To anybody who actually reads this blog, you may have noticed that I mostly write about things that are a little bit deeper in nature than perhaps just what happens to me on a day to day basis. If a daily update is what you were looking for I do sincerely apologize but the only times I feel like writing are when I cannot always express what I want to say vocally, so I try to write it out. However, I am also not trying to be that super deep kid who constantly challenges people to try better in things. I'm just writing what's on my mind. There's a lot in there, let's see what flies out today.
First things first. I'm listening to Castle of Glass right now by Linkin Park. Go listen. As in pull up a new tab, load that on youtube, wait for the "skip ad" button and then start listening. Then, and only then, you can come back to reading. :)
Lately, I've been spending some time thinking about the relationships that I'm in. Family, friends, coworkers, etc. I like talking to people. Getting to know people. Having fun with people. One problem I encounter is that this energy is not always returned by the other person. Clearly all people are different. That is fine. Some people just think differently than I do. Actually most do.
My view of a friendship consists of a good deal of communication. Friends stay in touch. Friends ask their other friends how they are doing. Friends actually want to hear about their other friend's lives. This goes for any relationship. My family members are my friends, my friends are friends, my coworkers are friends. People need others to talk to and who else could be better than the people you feel closest to.
Maybe I'm over the top but I just feel like people don't communicate enough with people they consider close friends. It's the "hey, over the summer let's for real stay in touch you know?" which turns into maybe one facebook message a month, if that. I'm so guilty of it too and it really bothers me. We all have phones. How difficult is it to have a texting conversation, or even a phone call! But let's be real, who talks on the phone now a days. However, now that almost the entire world except myself and 7 other people have smart phones, (and you know that you are on yours allllll the time) why don't we use them to connect to our favorite people.
Summer is really when you find out who you will continue to be friends with after college when everyone goes their separate ways. The people who actually want to talk and stay in touch are the people who you will make an effort to see 10 years from now. But this has made me realize that I can't really be close friends with everybody. It would be so exhausting to stay in touch with hundreds of people constantly. The trick is finding those close quality friends and growing with them. Put the effort into relationships that matter to you, and if they matter to the other person, that effort will be returned to you as well. Friendship is a two way street.
At the same time, sometimes I find myself focusing too much on what others want, or what others think of me. I have goals, I have needs, I must do things for me as well as for others. Truly the only way that we can be great friends and love others is if we already love ourselves for who God made us to be. Ain't that the truth.
Do unto others as you would have done to yourself.
AND
Treat yourself as you treat others.
"I need you. You need me. We're all a part of God's body.
Stand with me, agree with me. We're all a part of God's body.
It is His will that every need be supplied.
You are important to me, I need you to survive."
Quantity is good. Quality is better.
PS. Low key the NFL season needs to start now.
Thursday 11 July 2013
Monday 1 July 2013
Midways
Midway thru summer. As in, its July 1. Who on earth allowed summer to move this quickly? I might have to toss them a quarter to slow it down because we all know nobody is ready for school.
I'm quite enjoying my time off from school. Every day is full of adventure of some sort. This could mean a day downtown Chicago or a birthday party thrown at Hogwarts. But it also means an evening watching Monsters University with friends or sitting in a hammock talking about who knows what. I was in a North Face store yesterday and as I was leaving the sign above the door said "Never stop exploring." Preach that. Let's go exploring.
Midway at 5am on a Wednesday morning. Woof. Not too many people function correctly in an airport at that time. Thank goodness pilots can though. Some Trinity friends and I flew out to Washington to celebrate the wedding of two great friends, Dan Thayer and Kayla Schoeneveld. It was such a fantastic weekend. They got the perfect day, everything worked and we danced it up on that floor.
It was rather expensive to get out there. I knew that going in but I couldn't pass this up. Almost all of the Trinity folk that were going had graduated and therefore they would not be returning to school in the fall. For a lot of those people, I honestly don't know when I will see them next. Dan and Kayla for instance. They are both teachers in Florida, so maybe I will see them once a year. Maybe. They only get married once. However, I will (God willing) continue to make money my entire life. So why would I ever skip this.
Midway thru life's many twists and turns. So much is going on. I have so many ideas that I want to share but I literally don't know where to start. Just ask me in person I guess. But in case you were wondering, in the past weeks since my last blog posts, I still haven't figured out where life will lead me. Surprise right? Causes a lot of complaining by me to God. Every time I complain he just shows me why I'm so blessed. I crawled into bed last night and realized that I have a mattress, a warm blanket, not one but two pillows, a phone with electricity to charge it, an alarm to wake me up in the morning and very powerful air conditioning to keep me from frying in my apartment. This is just to help me sleep right. And cue apologies to God for complaining and thankfulness for showing me what's up.
Yesterday I had a great conversation with my friend Calob. We talked about how we hate money because it causes relationship problems, anger, frustrations and greediness. Also as poor college kids, we want money just so we can eat more than macaroni and cheese on a daily basis. But we both talked about how if we had money we would spend it to help others and do cool things to further the kingdom of God. Knowing Calob, I'm quite positive he means that, as do I.
Midway thru summer work. I am currently working for the business department at my school. I have two tasks. One is to help plan lessons for classes this fall and the other is to start working on a financial plan for a ministry based in Ukraine. These people are super cool. They do drug and alcohol rehab in their community and my friends and I get to help them organize their lives basically. Mixing business and ministry. Can I get a double win? Yea I think so.
Two of my favorite people are turning 21 right around this time. Big shout outs to Andrew and Ryan for finally getting on our level. :)
Smile and wave, it just might make someone's day.
Also, no one has hopped on my offer for Cedar Point from my last post. Fine, I'll move on I guess
"I did it all. I owned every second that this world could give. I saw so many places, the things that I did and with every broken bone, I swear I lived."
Midway thru life as we know it.
I'm quite enjoying my time off from school. Every day is full of adventure of some sort. This could mean a day downtown Chicago or a birthday party thrown at Hogwarts. But it also means an evening watching Monsters University with friends or sitting in a hammock talking about who knows what. I was in a North Face store yesterday and as I was leaving the sign above the door said "Never stop exploring." Preach that. Let's go exploring.
Midway at 5am on a Wednesday morning. Woof. Not too many people function correctly in an airport at that time. Thank goodness pilots can though. Some Trinity friends and I flew out to Washington to celebrate the wedding of two great friends, Dan Thayer and Kayla Schoeneveld. It was such a fantastic weekend. They got the perfect day, everything worked and we danced it up on that floor.
It was rather expensive to get out there. I knew that going in but I couldn't pass this up. Almost all of the Trinity folk that were going had graduated and therefore they would not be returning to school in the fall. For a lot of those people, I honestly don't know when I will see them next. Dan and Kayla for instance. They are both teachers in Florida, so maybe I will see them once a year. Maybe. They only get married once. However, I will (God willing) continue to make money my entire life. So why would I ever skip this.
Midway thru life's many twists and turns. So much is going on. I have so many ideas that I want to share but I literally don't know where to start. Just ask me in person I guess. But in case you were wondering, in the past weeks since my last blog posts, I still haven't figured out where life will lead me. Surprise right? Causes a lot of complaining by me to God. Every time I complain he just shows me why I'm so blessed. I crawled into bed last night and realized that I have a mattress, a warm blanket, not one but two pillows, a phone with electricity to charge it, an alarm to wake me up in the morning and very powerful air conditioning to keep me from frying in my apartment. This is just to help me sleep right. And cue apologies to God for complaining and thankfulness for showing me what's up.
Yesterday I had a great conversation with my friend Calob. We talked about how we hate money because it causes relationship problems, anger, frustrations and greediness. Also as poor college kids, we want money just so we can eat more than macaroni and cheese on a daily basis. But we both talked about how if we had money we would spend it to help others and do cool things to further the kingdom of God. Knowing Calob, I'm quite positive he means that, as do I.
Midway thru summer work. I am currently working for the business department at my school. I have two tasks. One is to help plan lessons for classes this fall and the other is to start working on a financial plan for a ministry based in Ukraine. These people are super cool. They do drug and alcohol rehab in their community and my friends and I get to help them organize their lives basically. Mixing business and ministry. Can I get a double win? Yea I think so.
Two of my favorite people are turning 21 right around this time. Big shout outs to Andrew and Ryan for finally getting on our level. :)
Smile and wave, it just might make someone's day.
Also, no one has hopped on my offer for Cedar Point from my last post. Fine, I'll move on I guess
"I did it all. I owned every second that this world could give. I saw so many places, the things that I did and with every broken bone, I swear I lived."
Midway thru life as we know it.
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