About

I am a native of Arizona, born and raised here in the desert.

Education

• Arizona State University
• Grand Canyon University
• Arizona Agribusiness and Equine Center
• Aaec

Favorite saying

• "We men are wretched things Fear is the mind killer, I will face my fear, and I will let it pass through me. It’s a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done. It’s a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known I will be prepared at all times to perform my assigned duties quickly and efficiently, placing these duties before personal desires and comforts. man who goes around life with a sign that says 'kill me' painted on, this makes everyone want to kill him, but yet no one can. Eventually this man finds someone who he doesn't want to kill and fears that this man will be the one to kill him Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad Loyalty to country Obedience to parents Honor friendship No retreat in battle In fighting, choose with sense and honor Responsibility Sincerity Justice The superior man when he stands alone is without fear. If he must renounce the world it does not matter. I envy because of the heart I glutton because of the heart I covet because of the heart I am prideful because of the heart I sloth because of the heart I rage because of the heart Because of the heart I lust for everything about you This is my sword. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My sword is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. My sword, without me, is useless. Without my sword, I am useless. I must cut my sword with a force that comes from within. I must think faster and smarter than my enemy who is trying to cut me down. I must strike him before he strikes me. I will strike first. My sword and myself know that what counts in a battle and in life it is not the number of times we rear back and swing, the noise of our battle cry, nor the beauty of perfectly performed technique. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit. My sword is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its grip, its blade and its point. I will ever guard it against the ravages of weather and damage as I will ever guard my legs, my arms, my eyes and my heart against damage. I will keep my sword clean and ready and sharp. We will become one with each other. Before God, I swear this creed. My sword and myself are the defenders of my honor. The defenders of my family. The protectors of everything I hold of value. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is mine and there is no enemy, but peace. What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does? A man like Ringo has a great empty hole through the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it. What does he need? Revenge. For what? Being born. Slow me down, Lord. Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind. Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time. Give me, amid the confusion of the day, the calmness o the everlasting hills. Break the tensions of my nerves and muscless with the soothing music of the singing streams that live in memory. Help me to know the magical restoring power of sleep. Teach me the art if taking minutes vacations - of slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend, to pat a dog, to read a few lines from a good book. Slow me down, Lord. Aku Soku Zan Contemplation of the sublime does not excuse indifference to daily obligations There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no death, there is the Force I'm your Huckleberry They are an intriguing people. From the moment they wake they devote themselves to the perfection of whatever they pursue. I have never seen such discipline. Integrity Concentration Perseverance Respect and Obedience Self Control Humility Idomitable Spirit We have Not one, In common No two, Are shaped alike The third, because of that eye we lack In the fourth, Direction there is no hope The fifth, Is at the heart I ALONE AM the supreme Master of all My mental states. None stand before Me, none can stir My being... save by My permission. When people try to disturb My equilibrium, I laugh at their infantile attemptes to unbalance Me. And though Nature Herself would appear to throw stones in My path, I AM THE INMOST WARRIOR And so I step nimbly over or around any obastacle... through it if need be! I Alone Am responsible for My Universe. I Alone Am responsible for My Emotions. I Alone Am responsible for My Thoughts. I Alone Am responsible for My Words. I Alone Am responsible for My Actions. I Alone Am resonsible for My Situation. I Alone Am responsible for My Life! I boldy accept these responsibilities and pledge My being to develop My Infinite potential and motivate it in Harmony with My True Will, for which purpose I ALONE AM! Try not. Do or do not. There is no try. I will close my ears and my heart and I will be a stone, Please God, make me a stone I sent my soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And after many days my Soul return'd And said, "Behold, Myself am Heav'n and Hell Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire, And Hell the Shadow of a Soul on fire, Cast on the Darkness into which Ourselves, So late emerged from, shall soon expire You know ,I was like you But the first thing you learn about emotion is that it has its price -- a complete paradox. But without restraint...without control...emotion is chaos. But how is that diff-- The difference being is that when we want to feel, we can. It's just that...some of us...some of us have to forgo that luxury so that the rest can have it. Some very few of us have to force ourselves not to feel. Like me. Like you. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put away childish things. The Way of Self-Reliance - Do not turn your back on the various Ways of this world. - No not scheme for physical pleasure. - Do not intend to rely on anything. - Consider yourself lightly; consider the world deeply. - Do not ever think in acquisitive terms. - Do not regret things about your own personal life. - Do not envy another's good or evil. - Do not lament parting on any road whatsoever. - Do not complain or feel bitterly about yourself or others. - Have no heart for approaching the path of love. - Do not have preferences. - Do not harbor hopes for own personal home. - Do not have a liking for delicious food for yourself. - Do not carry antiques handed bdown from generation to generation. - Do not fast so that it affects you physically. - While it's different with military equipment, do not be found of material things. - While on the Way, do not begrudge death. - Do not be intent on possessing valuables or a fief in old age. - Respect the gods and Buddhas, but do not depend on them. - Though you give up your life, do not give up your honor. - Never depart from the Way of the Martial Arts. Man, at our worst we are monsters, At our best, we are tamed beast The Demon said to the swordsman, "Fundamentally, man's mind is not without good. It is simply that from the moment he has life, he is always being brought up with perversity. Thus, having no idea that he has gotten used to being soaked in it, he harms his self-nature and falls into evil. Human desire is the root of this persersity.""