i’ve decided the purpose of college is not to educate or expand the mind, but to weed out those humans with weak immune systems and organizational skills, following some sort of Darwinian principals. come late afternoon/evening, my body consistently feels fatigued and i will go through a total week of hell and then get a decent week. my teachers don’t really seem to be to concerned with the amounts of homework they assign or whether or not we have any other work in any other class. this week has actually been decent, but i know come next week or the week after, my life will turn back into a living hell. oh well… i guess that’s the price i pay to earn that BA.
i made a grave mistake the other day of which i am mentally still paying the price of today. i made a very important person feel as though she was not good enough, wrongly thorugh my words. although my intent was of concern, the words came out all wrong. in this age where criticism and defamation comes left and right, people need nothing more than be edified for the acts that they have done or been working on. my mistake was not praising all the progress that had been made, but pointing out the distance still to go. THIS IS NOT EDIFYING. i am truly sorry to the person i did this to. my goal now is to start working on edifying those around me. i want to praise them for the things they do, for the more time i spend with my friends, i realize how good of friends they actually are. this will not change my sarcastic nature or the occassional “I hate you,” but more kind words will hopefully be spoken.
maybe i shouldn’t read josh and chris’ journals before mind, because i too wanted to praise the ‘guy time’ last night. a bunch of went bowling at alley katz for Quarter Nights. we had a great time, dispite this fat kid in the next lane who kept telling (pardon the word) ‘nigger jokes.’ the jokes were really offending me, but i found no way to tell a gregarious fat kid to stop, i don’t think you can. other than that, it was a great evening of guy-to-guy jokes, talks about girls, sarcastic clapping, and occasional spouts of “no drive, no five!” i guess i’ll get back to wasting my time on the internet now. here’s my question for today.
“It has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him.” (Philippians 1:29) How have you suffered for Christ today?
