Too Preachy?

I just realized that I already broke my promise to not get 'too preachy'! It's just that as we prepare to leave the U.S. for Bali, my worldview seems to be shrinking - or maybe my brain is sub-consciously cleaning itself of the stuff that doesn't really matter. Can I do anything about our country's health care crisis or North Korea's race to blow up the world? Nope. Can I do something to change the life of a child who has no parents or might go to bed hungry? Absolutely. So, I guess you could accuse me of caring very little about American politics these days...or politics in general. It's not apathy, it's just reality. The reality is that each of us can only touch the lives of the people or change the small part of the world that we've been given. If we all were to strive to actually do this - then the words of the Talmud would surely ring true: "Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire."

Well, now that I've preached to you again...

I figured that since the word 'surfing' is part of the name of this blog, I had better not spend ALL of my time on the 'serving' part...although 'serving' makes for much better reading and will always be the focus! Along this vein, I've added a YouTube gadget on the right side of the page so you can check out the beautiful surf that Bali has to offer. It's a feed from YouTube, so I'm hoping that the keywords 'surfing' and 'Bali' won't end up putting anything offensive on my blog page. I'll check regularly to make sure the content is 'G-rated'! I especially like the vid of the sunset session at Padang-Padang and the vid of Made Lapur - that guy rips!

I'm sure that I'll be posting some 'surfing lessons' posts as I often have on my other blog. I tend to have a knack for getting myself into ridiculous situations out in the water, and I usually try to learn something in the process...even if it's simply 'I'll never do that again'!

Thanks for indulging my often times random thought-process. Please realize that when I rant or air my opinions, I'm really not trying to preach at you - I know that you can go to church for that. Once again, the only thing that I'm trying to convince you of is the power of love (didn't Richard Marks or Peter Cetera or someone sing a song with that title in the 80's?). I better quit while I'm ahead...