Richard Hoak Terry

rick rolled.

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:28:44 -0500

http://tinyurl.com/yfv6bgt

rick rolled.

challenged me at 4:57 pm on a friday….

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:57:50 -0500

challenged me at 4:57 pm on a friday….

pumped me up at 4:42 pm…

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:42:47 -0500

pumped me up at 4:42 pm…

"Jesus loves Tiger"

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:23:05 -0500

“Jesus loves Tiger”

- bdivine

This was a song a guest worship leader sung back in 2006 at a...

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:19:27 -0500

This was a song a guest worship leader sung back in 2006 at a youth conference I was serving at.

Changed my life.

Eddie Van Halen @ 12:06pm on a friday afternoon….

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:07:14 -0500

Eddie Van Halen @ 12:06pm on a friday afternoon….

the home for sale…

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:19:12 -0500

the home for sale…

Home For Sale...

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:05:00 -0500

Home For Sale...:

tell your friends…

Joy and I have a house for sale. Make an offer. It would us smile…

Icicle Envy…

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:58:32 -0500

Icicle Envy…

"HENRY DAVID THOREAU: I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his..."

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:18:19 -0500

“

HENRY DAVID THOREAU:

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

”

too much time on my hands makes me dream of being my own boss...

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:11:27 -0500

too much time on my hands makes me dream of being my own boss someday…

Fried Chicken and Careers...

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:23:00 -0500

January 16th 2010 I left Delaware, Ohio to take my first cruise ever. For one week I was care free and clear headed. I saw a world that until that week I had only seen on postcards and in movies. Fast forward to the end of that week and you will find me heading into work that monday morning with a tan and a HUGE smile on my face. I told every person that walked by me or even gave me a hint that they were listening an earful about the world of the eastern carribean that can satisfy a person’s soul if ever given the chance. Life was as good, and as simple as it had been in over a year.

Today I sit and apply for jobs everyday from 8-3 monday through friday. This is my job. My job is to find a job. That was not in my plans when I came back to the united states that saturday night. I am now a statistic being reported across national headlines. When they talk about unemployment rising in Ohio, I added to it. The career that I had given so many hours to over the past year came to it’s conclusion. It ended with a 4 minute meeting in a conference room. The items that surrounded me in my cubicle for years were placed in a box and handed to me as I was escorted out of the building, typical to protocol.

The definition of career is put as this:.

1. A chosen pursuit; a profession or occupation.

2. The general course or progression of one’s working life or one’s professional achievements

Ever since I got my head on straight a few years ago I had considered my “career” to be that of one in banking. Bankers after all, dress well and are held in respect for the most part when it comes to a community that they serve in, right? I started in banking in Grandview, Ohio. For two years I built relationships that to this day I look back on and smile at the time spent there. Then it was on to retail banking support through the corporate path. Once again, in my head it is respected when you can say “I drive to a corporate office building and work in corporate america.”

As I apply for the jobs during the week I continually ask myself the same thing. “Am I supposed to be in corporate america?”

I thrive at every job I get. I am successful. People like me. I work great in teams. I am productive. I can motivate people.

I called myself a martyr the other day when describing what happened to me with my job. This was completely the wrong word to try and use in the context that I was trying to use it in. I was basically trying to say that I was being used as an example to others when it comes to the envirionment we work in with hiring and firing. It was brought to my attention what the definition of a martyr is. Here is the second definition for you, the reader today:

1 : a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
2 : a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle

A person who sacrifices something of great value and especially LIFE itself? I live life a whole lot safer than this. Seriously. My whole purpose for a “career” is to provide stability and income to my family. I guess what I am saying is that I wish I was a martyr for something. Something huge. I am afraid though that if I go that route, it isn’t going to provide and income or insurance that my wife needs.

I guess what I am really trying to say is that I love fried chicken. A lot. More than I should. I also hope I am doing the right thing with my “career” and everything that is encompassed under that umbrella.

Here’s to coming up with principles that last a lifetime and figuring out where I came up with the idea that my career has to meet the world’s standards.

keep praying for me.

peace.

peace out. be back in a week…

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:53:20 -0500

peace out. be back in a week…

"Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the..."

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:26:00 -0500

““Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change.””

- Robert F. Kennedy

Never too late to jump on the “Kanye West interrupted...

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:11:49 -0500

Never too late to jump on the “Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift at the awards show” bandwagon…

now, he interrupted my family christmas photo.

it is gonna be a good year.

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:19:42 -0500

it is gonna be a good year.

Top five thoughts while heading down an ice covered snowy hill...

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:03:57 -0500

Top five thoughts while heading down an ice covered snowy hill in a random ohio location:

I wonder if the Pilgrams ever thought of snow tubing?
When the kid at the bottom tells you everything is gonna be alright after he saw you begin to flail your arms around like a lost pigeon in a k-mart at the bottom of the slope, you should reconsider going down backwards next time.
As you slip and fall in front of 8 of your closest strangers while coming off the hill, just remember to tuck, roll, and jump to your feet afterward stating “It is all in the landing…”
Prescription Glasses are worthless on a snow tube slope.
It is a feat of accomplishment to say that you and your wife had to be stopped by crashing into the final barrier wall that seperates you and the parking lot when the traction mats did not catch your snow tubes when you felt it would be romantic to travel downhill together.

Happy New Year’s!

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:47:28 -0500

Happy New Year’s!

"New Blog Post: Living a Good Story, An Alternative to Resolutions: http://donmilleris.com/ Just..."

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:45:58 -0500

“

New Blog Post: Living a Good Story, An Alternative to Resolutions: http://donmilleris.com/

Just read this post from Donald Miller where he is giving some more applicable things to do when sitting down here at resolution time…

Insightful. I love how he immediately gives the example of losing weight (which I start off every year saying…) then he goes into the practical perspective of the positioning the goal in a different way for life. I needed this post today….

Thanks Mr. Miller.

”

- donmilleris

Wisdom Of Richard...

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:54:01 -0500

“Sometimes you really should just order the buy one get one free pizza offer when you are at home alone and nobody is coming to visit. Wings and breadsticks on the side.”

~Richard Hoak Terry