idosillythings

I'm not Hasan, but I'll give you some advice that I genuinely think is good advice.

People say that if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life. That's a lie. A total and absolute like. I love my job and there are still days where I say to myself "man, today is not going to be fun. I would rather just stay home."

It happens to everyone.

Also, if you have a chance to do something you're really passionate about but there's a safer option waiting for you, go with what you're passionate about. I'm sure some people may not agree, but I firmly believe that having a "Plan B" leads one to not take the risks and chances that will propel them to where they want to be.

I have been unemployed and laid off before, because I took a job that offered me greater opportunity than the safe position I was in. But honestly, I am super glad that I took that risk.

I am in a better place having failed at something I really wanted to do than I would be had I stayed in a safe position.

Don't judge your life or successes by your friends. There is no magic age that you have to have accomplished everything by that equals you being a "success."

Success is based on whether or not you're happy with your life. It doesn't mean you can't get better, and continue to improve yourself, but just because your friends or acquaintances might go on more vacations than you, have nicer cars, or a partner and two kids, that doesn't mean they're more successful than you.

In America especially, we judge success by monetary values, but no one ever said they have enough money, except for like Bill Gates and that's a level none of us will reach so there's no reason to worry about it.

Focus not on milestones that you've yet to reach, instead focus on what you've accomplished.

You've graduated. That is a success, therefore you are successful.

Don't worry if you don't have a house by the age of 30 or you aren't in your dream position by then. Life and your career doesn't end at 30.

I really can't offer anything solid to disprove that theory, but I have a hard time believing it. Based on stories we've seen coming from Afghanistan and Yemen, along with the military's policy of "any male of fighting age within such a distance from a target is considered a target" I can definitely see a lot of people dying from the choices made by U.S. soldiers pulling the trigger.

I feel like swords being drawn is another perfect example of this

I want one...but I'm embarrassed to show it to my wife...

Have you had anyone in the church go beyond just being cooperative and come out as truly helpful, or has mostly everyone done what they just NEED to do?

To me, on the worst aspects of these types of cases isn't the actual cover-up, as I'm cynical and expect large organizations to cover from themselves, but rather the vast amount of people who are willing to sit back and be complicit in the cover-ups, with their heads in the sand.