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Hey guys. Check out the time, and that is my excuse for any randomness. I don't think I'll be sleeping tonight...
So, Sarah was the youth speaker lady tonight. Good job by the way. I'm just going to base this off of one thing you said. And it was this.That we shouldn't compare ourselves to others. This might be grand, but...What if it isn't? Like, it depends how the comparative is made. If it goes something like 'wow, he's amazing at that. I'm not. He's so much better than me. I'll never get there', then that's carp. Switch some letters around there and it makes sense, okay? But if it went something more like 'wow, she's amazing! I wish I could be like her. I should, like, try to get there. Maybe I can be amazing one day too', I think that would be more okay.
But then there is' well, you're better than him, and her, and it, so that's good enough. You are in the higher 50%, so you're good', which isn't so grand. Hmm. Maybe I don't know enough. It can sit for now. Mostly my point is inspiration towards something forward. Yup.Now, three things that I think I know.
1. Balance is in almost everything, we just have to find it. I had a conversation with Graham once, and we spoke of the center, of a scale for instance. He suggested that maybe we weren't looking at the whole scale. I'm fully ripping it out of context, because his examples were political, which I don't care to know. Balance makes things better.
2. Love is much more important than we give it credit for. Not love from the world, where you see someone pretty and you're 'in love'. That isn't love. That's infatuation. There is no greater love than the boy shed his blood for his friend. That's based off a verse in the bible somewhere. I didn't remember the verse, so those are some lyrics from a song by Thrice. We have no idea what love is. Our attempts at it are as children playing house. No where near. Some might be closer than I am though.
3. And lastly, there is always time to dance. Always.
Inspiration for life might be a fourth to the list after some more happenings, but for now, here it is.
So, Sarah was the youth speaker lady tonight. Good job by the way. I'm just going to base this off of one thing you said. And it was this.That we shouldn't compare ourselves to others. This might be grand, but...What if it isn't? Like, it depends how the comparative is made. If it goes something like 'wow, he's amazing at that. I'm not. He's so much better than me. I'll never get there', then that's carp. Switch some letters around there and it makes sense, okay? But if it went something more like 'wow, she's amazing! I wish I could be like her. I should, like, try to get there. Maybe I can be amazing one day too', I think that would be more okay.
But then there is' well, you're better than him, and her, and it, so that's good enough. You are in the higher 50%, so you're good', which isn't so grand. Hmm. Maybe I don't know enough. It can sit for now. Mostly my point is inspiration towards something forward. Yup.Now, three things that I think I know.
1. Balance is in almost everything, we just have to find it. I had a conversation with Graham once, and we spoke of the center, of a scale for instance. He suggested that maybe we weren't looking at the whole scale. I'm fully ripping it out of context, because his examples were political, which I don't care to know. Balance makes things better.
2. Love is much more important than we give it credit for. Not love from the world, where you see someone pretty and you're 'in love'. That isn't love. That's infatuation. There is no greater love than the boy shed his blood for his friend. That's based off a verse in the bible somewhere. I didn't remember the verse, so those are some lyrics from a song by Thrice. We have no idea what love is. Our attempts at it are as children playing house. No where near. Some might be closer than I am though.
3. And lastly, there is always time to dance. Always.
Inspiration for life might be a fourth to the list after some more happenings, but for now, here it is.
posted by AfterVerner at 2:45 a.m.
4 Comments:
Hey,
I agree balance is impotant too much of one thing is usually bad the tricky thing about balance is that everyones center is just slightly different and some times you have to make a stand, whith one side or another.
Love is huge and it manifest in many ways but it is huge. and did someone else use music lyrics to make there point???? am i rubbing off on someone???? ill say sorry now :)
and as for the dancing im going to use that as a metaphor and that a dance could be dancing or it could be playing sports or it could be skateboarding or running.....
all and all good list...
and as for comparing id agree with sarah in that i dont want to compare myself to someone else in the context of he/she is better but i do want to admire traits in others and learn from those that do do things better then i.
Reid
aww...thanks Werner...I always feel really special for some reason when people post about in their blogs...and even more special when they coment to me through that...and that was a very nice compliment. So, thanks! :)
What you said, and that Reid reiterated, I think, is that comparing yourself to someone else is bad if you're putting yourself down ,espcially when it comes to how you view yourself in the eyes of God, which really doesn't matter cuz it's all about how God sees us, not how we think He does..but anyway...admiring is different than comparing...
*hums* dance, dance, where ever you may be...
Then we break into beatles and start humming:
Love, love, love
Thanks for the musical trip!
I'm sorry, that was really random...
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