In Short
(deleted a bit on 10/15)
Just a few words on a few topics...
1) Politics (at work) -- Not really into them, but, at the same time, it's interesting to listen to discussion of them.
2) Politics (ie. president) -- Not really into people's president-bashing, but if they are going to criticize the president, why don't they talk rationally and objectively about the actual politics vs. the intelligence/verbal abilities of the president. I can be clumsy at communicating; perhaps people who bash the intellectual capacity of the president internally judge me as well.
3) It's all in the name -- politics vs. selfishness, passionate vs. obsessed, busy-minded vs. procrastinator, too busy/stressed vs. uncaring
4) Confession -- I wonder if the confession of one's own personal sins among Christian friends/relatives is simply not often done. And if people were to do that more often, there is the risk of being gossiped about.
5) Setting the mind on things above -- Would be neat if I could more often focus on the deeper aspects of life and interactions that if extended might become more meaningful. Should think more about things that matter.
6) Life is life -- Mon. - Thursdays of this quarter, I've been trying not to do work at home. But if one is single, and there are no commitments on particular nights, is the ideal life necessarily getting all work done in a timely manner and saving the evenings for oneself? There is no mandate. Even if one were to work from morning to late night at the same place, God could still bring joy in that case. Who says that work has to finish by early evening, and pleasure must be had at home (again, on commitment-free nights)? Life is...life. "Wherever I go, there I am."
1 comment:
Good comments, Rachael. People can be prone to name calling & bashing personal mannerisms rather than the ideals they stand for, as in the president. Too bad.
And yup, you've figured it out. The "name" game. Someone calls something by a certain name & it takes on a whole new feel, turning a positive to a negative, and vice versa. We need to be on the alert always.
Nope, confessions aren't often done, too risky. You have to feel very safe with the person. Or be willing for whatever you say to become fodder.
Life is short--that helps, thinking that it is a vapor, to think of things above. We are gone in barely a moment from now.
Nope--nothing says we can't work on things at night. You can still have joy. In some days in the past, life was full of lots of work, not 8 hour days. If you can cut it down, good, but if you can't for the time being, don't fret. You will be okay! Remember Ecclesiastes--you CAN find enjoyment in whatever you've been given!
You are wonderful!!
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