If I Had A Penny For Everytime I ...
Wow! Spam on blogger sites ... that's a first for me! (I'm referring to the comment given on the previous blog of mine). I wonder if there is a way that that comment can be deleted ... will have to look into that one of these days.
I envy people who can sit and read a book all day or watch TV all day and not feel guilty. But I think that there also are not many people in this world that are so organized and free from those pressing issues and endless 'to do lists' that actually live like that, so there's not many people I am envious of. Rather, I think that most of the people in this world (and by that, I am referring to our Western Culture, be sure! for I know that people in Africa or India are NOT like this!) ... most of the people in this world are like me. They cannot seem to catch up to what needed to get done last week, and to get ahead of 'the game' is near impossible. A faint dream, if that.
I have read old journals that I've kept over the years and have been hit with the amount of times I've written about 'all the things I need to do' or about the stress and panic that slowly sets in when I am hit with how much needs to get done in a short period of time. On the one hand, I could chalk it up to poor time-management skills. On the other, there is just too dang much to do, and all of it seems to be a 'Priority #1' classification. And I don't even have kids or am in a relationship right now to have that contributing either!
I would like to comment about a few things here, but (and here's a familiar 'melody for me too!), I can't take the time right now. However, what I will do is jot a couple of things for later reflection. What would I like to write about here?
(1) Summerstock summary and the 'miracle from Gala' (this needs to be written as a story ... I still cannot believe how that night ended up. No, no man ... but it does involve stolen car keys- mine.)
(2) Films viewed that have affected me (thanx to my new dvd player!): "Thirteen", "Hotel Rwanda", and "Bang Bang You're Dead"
(3) Observations on 'humility'
(4) Observations on self-righteousness
(5) Discussions on ego
(6) Discussion from my 'feelings' from the concept of internet chat
(6) Discussion board discussion on arts in the Christian realm
(7) Thoughts on Christianity and frustration there
(8) Books that I've read ... ok, maybe I haven't finished any recently (gotta work on that one!), but there are some that I WANT to finish and are itching with thoughts to be vocalized.
Enough for right now? ...
One more thought before I fly ... I know I am one of those sorts of people who are great at examining something ad nauseum. I know a lot of people that seem to really get into 'complaining' or whining about the miserable life they have. I'm not sure if when I do the former, I am also becoming the latter. I guess what would mark me as different is if I did my 'analysis' of my situation, went out and found possible solutions for my problems, and then went about trying to fix the problem I have so that I am no longer having to analyse the same thing again and again and again ... I've often said that it's perfectly fine to make mistakes, so long as once you've made the mistake, you learn from it and never repeat the mistake again. That means that you've learned from it and moved on ... to make new mistakes!! :-) Making mistakes needs to be about learning and growing, not about getting stuck in a rut and spinning your tires.
I will return and reflect ... I promise!
I envy people who can sit and read a book all day or watch TV all day and not feel guilty. But I think that there also are not many people in this world that are so organized and free from those pressing issues and endless 'to do lists' that actually live like that, so there's not many people I am envious of. Rather, I think that most of the people in this world (and by that, I am referring to our Western Culture, be sure! for I know that people in Africa or India are NOT like this!) ... most of the people in this world are like me. They cannot seem to catch up to what needed to get done last week, and to get ahead of 'the game' is near impossible. A faint dream, if that.
I have read old journals that I've kept over the years and have been hit with the amount of times I've written about 'all the things I need to do' or about the stress and panic that slowly sets in when I am hit with how much needs to get done in a short period of time. On the one hand, I could chalk it up to poor time-management skills. On the other, there is just too dang much to do, and all of it seems to be a 'Priority #1' classification. And I don't even have kids or am in a relationship right now to have that contributing either!
I would like to comment about a few things here, but (and here's a familiar 'melody for me too!), I can't take the time right now. However, what I will do is jot a couple of things for later reflection. What would I like to write about here?
(1) Summerstock summary and the 'miracle from Gala' (this needs to be written as a story ... I still cannot believe how that night ended up. No, no man ... but it does involve stolen car keys- mine.)
(2) Films viewed that have affected me (thanx to my new dvd player!): "Thirteen", "Hotel Rwanda", and "Bang Bang You're Dead"
(3) Observations on 'humility'
(4) Observations on self-righteousness
(5) Discussions on ego
(6) Discussion from my 'feelings' from the concept of internet chat
(6) Discussion board discussion on arts in the Christian realm
(7) Thoughts on Christianity and frustration there
(8) Books that I've read ... ok, maybe I haven't finished any recently (gotta work on that one!), but there are some that I WANT to finish and are itching with thoughts to be vocalized.
Enough for right now? ...
One more thought before I fly ... I know I am one of those sorts of people who are great at examining something ad nauseum. I know a lot of people that seem to really get into 'complaining' or whining about the miserable life they have. I'm not sure if when I do the former, I am also becoming the latter. I guess what would mark me as different is if I did my 'analysis' of my situation, went out and found possible solutions for my problems, and then went about trying to fix the problem I have so that I am no longer having to analyse the same thing again and again and again ... I've often said that it's perfectly fine to make mistakes, so long as once you've made the mistake, you learn from it and never repeat the mistake again. That means that you've learned from it and moved on ... to make new mistakes!! :-) Making mistakes needs to be about learning and growing, not about getting stuck in a rut and spinning your tires.
I will return and reflect ... I promise!
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