実に神は、ひとり子をさえ惜しまず与えるほどに、世を愛してくだ
それは、神の御子を信じる者が、だれ一人滅びず、永遠のいのちを
John 3:16
March 25, 2011
Impressionable
I have found that I am very impressionable. I pick up moods, emotions, sayings, and other things, even things like foreign accents easily and quickly.
This can be a good thing or a bad thing. Good because it means I can learn quickly, I can adapt easily, etc., but bad because, if there are negative stimuli around, I will equally as easily and quickly pick them up, adapt, etc.
An example would be cussing. When I'm either around someone who cusses, or watching a lot of TV or movies with swearing in them, or even just listening to music that has swear words in it, stuff like that, I feel the urge to swear more often. I don't often cuss, but I am reminded of the movie, Dear John. At one point, John tells Savannah that she can't have any faults, it's just not possible in his mind, to which she tells him something like, "I curse. Constantly. In my head there is a never-ending string of curse words." People have asked me if I ever use cuss words, and I compare myself to this line in that movie. I'm not kidding either lol, but it's a great way of describing of how hearing profanity affects me.
Another example would be when I'm around people who talk a lot or have unusual ways of speaking. I will talk more or start to use their atypical style of speech, and the list goes on.
Since I am this way, I have learned that I need to be very careful of who and what I am exposed to. To me, monitoring what is put in is crucial to controlling what comes out.
This can be a good thing or a bad thing. Good because it means I can learn quickly, I can adapt easily, etc., but bad because, if there are negative stimuli around, I will equally as easily and quickly pick them up, adapt, etc.
An example would be cussing. When I'm either around someone who cusses, or watching a lot of TV or movies with swearing in them, or even just listening to music that has swear words in it, stuff like that, I feel the urge to swear more often. I don't often cuss, but I am reminded of the movie, Dear John. At one point, John tells Savannah that she can't have any faults, it's just not possible in his mind, to which she tells him something like, "I curse. Constantly. In my head there is a never-ending string of curse words." People have asked me if I ever use cuss words, and I compare myself to this line in that movie. I'm not kidding either lol, but it's a great way of describing of how hearing profanity affects me.
Another example would be when I'm around people who talk a lot or have unusual ways of speaking. I will talk more or start to use their atypical style of speech, and the list goes on.
Since I am this way, I have learned that I need to be very careful of who and what I am exposed to. To me, monitoring what is put in is crucial to controlling what comes out.
March 18, 2011
Japan - A Friend in Need
At 2:46 P.M. on March 11, 2011, an earthquake hit the island nation of Japan, causing tsunamis, intensive damage, and rising numbers of missing, dead, and injured people by the hour.
The efforts to help Japan haven't exactly been what I would have expected from such a blessed nation as the United States, but all the same, a lot has been done, money has been raised, and Japan is receiving help. However, as much as I hear about Japan, I don't hear near as much hype about donating as I did when Haiti needed help or even New Orleans...
Being a college student, I don't have a lot of money. I have enough to pay for books, gas, and food, but I don't have a job, so it only will last for so long. I am very blessed to have what I do, and I know this, especially hearing about all the troubles that Japan is living with on a daily basis. Thousands dead, injured and missing.... and I complain about getting up at 5:30 A.M. It's incredibly sad how most of us think here in America. We buy these huge cars, like the Ford F250, and we park them in mall parking lots, shopping for God knows what, a majority of which we don't need. We shout that there's nothing at all to eat in the house, when the fridge is full of edible things, the pantry with equally edible things. What is this?
I truly wish I had some way to help the people of Japan. I feel for them, especially since I myself am of Japanese descent. It's not enough though. There must be something I can do.
I decided that, since I can't give money, time, food, or any other sort of help, that I must simply live in a way that is not wasteful or stupid, for lack of better words. I want to live simply, buying what I need, occasionally what I want. Learning to live and not complain about the silly things that I so often complain about, what does it matter that I don't want to eat a sandwich for the 7th time this week? How many others are starving or just wondering where their family is? where their friends are? I accuse all these people of living in a way that is over the top, mostly based off of wants, rather than need, perhaps it's time to practice what I preach?
The efforts to help Japan haven't exactly been what I would have expected from such a blessed nation as the United States, but all the same, a lot has been done, money has been raised, and Japan is receiving help. However, as much as I hear about Japan, I don't hear near as much hype about donating as I did when Haiti needed help or even New Orleans...
Being a college student, I don't have a lot of money. I have enough to pay for books, gas, and food, but I don't have a job, so it only will last for so long. I am very blessed to have what I do, and I know this, especially hearing about all the troubles that Japan is living with on a daily basis. Thousands dead, injured and missing.... and I complain about getting up at 5:30 A.M. It's incredibly sad how most of us think here in America. We buy these huge cars, like the Ford F250, and we park them in mall parking lots, shopping for God knows what, a majority of which we don't need. We shout that there's nothing at all to eat in the house, when the fridge is full of edible things, the pantry with equally edible things. What is this?
I truly wish I had some way to help the people of Japan. I feel for them, especially since I myself am of Japanese descent. It's not enough though. There must be something I can do.
I decided that, since I can't give money, time, food, or any other sort of help, that I must simply live in a way that is not wasteful or stupid, for lack of better words. I want to live simply, buying what I need, occasionally what I want. Learning to live and not complain about the silly things that I so often complain about, what does it matter that I don't want to eat a sandwich for the 7th time this week? How many others are starving or just wondering where their family is? where their friends are? I accuse all these people of living in a way that is over the top, mostly based off of wants, rather than need, perhaps it's time to practice what I preach?
March 2, 2011
Awesome Moment #6
Acing a test
I gotta say that when you study really well for a test and completely blank on it or just studied completely wrong, it really just sucks. However, there are always those times when you study, you feel ready, and you enter that test time feeling good. You know you got the answers right because you are sure of what you studied, and you know without a doubt that the answers you gave were right on. When you get back your results, you expect the A you deserve, and when you see it, you just swell up with happiness.
And of course, there are those times when you didn't study as well as you could have, and you are stressing about how you did. You cringe when the professor or teacher passes back the tests, and then, you see your grade, at least 20% higher than you expected.... What an even better feeling!! It's definitely AWESOME, that's for sure :)
And of course, there are those times when you didn't study as well as you could have, and you are stressing about how you did. You cringe when the professor or teacher passes back the tests, and then, you see your grade, at least 20% higher than you expected.... What an even better feeling!! It's definitely AWESOME, that's for sure :)
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