A Few Amends

High school is not all it's cracked up to be in terms of importance. You get your grades, if you're Ivy-bound, good for you -- if you're not, I'm tempted to say that's even better. It's pretty easy to get caught up in the educational system, but when you put life in its perspective, it's really not the number one thing it tries to tell you it is. Good grades are good for life, but shouldn't we worshiped. Academic achievement really shouldn't become a religion, or distraction thereof from what really matters. There's been a couple of times when it's become most everything for me, but that's really not the way it should be. I want to lay out my priorities straight.

I practice a different set of priorities than I idealize.. as does most everybody, I reckon. I would go as far as to say that this constant rearrangement and calibration is one of life's finest challenges.

For me, the worship of my Creator and Curator must always come first. 

Secondly and more selfishly, I also work to adjust, refine, and improve my character, spirit, and attitude closer to that of Christ.

Next comes the push to be the best member I can be for my family.

Following family comes friends, for whom I wish to be the best I can be as well.

Then come the typical: education at fifth and fitness at sixth.

That's idealized, my time and efforts have been spent somewhat differently. That's called being out of focus.

I'm getting there, but should probably still shift a few things around mentally before heading back into school.

Today was my recuperation period from the trip.. mostly just slept and relaxed. Things pick up tomorrow.

Tonight's verse that stuck out was (I'm two percent through the Bible by the way) pretty unrelated to what I've been saying but mostly just a new definition of honesty:

"Again you have heard that it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord. But I tell you, don't take on oath at all... But let your word 'yes' be 'yes,' and your 'no' be 'no.' Anything more than this is from the evil one."

Matthew 5: 33-34; 37

[I think that's pretty cool that Jesus says "our ancestors," one can easily forget he was a Jew as much as the rest off them]

Yes. No. Leave it at that. Wouldn't that make the world simpler?

Sure would save you a lot of time.