that there is control factors in place keeping you from moving forward… or perhaps you are just dwelling with a person because you tolerate it but you know you are being slowed down… pick up and move forward. Take the changes (life experiences) and learn from them in the positive manner. Grow and overcome more obstacles that lay in your path. For when you collect all of the change… you will cash in on a successful life and know that you have done your very best.

Until next time…

The Dawg

Just a heads up folks… the Dawg took a well needed vacation and just returned. So… with good food, sunny days at the beach, and family; it has been a relaxing time (minus the sunburn). While out on vacation, there were prime opportunities to think about and see how teenagers can be affected by different things. Obviously from a guy’s standpoint, the estrogen ran rampantly across the beach with little clothing on. How do girls really expect to be respected with some of the swimwear they wear publicly? I have no clue. Anyways, that was just one instance. Another is how advertisement is promoted. How about one of my own children asking what is “Condom Knowledge”? Unfortunately it is at that moment where I want to crawl under a rock and not have to answer that question. However, I explained that it was an adult novelty store. I am just thankful I didn’t have to explain to them what that was.

Anyways, overall… a decent trip and I look forward to having many more in the future. Just remember… there are temptations at every corner. It is up to you to decide how you will deal with them.

Until next time…

First of all, this blog post is not to promote anti-America nor is it to be looked at in a anti-liberty type of post. This is going to be a TRUTH post about what our beloved country should be. The Dawg doesn’t like to talk politics… but this has to be said!

Weapons – Thomas Jefferson and the rest of our founding fathers intended on us to bear arms. The problem with today’s society is the fact that people have lost their damn mind when it comes to responsibility and and how to deal with situations. Instead of having the balls to not put up with crap and stand your ground, people tend to be passive and weak. So then you have idiots go in and shoot up a school because they have been “bullied” or the fact that they want to be recognized as a psychopathic murderer. Guess what… we already know you are a psychopath… the problem is that nobody reported strange actions in which the psychopath was doing prior to the shooting! Guns do NOT kill people by themselves. Guns kill people when you have an idiot that is on a killing spree. So removal of our right to bear arms is probably the stupidest thing that our government could possibly do.

America the Free – The definition of this is not to say everything is free in America. People are so stupid nowadays. They abuse the welfare system and the government allows it. No wonder we are so much in debt. We pay more attention to what we can do for other countries and don’t even take care of our own. We allow drugdealers, cartels, and other misfits of the world to come on our turf and because drugs is illegal here… they are citizens who apply for welfare to suck more money out of our government because they show no legal income. Bad thing is that they can get it without a drug test or even survelliance.

The Great Depression – We all know through history what this did to our country. The stock market crashed and sent the entire country into financial turmoil. So what is the difference between our country back then and what it is today. We are still in a Great Depression. However, it isn’t a financial depression (although some may argue that point). It is a MORAL depression.  This country is so far behind on morals that it makes me sick. Today’s society has no freakin clue what it means to stand on their own two feet… protect the very morals that this country was built upon… defend what this country is SUPPOSED to be instead of the immoral acts of libertarian mutiny… and once again become the nation it is supposed to be instead of the vile stench of liberal injustice that it is becoming.

People sometimes ask me what I would do if I could make a difference. Well first off… EVERYONE can make a difference! Stand up and make yourself known! But again… what would the Dawg do? Well here is just a few things to think about and know what I would do.

First off… I would fire every single one of the people under the current government administration. I think it is fair to say that this person and his administration that took the oath of office has really broken every moral and ethical standard he could possibly do. He has the American people completely blindfolded to his alterior motives. He has proven to all of us that he is the wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Second… I would make it a requirement that ALL applicants of the welfare system be drug tested monthly in order to receive their welfare. Sure, it would increase the amount of money having to be spent to do these tests… but think about how much money is freely given to those who blatantly break the law.

Third… I would take a direct stand on the war on terror. I believe that our own government has taken actions to make things happen on our own homeland. Our government has provided weaponry to the very ones who attack us on our homeland. Hello?! Anyone else see an idiot in the midst?! STOP handing other countries our weapons. Note that our own government wants to take our right to bear arms away, yet they stockpile ammo, enforce martial law, and hand our enemy weaponry. Does anyone else see the blatant stupidity in this?

The Dawg could go on more about this, but there is a priciple that needs to be learned by our youth of today.  Basically it is this… DON’T be stupid like the generations before you have been over the past 20 years. Stand up for the morals that this beloved country was brought up on. Go back to the Constitution and enforce the laws of the Constitution. Do NOT fall into the trap of ignorance. Stand firm on your beliefs. Do not let people entice you to do wrong. Do not let the idiocracy of today affect what you have been brought up on.  You have the right to bear arms and defend yourself… just don’t be stupid thinking that you can go on a Call of Duty shooting spree. Defending yourself means you defend against those who willingly attack you… not you going out thinking that it is a video game. One thing about it… if you get shot and killed… you do NOT respawn.

Warning – The following video has explicit material… but speaks the truth!

In closing… this country has gone to crap. It is not the land of the free as it used to be. We are not the only “free country” in the world. We are constantly being limited on what we as Americans are allowed to do because of the liberalistic capitalism that is being developed daily in our government. People will agree that our lives were booming in the 80s because we had a President that didn’t take crap off of anyone. He stood for what was right and just. He retaliated against those who did wrong and he praised those who did right. It was an era where freedom was truly shown. It was a time where we all flourished and grew. Sometime between the end of the Reagan era and today… someone fell off the path and pulled everyone down with them. It is time we start teaching our children the right way and promote a solid future for our entire country so that we can flourish once again in today’s world.

 Semper Fidelis!

Many adults remember this song and now you have it running through your mind… but again this is for our teenagers of today so stop singing it

Teenagers… think about this. You are going through emotions and changes in your life everyday. People who interact with you change the way you feel everyday. Think about this… your parents are key ingredients to making sure your future is a stable one. You may not like their decisions everyday, but they are trying to raise you in the best way possible. You may not like the friends they have… the church they go to… or the mannerisms that they show towards you. They may tell you a million times to do something and you may not like the way they tell you. You feel that you should be respected for your opinion… and in reality you should. HOWEVER, they are still your parents and you will have to bite your lip when you think they are wrong. If you want to do something, then ask. Don’t tell them what you are doing. That is a key way of showing disrespect in their eyes. Yes, you want to grow up and be responsible… but remember, you are their investment and a direct reflection on their parental abilities. It doesn’t mean that you will have to understand every decision they make… just respect it and move forward.

Message to the parents… remember, your child may not agree with everything that you do. They may not agree with everything you ask of them. Rules are definitely in place for them to follow… but sit with your child sometime and negotiate with them. For when you do that, you gain more respect in the long run and actually teach them a fundamental that they will be faced with in the future. For every person will be exposed to business in the adult world. Let them learn the basics of business by letting them negotiate with you. You are their supervisor… start giving them critiques on their jobs in a positive way. Remember, your teenager will learn positive roles in this process and the personality and friendship between you and your child will become closer in the long run.

Personalities are broad and ever-changing. Remember that not everyone was put on this earth to be liked… but you all are put on this earth to grow together in some way. Just be sure that you stick with the positive side of life and keep the negativity to a minimum. You will find that your success will be more in the long run.

Semper Fi and hope you had a great Memorial Day holiday!