No order whatsoever to this post, but if you have answers, please do share. I'm not a big fan of unanswered questions and a lot of y'all out there are a good deal smarter than me!
Why are the speed-bumps at 21 Apartments so huge? I mean, are they really that necessary? I drive an SUV and if I drive fast enough over a couple of them, I can scrape my bumper on them. That just shouldn't happen. Those dumb security gates should go away, too.
Did anyone else have problems with Twitter today? (And why does it bother me so much when Twitter's down/slow? Yikes, I guess that's a sign that I think I need it.)
Where in the world did the 20+ blank CDs that I bought to burn all the Korea Study Tour photos end up? And why would someone steal all those blank CDs that I bought with my money from my office? :( (because I'm thinking that's what happened)
Why aren't people dependable anymore? What happened to a sense of responsibility and work ethic? Is that something all college freshmen have to be taught and if so, am I the one supposed to be teaching them that?
Why is Mississippi so humid? Is that a result of the fall?
What in the world am I supposed to do when I graduate?
Why are my neighbors quiet until about 10 p.m. every night? What major are they in that doesn't require any studying or homework? And is it too late for me to switch to that major so I can be a lazy music-listenin', beer-drinkin', drunk singin', loud partyin' student, too? Kidding. :)
Why in the world is it taking the university until September 15 to issue the first student worker paychecks? Who thought that was a good idea? (Thank God for leftover summer job money and Daddy's rent/food money that's only an emergency phone call away.)
And the one that's been puzzling me for days: How do you encourage someone who doesn't share your same worldview? When that person's world seems to be crashing in on them, how do you tell someone that it's going to be okay and that there is Someone who loves them when that person doesn't believe any of that? How do you convince that person that all things happen for a reason and how in the world do you comfort someone in tough situations if that person doesn't believe the truth of the gospel?
3 comments:
I'm writing this post at 12:08, only an hour earlier than you writing it!
Sounds like you had a rough day! :) Hope you finally got some sleep. When you graduate, don't feel IMMEDIATELY compelled to figure out your whole life.. that's just something I'd suggest, unless you already have something in mind. they're big decisions that don't need to be taken lightly... ie if you take a job in some city, that may be where you end up, unless that city is Jackson of course and I'll welcome you here! :)
Hope you're having a good senior year. It is a year of blessing and fun, but it is sad to see your friends go and things do start to change cause you realize that one day you will (probably...) move away. as a 5th year, this feeling was exacerbated a good bit because i wasn't even hardly available my last semester, but i was teaching and starting to move my life back to Jackson... that was a weird/hard semester.
All that to say, I hope things are going well and you can really make some good investments w/your time while you're still up there.
Talk to you later.
It's funny that you think the only way to comfort someone is through Christianity. Millions of people care and love others - and they aren't Christian. Be a friend. Tell them you are there for them and that things will eventually move upward.
Thanks for the comment, anonymous! And no, I don't think the ONLY way to comfort someone is through Christianity. It's just hard when I say, "I'm here for you," and they respond with, "I know, but I want more." Thoughts?
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