I duno,

it's somehow so much more fulfilling
when you do something meant to be for yourself,
not for yourself,
but for someone else

mark twain.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

i love it

when bouts of
uncertainty and insecurity

turn into fountains of
encouragement and reassurance

my brain hurts / (too many thinks)

Can one view be true? The absolute truth? Course not, right? But I think someone's view can be truer than another's. The only absolutely true view is God's. Does God have views? Yes; that's how we have the 10 Commandments, the Bible. I have to stop thinking only about what I think and really analyze and try to become a better person. Don't ever be satisfied with where you are now. Don't give up. We have to try and align our views with God's (obeying) / try to align our will with His will . . . The more your views are/will is aligned with God's, the more truer they are...

We'll never be perfect in this lifetime. We can never stand on the same level with God. But He wants us to become more and more like Him.

I think this is one way how. . .
_________________________on a different note . . . . . . . . .

God created everything. He created everything in order to be glorified. Therefore, everything--the trees, sky, stars, animals, humans--is purposed to glorify Him. Then sin entered the world. Now, God isn't everyone's God. But because we were created to worship, to glorify, we need God. But along the process we substitute(d) Him for idols. Whatever these idols are, though, they can never replace God in the sense that they can never provide the completeness and contentness we have when God is our God. They never can satisfy. But being people, we always want and try to satisfy our cravings. So we go back to these idols again and again in hopes of reaching true satisfaction.


This week was full of thoughts and thinking and more thinking.

reflecting

hum.

autumn

is upon us!



Ah...my 21st autumn. (Actually, it would be my 22nd...)
I LOVE Autumn.
The quiet chill, shy of the eventual nip come winter.
I am oddly starting to like this cold.


Welcome, autumn! ♥

words of wisdom. (attempt)

Approach everyone without any presumption and without the sole basis of personal consumption.


Approach people to learn. Not only about them, but about yourself. Yes, they will do things that please you, peeve you, pain you, perplex you. But when you approach someone with some kind of a presumption, they will remain only that---your presumption (whatever it may be). They'll have no room to grow, and likewise, you'll have no room to grow as well. Anywhere, with anyone.

So please. Do yourself a favor and grow.

:>