Valentines Day Re-cap. and stuff.

I know that it is pretty late to talk about Valentines Day, but my experience was so pleasant I must share it. The reason I enjoyed Valentines Day so much this year is because it wasn't a big deal. My fiance's birthday is on Feb. 12 and we had a big celebration for that so we decided to just relax on Valentines Day and not make a big deal out of it. We went to Chili's for dinner, Krispy Kreme for desert (ala pic of me enjoying doughnut), and we finished the night off with a movie. It was perfect. I just wanted to share that.

Speaking of movies I just saw Unleashed, with Jet Li, last night. I mean Jet Li was in the movie, he wasn't watching it with me. I WISH!!!! I do have to say that Jet Li did a pretty good job acting in the movie. I kinda figured him for the awesome Kung-fu guy and not an actor. Well he sure proved me wrong. He did a good job with a complex character. Kudos to you Jet, kudos to you. On to the next thing!

I have just realized today fully how much of a hold money has on me. I am ashamed to admit that but that's how it is. Let me explain. I was subconsciously worrying about how much money I had in the bank and didn't even know it. I woke up this morning dreading the day. I definetly didn't want to face the world. It was one of those mornings where you just wish you could spend a week in bed even though you know that would only make your stiuation worse. I was thinking that my money would pretty much depleted. I finally swallowed my fear went to the bank and had found that I made a mistake in my calculations and not only had the money to pay all my bills, but also had some left over. My day since I have left the bank has been great! I have had one of the best days ever. Just the fact that I know I am financially secure has vastly improved my mood and outlook on life. That is the power of money. It has the power to alter moods, change your outlook, and potentially has the power to make you destroy yourself with frustration and worry.

I guess that's why the bible says the root of all kinds of evil is money. I find alot of people hear that and take it to mean that if you have lots of money that means you are evil. Not so. The bible doesn't say that having wealth means your evil the bible says that money can cause all sorts of evil and who are we kidding it definetly does. Money causes greed, death, murder, slander, backstabbing and a number of other unpleasant human actions. The power that money has to corrupt is great.

Lets do a little test. Imagine this. You are given a choice. You will recieve one million dollars if you kill someone. All you have to do is take the silenced pistol that is handed to you and shoot in the head the man that is on his knees in front of you. The man has a black bag over his head and can't see you, but he does know that he is about to be killed. The money is to your right on a table in a briefcase. The briefcase is open. You can see all that cash. You start to think about all the problems that cash could solve for you. All you have to do is kill this guy. Will you do it? By the way this guy just raped and killed two teenage girls lastnight. Be honest. What would you choose? Did you kill him? Did you take the money? If you did you just killed a father of two who never actually did anything to anybody. He was just grabbed off the street. You killed an innocent man.

How many of you were leaning towards not killing the guy until you found out that he was a rapist and a murderer? If you were tottering on the edge and decided to kill the guy as punishment and take the money you just displayed the power and persuasion of money. Money made you decide to kill the guy, it made you the executioner and made you feel as if you had the right and power to judge and punish this guy. While money in itself is not evil it can be the source of all kinds of evil.

Well I'm interested to know people's thoughts on this so leave some comments and tell me what you did. Later.