Dan Byl

As I sat listening to the pastor preach, I had this over whelming erg to get out of there. He was talking about trusting god, for everything that we need, to trust him to take care of our every need. I began to feel frustrated, I looked around at all the people sitting there listening to this sermon, How are we ever going to learn to trust God if the only time we ever think about him, is here in church? We are not going to find a learning situation sitting here in church.

I headed home with these frustrating thoughts ringing in my ears, I grabbed my laptop , and then I was off to the coffee shop to rant. I got home grabbed my computer, and headed back out to my jeep, put the key in the ignition and nothing… I tried everything I could think of, it was not going to run. It’s either the fuel pump or the starter, for money sake, I really hope it’s the starter.

I am just finishing up 3 weeks off work because of sickness and I am stretched a little thinner then I have been in years, and car repair bills are not something I need right now.

I just got put into a position of “to trust or not to trust?“

Funny how God works, If you go looking for something especially a learning experience, it seems God is always ready and wiling to help you find one. He really has a sense of humor. (Guess I found what I was looking for) God obviously is trying to teach me something here.

I have to admit I have been really frustrated with him lately, let me recap the last month of my life. Saturday before Christmas I went into the hospital for 3 days with a full blockage in my intestines, I got out for Christmas and then the Monday after I end up back in with a partial blockage. The doctor ordered a fluid only diet for a week, less then a week later I got the flu, and I am sicker then I have ever been, it takes about a week to recover from that. Then 2 days later I get an infection in my lungs, that the doctors think it is going to turn into something much worse, I have been feeling better now for about 2 days and just when I think it is all over my car breaks down.

I know that I am blessed, I have a beautiful girlfriend that looks after me so well, I still have a job, food and friends. But no matter how you look at it, that is a really crappy month.

I have been asking God what it is he has been trying to teach me through all this. I am really coming to the end of my self, which seems to be the place that God has the most room to speak.

“IT’S IN OUR INABILITY, THAT GOD CAN SHOW HIS ABILITY.”

My problem is that I am a fighter and a survivor; I won’t go down with out a fight. Do I think God is trying to break me? Yes I do. He wants to be my provider my provision. He doesn’t want me to rely on myself; he wants me to rely on him.

I have been looking at the book of Job, don’t worry I am not going to compare myself to Job, I have nothing on him. My point is that it took God allowing the complete destruction of everything that Job had and owned in order for God to be able to show him self to Job in a new way. That really scares me cause I don’t want to lose everything I have. But if it means that God can show himself in a new way, if it means that through this I learn to trust him, I know that it will be worth it, that my life will be much better, on the other side of all this.

God is teaching me to trust and rely on the people around me, close friends, and my significant other. I can’t go through life a one man show, that is what I am learning, (way to slowly most days) I have to allow the people in my life to speak into me and care for my needs, I have to learn to ask for help. That is a list of things that I am not very good at, but I am leaning.

I am learning that we need to embrace what we are going through and where we are in the moment, and only when we do that can we start to learn. The more we fight the longer it takes.

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Ok this one is for the guys out there. Have you ever noticed that there are some unspoken public mens room rules.

First of is the staggering at the urinals, you never stand next to someone at the urinals, if you can avoid it, you always leave and empty one in between. You look straight ahead and don’t talk.

Talkers in the bathroom just make it really uncomfortable, there you are staring straight ahead holding your twig and berries and some guy is trying to talk to you, usually you just give a stern grunt and then wait till you are don’t to continue. Or you try to talk but that’s always hard cause relieving yourself and talking at the same time don’t really go hand in hand.

Then there are the rules for the stalls, again you always stager if you can. You never go right next to someone and there is defiantly no talking here. And when you come out of the stall you don’t make eye contact. Never make eye contact.

These are just a couple of the unspoken and universal rules of the mens room, are there any more that you can think of? Post them in the comments and I will put together a complete Mens room rule book.

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So I was thinking about this the other day and then one of my friends posted something on facebook about it and got me thinking.

Here is his post

Jesse Matthews —is discussing old people & driving in Lifespan Development class. Current question: Are older drivers dangerous? Discuss.
Wed at 4:27pm · Comment · Like

Hannah Reimer—Donde estuviste hoy? Tengo tarea para usted!:)
Wed at 4:31pm

Derek Martinez—Answer: For the most part, yes.
Wed at 4:34pm

Melissa De Jong—My friends Grandma got confused and STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF DEERFOOT! Seniors can be safe drivers, just depends on the person. Say no to senile driving! Lol.
Wed at 4:34pm

Frank Tangredi—Some are, absolutely. Many are often overly cautious — not so much likely to have accidents as to cause accidents in others. But are ALL older drivers dangerous? Not at all!
Wed at 4:37pm

Jessica Rose Sanders—All I have to say, is….. hahahahahahahahahaha. That was pretty much amazing.
Wed at 4:39pm

Jesse Matthews—Hannah: Me desperté tarde. ¡Mándamela, por favor!
Wed at 4:45pm

Dan Byl—Yes!!!!! Spend some time at the hosital there are people who can’t go to the can alone but have drivers lisences. Explain that one
Wed at 4:58pm · Delete

Jonathan Michael—My Grandmother is 94. Her license expires in four years…
Wed at 5:03pm

Austin E Stalnaker—How do you quantify ‘old?’
Wed at 5:16pm

Jake Lusona—Haha such a good topic. Depends on how alert the person “of age” is, altho I think, at say age 65, everyone should be required to pass a driving test. Not the written, just the driving.
Wed at 6:37pm

Vanessa Lil V Pearson—YES!!! They drive the same speed that they have sex. And sorry for the mental pictures.
Wed at 6:46pm

Hannah Viejou—Grannies who text and drive-YES.
Wed at 11:37pm

I thought this was brilliant seeing how I just about got hit by an elderly gentlmen who pulled out of a parking lot and forgot to look both ways.

What is your thoughts on this?

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So I have been looking for some new date ideas. I have lived in Kelowna for going on 20 years and have done almost everything there is to do. If you have any great date ideas I would love to hear them. And if they are really good I will go do them and then write about them and let you know how they went.

You can email me your ideas at
danmbyl@gmail.com

Just put date idea in the subject line.

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Here are 2 separate conversations that I have had with women reiterated for your viewing pleasure.

Conversation one.
This took place at a cosmetics store. No I was not buying makeup. I was trying to find some sort of manly facial scrub. (really there is nothing manly about that but I needed some.)

Me.”I need some face wash stuff”

Girl, “ok well what are you using now?”

Me “now?”

Girl “ya what do you wash your face with now?”

Me “I don’t”

Girl “do you use a bar of soap or something like that?”

Me “ Nope I don’t use anything, I just get in the shower and occasionally splash some water on it or if I am feeling really adventurous I use some shampoo and shampoo my beard.”

Girl “ok, so do you use any moisturizers?”

Me “nope I don’t use anything at all”

Girl “oh boy”

Conversation 2

Between my hair stylist and me.

Hair stylist “What do you use in your hair now?”

Me “what do you mean?”

Hair stylist “what sort of shampoo do you use? Do you use a conditioner?”

Me “Um I don’t know, my shampoo comes in a green bottle.”

Hair stylist “where did you buy it?”

Me “costco”

Hair stylist “well that explains a lot, how often do you wash your hair and condition it?”

Me “I wash maybe 2 times a week and I condition, actually I don’t, I haven’t opened the bottle.”

Hair stylist “Ok well maybe you should start doing both a little more regularly.”

Me “ok”

I haven’t

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Do people know that they have really creepy face book profile photos? I was playing poker, yes the free face book kind and this person sat down at our table. And his photo was him standing one foot on a chair with no shirt on next to this little old lady that only came up to his waist. Creepy? Yes I really do think so. And what about all those guys that take photos of their abs and put them on the internet for the world to see have they really thought it through.

First off its just creepy when you sit down at a virtual poker table next to a guy with no shirt on and taking a photo of himself in a mirror. Secondly does he really think he is that good looking? And when he is sitting at a table with all guys, is it his way of saying hey I am better then all of you? or, is he trying to hit on me.

If it is the latter then I think I should just put it out there, I am married.

I think someone should start a face book fan page dedicated to not creepy profile pictures. And guys please put some clothes on. Me and the rest of the online world don’t want to look at you and your stomach.

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