Brittany Langdon's blog

Do you take life for granted?

I was recently shown a you-tube video by a friend of an act on Americas got talent. I thought I was about to watch a good group of dancers or maybe a person who could sing their heart out, you know the usual but no! I witnessed a talent that is not the best in the world, but yet was the most heart warming and inspiring piece I've seen in a long while.

After watching the video along with most everyone who has or will watch it, I teared up. It made me think about how much I hear people complain about a verity of petty things. I thought about how people, myself included focus on to much negative in life whereas they should be focusing on the fact that they are healthy etc. There are tons of disabled people who wonder what its like to be "normal" every single day, while us "normal" people are taking our lives for granted.

I welcome you to view this video. Be prepared to be put in a place of serenity and peace. Get ready to watch a 17 year old boy who is supposed to need inspiring but ends up inspiring you!

 

 

 

 

Pretty good at drinking beer

 

Billy Currington has a song called "pretty good at drinking beer". Below is the first verse of the song:

I wasn't born for diggin deep holes
I'm not made for pavin long roads
I aint cut out to climb high line poles
But I'm pretty good at drinkin beer

ALTHOUGH you will probably find me at a get together singing the lyrics to this song as I enjoy a nice cold beer, there is another part of me that is saying WTF?!

 

Listeners tend to connect to music as well as lyrics. Therefore when they listen to this tune they feel conjoined not only to the lyrics but to the artist as well. Put simply, it gives people the wrong impression! Im unsure if Billy wrote this song but,  he forgot to mention that he cant dig holes or pave roads but, along with drinking beer HE CAN SING! Now people are going to think everything is okay and that life will be alright if you can drink a beer like Billy can.

NEWSFLASH: It wont be.

Once again, "pretty good at drinking beer" is a good summer melody to listen to but it just gives a wrong concept on life.

 

Click on the link below to view the full lyrics:

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/billycurrington/prettygoodatdrinkinbeer.html

 

 

 

 

 

You can learn from anything.

I have three dogs one of which is a mix breed named Duffy, consisting of chihuahua and an unidentified terrier. She is the most loving and LICKING dog I've ever been around, however about 3 months ago she was attacked by a pit bull. After a panic rush to the local vet hospital, a little blood shed, and an over night visit she turned out physically fine. The only thing I noticed since the incident is how peculiar her personality has become. She is very alert to her surroundings and to anybody or anything that wants to touch her.

About three weeks ago Duffy's careful way of being started to degress.  As I watched her bloom into her old self with a tiny wall of cautiousness still visible to her exterior, I noticed the playfulness wanting to come out in her. On a Tuesday afternoon I let her outside as usual, except this time I went outside with her. I sat under an umbrella dwelling on life occasionally glancing at her as she pondered  the local domain when I noticed a bug that caught her eye as well as mine. I found myself watching a dog which was about 30 times bigger than this microscopic bug attentively attempting to play with a tiny pest as she tried to kind of pet it with her paw, but still  considerably startled and frightened by the bug as well; not knowing what the bug was capable of doing.  After contemplating what just happened I realized that my loving dog Duffy, and an itsy-bitsy bug of which had no significance to me prior to this engagement taught me a valuable lesson:

No matter your size nor you strength if you do not persevere the negative experiences you've encountered, then you will find yourself in fear of  any obstacles in life especially the unknown.

 

Duffy & Kate

Good at alot of things or great at one thing?

I hate that I'm not great at anything, good at a lot of things, but great at nothing. The well-rounded are complimented on but never praised; for ones who excel tremendously in one area shine brightly while the well-rounded get pushed to the sidelines. It's not fair, but then again what is in this world? I find myself jealous of the "talented musician" the "unique painter" and even the "flawless actress", but I shouldn't be. I am multitalented, maybe not in areas that make me famous but in ways that make me a better person. It's sad that one is not honored equally if not more for being good at a lot of things versus the one who is great at one thing. Situations such as this one is why

the world as a whole should be ashamed for what it's becoming