Monday, August 27, 2007
Why I Left College: v1
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune but omitted, and the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and mesires. On such a full sea are we now afloat and we must take the current when it serves or lose the ventures before us." - Julius Caesar
Monday, August 06, 2007
Corner of Sunrise
I think when it boils down to it, all we really want is a corner of a sunrise. This is more than just significance, this is to be part of something beautiful that you know the whole world must be enjoying right long aside you. I am 20 years old, I have a nice handful of distant friends that I hope to soon know better. I live at home, but hope to soon move out. I am not going back to college, and I hope to one day be able to rationally explain to skeptical others why. I have a life that is mine and a tomorrow to look forward to. There is nothing inherently beautiful about where I am right now. I am in transition as some might say, from the days of being a boy to the lifetime as a man.
This is my corner of a sunrise. I am here. I have left college like the sun leaves the moon to shine on the earth in hopes of a more joyful reply. I have made commitments to love and to life as the sky commits to the warmth of the suns color. Between darkness and day, there exists a beautiful sunrise for every day. From horizon to horizon, this sunrise stretches the sky, reminding us that there are bigger things this world wakes up to than just us. My father reminds me that there are people out there who's destiny relies on my actions. I suppose I never really thought of it before, but beyond myself, there are people out there who are relying on me doing what God called me to do for today. In the same way, I know that I am just a corner of the sunrise that is happening right now. However, I do know it is happening.
i am not totally sure what this day will bring, but I do know that this moment in time, with the sky lit up in amber and blue, is looking like the most beautiful sunrise I have ever seen in my life. I am just glad that I am awake to see it.
Too often we look for beauty in the day, or triumph in the darkness. Today I have found a new stage to appreciate, the stage of transition, the moment when your corner of the sunrise glows along with the rest. If you are there, enjoy it, because I think we have a long day ahead of us. It is good. :-)
This is my corner of a sunrise. I am here. I have left college like the sun leaves the moon to shine on the earth in hopes of a more joyful reply. I have made commitments to love and to life as the sky commits to the warmth of the suns color. Between darkness and day, there exists a beautiful sunrise for every day. From horizon to horizon, this sunrise stretches the sky, reminding us that there are bigger things this world wakes up to than just us. My father reminds me that there are people out there who's destiny relies on my actions. I suppose I never really thought of it before, but beyond myself, there are people out there who are relying on me doing what God called me to do for today. In the same way, I know that I am just a corner of the sunrise that is happening right now. However, I do know it is happening.
i am not totally sure what this day will bring, but I do know that this moment in time, with the sky lit up in amber and blue, is looking like the most beautiful sunrise I have ever seen in my life. I am just glad that I am awake to see it.
Too often we look for beauty in the day, or triumph in the darkness. Today I have found a new stage to appreciate, the stage of transition, the moment when your corner of the sunrise glows along with the rest. If you are there, enjoy it, because I think we have a long day ahead of us. It is good. :-)
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