My former roommate had a bunch of people over on Friday night. Some people I knew and others I didn't. We all brought some food. Ben grilled hamburgers and chicken. I brought potato salad, coleslaw, and a veggie tray with dip. Other people brought other stuff.
After eating some of us played soccer in the backyard. It was girls against guys. The girls won. I was goalie, but I guess I wasn't a very good goalie. Impromptu games are always fun because the rules are whatever the herdmind decides at the moment. We had no boundaries. We decided that because some people were initially barefoot everyone should be barefoot so that no one would get hurt. No one got hurt. We played until it got too dark to see and someone called out "Next point wins". The girls scored the next point.
Ben and the other people that weren't playing soccer were busy starting a fire. There was plenty of wood under the porch. We sat around the fire, a motley crew of people that all had connections to Ben. There were some of his LBC friends, former roommates such as myself and some random people he worked with.
Ben is a pretty outgoing guy and he wants to be a missionary. So he is always reaching out to people and making new friends. One of his friends that he used to work with told me that he had not been to a bonfire party since he was six years old. I thought it was pretty cool that Ben had invited him. Sitting with a group of friends around a campfire is a great experience and everyone should have the opportunity to do that.
The crickets chirped through the cool evening, and the stars and moon shone. The bugs were out too and feasted on some of us. People made s'mores and sang some worship songs around the fire. Everyone talked and time flew and soon it was time to break up the party. Some of the people made plans to go hiking next Tuesday and invited the others to go with them.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Gardening
Tonight I went out to check the things I planted in the garden this year. My jalopeno peppers are coming along nicely as well as my flowers. And two very tiny watermelons started growing on the watermelon plants. I was very excited about that. It is neat to see something growing out of the earth that I planted myself. Not that I made it grow. I just planted the seeds.
Life is like that. Like planting seeds, you make a few key decisions in your life. And, like harvesting crops, you get the consequences of those decisions. Some of the consequences are good and some are bad. Most of the consequences are things you never even dreamed about. Life simply happens.
So the challenge for today is to go out and plant a few good seeds. Make some decisions today. Say hi to a stranger. Apply for that job you have been wanting to apply. Start a blog. Start a garden. Do something.
Here's a quote from the Bible:
Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. - Ecclesiastes 11:6 (New International Version)
Life is like that. Like planting seeds, you make a few key decisions in your life. And, like harvesting crops, you get the consequences of those decisions. Some of the consequences are good and some are bad. Most of the consequences are things you never even dreamed about. Life simply happens.
So the challenge for today is to go out and plant a few good seeds. Make some decisions today. Say hi to a stranger. Apply for that job you have been wanting to apply. Start a blog. Start a garden. Do something.
Here's a quote from the Bible:
Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. - Ecclesiastes 11:6 (New International Version)
Monday, July 11, 2011
Job Interview
I have a job interview tomorrow. But wait... I already have a job. So what's up with that?! Well the interview is for another position in the company that I am currently working for. I am nervous. I came home early today to prepare for the interview. Instead I browsed reddit and did other stuff on the Internet. Darned Internet.
I know the guy who will be interviewing me. I know that he is a nice guy and won't try to put me on the spot. However I am socially awkward and know that I need to prepare ahead of time in order to have a decent conversation. So why am I not doing this?? Good ole procrastination, I suppose.
Procrastination sucks. I think partly has to do with laziness and partly to do with being afraid of the future. Both things are bad character qualities for a person to have and I need to actively try to remove these from my life. That is no small task. It involves being constantly aware of my motives and the willingness to make myself uncomfortable. By the grace of God I will overcome these negative character qualities and replace them with better ones.
I know the guy who will be interviewing me. I know that he is a nice guy and won't try to put me on the spot. However I am socially awkward and know that I need to prepare ahead of time in order to have a decent conversation. So why am I not doing this?? Good ole procrastination, I suppose.
Procrastination sucks. I think partly has to do with laziness and partly to do with being afraid of the future. Both things are bad character qualities for a person to have and I need to actively try to remove these from my life. That is no small task. It involves being constantly aware of my motives and the willingness to make myself uncomfortable. By the grace of God I will overcome these negative character qualities and replace them with better ones.
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