Confused isn’t what Confucius says. It’s what Glenn is.

What day is today?

Wednesday morning?

It’s only Wednesday. Or should I say, “Only Wednesday?!?”

Whew. I’m just a little confused today. I thought it was Thursday. I kinda wish it was Thursday. But there’s one reason why I like that it’s still Wednesday - It gives me a few more days this week to workout. Tonight and tomorrow night.

And there’s one reason why I hate that it’s still Wednesday - I still have three full days before hitting the weekend.

Jake has baseball practice on Saturday. And hopefully either Saturday or Sunday I can do some serious biking. I need to log like thirty miles on my bike this weekend. I also need to do my ‘long’ run sometime this weekend. ‘Long’ meaning time – like an hour straight. But it’ll be like ten to fifteen miles on the bike and maybe thirty minutes on my shoes. But you know what Confucius says…

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

So ten to fifteen miles and thirty minutes is just the beginning of my journey.

Oh… do you know who Confucius is? It's easy to be confused about Confucius (Originally ‘Kong Fuzi’ or more specifically, ‘K'ung Fu-Tzu’). He was a was a thinker, political figure, educator and a Chinese Philosopher and NOT a Chinese Comedian!

There’s a lot of play on words that turn out to be ‘Confucius Says’ jokes. They are funny, pithy, but hold a grain of truth. Like…

“Man who stand on street corner with hands in pockets, not feeling crazy, feeling nuts.”

Yeah, that was a joke. Funny, but true. Or…

"Always looking backwards for guidance give a person more than a pain in the neck."

Speaking of ‘pithy’… I like the word ‘pithy’. It’s probably a rarely used word. ‘Pithy’. I mean, when do you really use it in everyday convo? I think the word pithy is probably a word many people think is something other than what the definition really is. It means, “concise and full of meaning.” (from: www.dictionary.com) I bet people would interpret the word ‘pithy’ as the opposite of that definition. It’s the best word to use to describe Confucius sayings.

And back to Confucus … Here’s one saying I should have learned back in the early years of my life…

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

And yes… Confucius said that (supposedly). Of course translated to English. And oh so true.

So much for the brief history lesson on Confucius. As you can see, I had nothing really of value to write about today.

"If speech is not clear, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done remains undone."

It remains that my work is yet to be done.

Confused yet?

If you want to read about what happened to my paint markers on Paintball Sunday: ”Down goes Frazier”. It ain’t good – the marker situation that is. I might have to retire from Paintball for a long while.