Everyone say hello to calendar Emmett & Rosalie.
Now...thoughts...
some have looked at my life & thought it to be a bit bland, lacking fun & excitement. They wonder why I make sacrifices & give things up. The reasoning. Im young, I should have fun. Hmmm...intriguing argument.
Yes I am young, this is true. Another truth, I have fun! I believe this argument is based upon a person's perspective of fun. What is fun for one may not be fun for someone else & differences is what makes the world a beautiful place. My friends & I have oodles of fun, yes I just used the word oodles. I also have a lot of fun by myself & I think that is a really great thing that I dont need other people to have fun & be happy.
Do I sacrifice? Doesnt everybody? I feel like people tie a negative connotation with sacrifice & I dont necessarily see it that way. When we give of ourselves for something better/higher/stronger it makes us stronger & deeper people. Many times the things we sacrifice are not for us but for others & to be others-centered, not self-centered, is a better way to live. Is it harder? Absolutely, but life isnt meant to be easy.
While carousing around friend's online photobooks I find a lot of "party" pictures. Ones where they are in the middle of a crowded club, or on a sofa with beer bottle in hand. Dont forget the many, many, oh so plentiful smoking pictures in which people are blowing a cloud of cigarette (or otherwise) smoke into the camera.
Is this the excitement that I am "missing out on"? Well, truth be told, I dont want it & I dont feel like Im missing out on anything. Is my life any less because I do not do these things? It is not because I feel that I am better than that life, but because those lifestyle choices do not support my mission in life & that is to glorify God.
This is just a snippet of one of the inner-dialogues Ive had recently.
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