What makes a person wise? Is it the ability to see outside the obvious and think outside the box? Is it the ability to transcend logic and see the deeper meaning? Solomon was known as wise because of how he answered problems. Cut the baby in half! However, I hear people say things all the time that seem wise or profound, but is it just wise to me because it sounds deep and I'm slow? Is wise something that no one else would have thought of? Is wise simply the ability to discern between good an evil?
Sometimes I wonder if there is such a thing as a wise person. After all, the wise person knows he�s but a fool. So tell me this, if you get advice from someone who is not wise, wouldn�t that be bad advice? And if you get advice from someone who is really wise is that not just advice from a foolish person? I think we all pursue to be wise.. but isn�t it sometimes too confusing figuring out what exactly we�re trying to do? (Do wise people even have fun?)
Did you ever wonder what the purpose of these were? I�m not talking about dreams as in I have a dream where little white boys hold hands with little black girls. I�m talking about I�m sleeping and dream with REM. What is the purpose of dreams? I used to think that they were merely an entertainment mechanism set up to keep you asleep. Sorta like a virtual reality world where you visit when you sleep so time passes by faster while your body rests. However, are dreams also a subconscience manifestation of our worries and desires? I understand how people analyze things� like do you dream in colour, can you see faces when you dream, do you ever see yourself in the dream and what not. Does realizing your dreaming alter your dream and do you even realize your dreaming? Do dreams show you feelings and thoughts that you didn�t know about? Do you think your dreams ever have a bearing on the reality?
I don�t know the answer to any of this. I do believe that dreams usually are projections how we honestly feel, afterall our guards are down, and our imagination runs rampant. So if you can remember a dream, think about what you were thinking while it was happening. Were you alone? Were you with friends? Were you happy or scared? Were you with people that you haven�t see in a long time? Maybe it meant you miss them, or hate them? Honestly the best dreams are the ones that seem so real, where your worries become reality, and your hopes become reality, it helps bring to light what your hopes and worries really are. Maybe a dream isn�t just a dream, but a guidepost to yourself. Maybe.. or maybe not� Perhaps I�ll do more investigating by sleeping more.
I�m not talking about the reality television series. I�ve given up on that show after the 2nd season let alone the 9th. I�m talking about you! If you were stranded on an island and had the option of having 3 items with you! What would you bring? I�ll even let you bring people as an item. Like if you want your best friend, parents, whatever� of course you just wasted an item. Items do not include planes, or a survival kit full of like 100 other items. One item is like a lighter, a knife, a flare gun, a bible, or perhaps a volleyball. You can assume that you already have the clothes on your back and glasses if you wear them so you don�t have to include them. What essentials would you go for? What are your essentials?
I would bring a shovel, a blanket, and a gun I think. Guns include a full load of bullets! But it�s a pistol not an assault rifle. You can�t bring assault rifles� At any rate those would be my objects. Simply because a shovel could dig holes and dual as an axe, and a knife.. the blanket is useful as shelter, and to keep you warm, and carry objects like lots of fruit. You can use the gunpowder from some bullets to help start fires. Use the gun to hunt boars. Lastly, if I find one of you on the island I can shoot you and take your 3 items.
Alright, so I correspond kids to ages between 6-12. If they are younger they are toddlers and if they are older than they are teenagers. Firstly, I do believe children are the future. Secondly, I think our future is going to be really messed up. Does anyone else realize the growing amount of ADD, obesity and obsceness in kids? I think most kids (exceptions withstanding of course) are spoiled. The parents have one or two kids and just put everything into them thinking that by giving them more they are making them better. I see kids with tons of trading cards, gameboys, and other paraphernalia to keep them "interested" . In my day, a bucket of lego could keep me entertained for infinites amount of time. Now you buy them a computer game and they get bored of it quicker than a Brittany Spears marriage. Kids think they deserve all the stuff they get. The biggest punishment is the lack of the television for a week. That�s not very killer if you ask me. No� I think to teach kids the value of appreciating what they have! They should be sent to China for 3 months. Once they see how hard the children there work.. that should put them straight, who knows maybe put them on an assembly line for a day. I remember doing that when I was young, it shows you a hard days work! This is my beef with children. I am aware that they are cute.. but I also know they are aware of it as well, and that�s a deadly combination!
In conclusion, you guys should have kids, but think of your kid, than think of what a kid in China would say and set things up appropriately. The best lesson to teach your kids, is that less is more and more is greedy.
Alright, so I�ve always given thought to this topic. What is popularity exactly? I usually joke with certain people that I think they are quite popular. After all, they seem to know quite a few people� (pretty much everyone.) However, does that really make you popular?
Does popular mean you�re well known? Or does it mean that you hang out with a lot of different people? Or does it mean that you�ve met a lot of people? I guess, popularity can be a bad thing. It�s popular belief that you�re a jerk is an example. However, popularity usually stems from just being a real friendly person. I�m all about quality over quantity, but I can see the advantages of quantity. Afterall, who wouldn�t want the picture of them walking in a room with like 20 people following behind them. (It�s funnier if none of them are smiling but just trotting in) It�s kinda cool to know those quantity people though, that way when you meet someone new you can instantly talk about the popular person as a topic to bridge the uncomfortable gap. (Good stuff of course or that would be gossip. It�s mutual common ground.)
In conclusion, I don�t think I want to be a popular person. But I do like to know popular people. If you think I�m talking about you, then you�re probably right. Just remember, I don�t like you because your popular but despite of it. (As long as you don�t drop in quality.)
After years of cramming stuff into my brain. Once in a while random things pop out and I don't always remember where they come from. So here are some random thoughts I've been thinking about.
"A brother tells his father he will mow the lawn, but goes out and does not do it. The second brother tells his father he will not mow the lawn, however after a while feels bad and mows the lawn. Both brothers have lied. But one has done a righteous act. What was the difference?"
"There is a difference between having to say something, and having something to say."
I've also had this song stuck in my head. So here are the lyrics I remember.
Dare you to Run.
Welcome to the Rainbow,
Welcome to the Son,
Dare you to run
Dare you to run
Like life never happened,
Like life never happened,
Dare you to run
Dare you to run,
Walking through the forest,
Standing in the meadow,
What happens next?
What happens next?
Dare you to run.
Dare you to run.
Like life never happened.
Like life never happened.
Dare you to run!
(You gotta remember God's covenent (rainbow) which he sent His Son to fufill. We have to run towards Christ like our old life doesn't matter. Sometimes you'll get caught walking, because of all the obstacles and fear, like when your in a forest, or perhaps you're caught complacently standing because you think ur in a nice meadow, but you gotta keep running! Dare you to run!)
Ambitions
Alright when you read ambitions you might think of future jobs, future changing the world ideas! Well, my ambitions don�t extend that far. After all, all that stuff is so far away that things could change at the drop of the hat. Hence my ambitions are smaller and more controllable! I�ve given up on learning another language, I�m sure many of you are surprised that I had even tried? I chalk that up to a dream that never started. Nehow, I�m going to try to learn guitar! I�ve been talking to a few guitarists I know and they have assured me that it�s possible!
Personally, I�ve tried to learn a few years ago. But after a few broken strings, and my inability to play longer than 5 minutes without it really really hurting. (despite changing some of my strings to nylon strings). I quit. It�s just demoralizing when you can�t play a song with 3 different chords to see, your favourite songs contain chords with double sharps and a chord change every 3 words and what not. I must also mention that barring where you hold down all your strings while playing the normal strings with one hand seems pretty unreasonable!
Might I also mention I have problems clapping and singing at the same time. This means that changing chords, strumming, singing/talking is going to be pretty insane. However I�m up for the challenge. I�ll give it the good month test and see where I�m at.. the way I see it� all the cool people can play guitar!
Mentors
I�ve given some thought about this topic. It seems to be quite a recurring theme, with the workshops they�ve given on it. (Campus Challenge and Beyond the Kings Gate). Firstly in terms of people that have been mentors. Hmmm, I guess it depends on what you consider a mentor now. Is a mentor someone who who you can rely on for advice talk to all the time to help you grow spiritually or in a mature fashion? Or is a mentor simply someone that you want to model yourself to be more like? If that�s the case can you have many mentors each with different aspects. Like that person is the mentor for my generosity, and that person is a mentor for creativity, and that person is a mentor for knowledge and so on. I guess that all culminates to if I have had a mentor or not? Where have I picked up any knowledge or at all from? Where do I get certain personality tweaks from? I think in terms of mentors for someone I talk to for advice, I don�t have one. Advice comes from the culmination of opinions given from just people I trust. But in terms of mentors that I look up to I have many. I�m assuming that Jesus is not a mentor because He�s not physically around to specifically interact with me.
Alright, so what is the next logical step? When are you ready to mentor others? When do you have something to offer? And, who would want you as a mentor come to mind? I�m sure when you picture a mentor a picture similar to yourself does not appear. Has anyone else ever thought this and how did you resolve it? I�m curious.
I think the reason people visit certain people�s blogs is to access the wonderful links located on the side. I call this blog hopping. It�s pretty good, I�ve found some people�s blogs that I didn�t know existed that way. However, once in awhile you hit a deadend blog. Ie. A blogger who only likes people to go to their site and not share by linking other people�s sites to other people. I call these "the hidden" (perhaps hiding from people who they know), Such people include (C.Fu, G. Hui, J.Sham and etc.) Of course then you get the mother load people. The ones that have so many people listed that you wonder how can one person even keep up with so many blogs. I call these the "Phonebook" types, Such people include (A. Chow, J. Lau, E. Huang). (I think these types only check like 5 blogs tops, but don�t want to hurt anyone�s feelings so they put your link there). Then you get the people who know a lot of people but don�t want to add anyone, except their "elite", I call these the "lazy type" such examples are (J. Lau, and E. Law). And of course you get the "typical" people who just add who they want to check. (you guys are normal congrats)
Ps. I didn�t use any quotes, or tell you anything about my day! Amazing!
Pss. I hold you all to high standards!
