Some More Random Thoughts
Bumper/Window Stickers
On my drive back to Minnesota I was noting how many stickers there were in the back windows of cars with Calvin peeing on various things, including the cross. It's interesting since Calvin is named after the great theologian. I wonder what Watterson thinks of all of this? It just doesn't seem right to me. On the bright side I did see a bumper sticker on the way home that I did like that read, "God bless the whole world...with no exceptions."
Generosity
Staying with a friend on the way home I discovered how wonderful it is to be on the receiving end of amazing generosity. It was a beautiful gift. I wonder how often I've missed out on such generosity because I didn't give people the opportunity to demonstrate it. I'm thinking we generally need to do a better job of allowing people the opportunity to be generous, I think we might find more people being generous to a fault.
Nice
Why does being nice feel like a curse sometimes? We have expressions like, "Nice guys finish last." It can often times feel true. We regularly here people say when looking for a date or someone to marry they want to find somebody nice, or even safe in some instances. Yet it seems that more often they go for more of a "fixer upper" a project if you will. It's interesting since we all know that we can't change people. We know that from our willingness to be changed. Yet I think this nice thing is something more, why does it feel bad to be called "nice"? I know I run from it when people try and put that label on me. Odd because it is a good label, a good thing...
superstitions
I want to know who is responsible for making the rules for superstitions. Whoever it is I would like to put in an inquiry. As a teenager I was taught that when a digital clock read all the same numbers (i.e. 1:11, 3:33, etc.) you should touch the clock and make a wish. I'm wondering if it is about the numbers or about the time? Am I allowed to make a wish at say 8:17 or 10:39? In a sense it would be 7:77 or 9:99, it's just my clock chooses not to read those numbers. Should my luck be so effected by my inability to program?
Humility
Applying for jobs this summer has been a good lesson in humility. Here I am a semester away from a master's degree competing for jobs against high school kids and immigrant workers. In some cases I have had to ask high school kids for job applications. It is a bit of a humbling feeling. Yet, where do I get off thinking I'm better than these other people just because I've spent more time sitting in a classroom? Actually, the experience has reminded me of the book I read over Christmas "Nickled and Dimed". It was an okay book, much of it felt a bit condescending, but I think the author Barbara Ehrenreich redeemed herself a bit with her concluding chapter.
On my drive back to Minnesota I was noting how many stickers there were in the back windows of cars with Calvin peeing on various things, including the cross. It's interesting since Calvin is named after the great theologian. I wonder what Watterson thinks of all of this? It just doesn't seem right to me. On the bright side I did see a bumper sticker on the way home that I did like that read, "God bless the whole world...with no exceptions."
Generosity
Staying with a friend on the way home I discovered how wonderful it is to be on the receiving end of amazing generosity. It was a beautiful gift. I wonder how often I've missed out on such generosity because I didn't give people the opportunity to demonstrate it. I'm thinking we generally need to do a better job of allowing people the opportunity to be generous, I think we might find more people being generous to a fault.
Nice
Why does being nice feel like a curse sometimes? We have expressions like, "Nice guys finish last." It can often times feel true. We regularly here people say when looking for a date or someone to marry they want to find somebody nice, or even safe in some instances. Yet it seems that more often they go for more of a "fixer upper" a project if you will. It's interesting since we all know that we can't change people. We know that from our willingness to be changed. Yet I think this nice thing is something more, why does it feel bad to be called "nice"? I know I run from it when people try and put that label on me. Odd because it is a good label, a good thing...
superstitions
I want to know who is responsible for making the rules for superstitions. Whoever it is I would like to put in an inquiry. As a teenager I was taught that when a digital clock read all the same numbers (i.e. 1:11, 3:33, etc.) you should touch the clock and make a wish. I'm wondering if it is about the numbers or about the time? Am I allowed to make a wish at say 8:17 or 10:39? In a sense it would be 7:77 or 9:99, it's just my clock chooses not to read those numbers. Should my luck be so effected by my inability to program?
Humility
Applying for jobs this summer has been a good lesson in humility. Here I am a semester away from a master's degree competing for jobs against high school kids and immigrant workers. In some cases I have had to ask high school kids for job applications. It is a bit of a humbling feeling. Yet, where do I get off thinking I'm better than these other people just because I've spent more time sitting in a classroom? Actually, the experience has reminded me of the book I read over Christmas "Nickled and Dimed". It was an okay book, much of it felt a bit condescending, but I think the author Barbara Ehrenreich redeemed herself a bit with her concluding chapter.
posted by pb @ 9:07 PM
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