| | Dear Xanga,
It's been a while since I've written you. I'm hoping that you would rescue me from a horrible beast called
MCO which has been trying to eat me since August '06! Although my fear of this savage education is great, the quest for academic survival hasn't been all bad. I've developed a heck of a puritan work ethic from carrying my textbooks to the library. As the dad from Calvin and Hobbes) would say, "It builds character." haha.
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Although it's been awhile since this event took place, I have to brag a little about a recent event over spring break. Right before spring break, I developed a pretty nasty finger infection that resulted in a gigantic abscess that was ridiculously painful. When I realized that I'd have to wait a full day for a Dr. to examine my finger, make an incision and prescribe and antibiotic, I decided that it would be easier to just sterilize a needle and do the dirty work myself. So I did. The greatest thing about doing it at home was that I was able to throw the drained pus on a slide and check out all the macrophages under the microscope! Whohoo, I'm a geek...
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I'm grinning today ear-to-ear (no, don't be concerned. I'm exaggerating.) because I went to a folk concert (Daisy May and Dick Siegel, specifically) last night. I don't know what it is about folk music that makes me smile but I really get a kick out of it. I really need to try to cook up a few tunes on the guitar.
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Although the beast has eaten more of my philosophical side than I wish it did, I was thinking the other day about a random list I've thrown together. It's the list of characteristics that I admire in other people. It's the list of qualities that make me grin. I really like looking at this list... somehow, when I look at this list and think about all whom I admire, I can't but smile. It's as if there's hope for the world.
Unfortunately, I can probably only use 15-20% of these admirable qualities in describing myself. (In some ways, this probably isn't a bad thing. It'd be a joke to pick 2 stray qualities that I think I have and then label myself a hero.)
After glancing over my list yesterday, it occurred to me that my list forms a circumference around everything that I know to be "moral" and "good." They seem to have many similarities with the character of God. Perhaps I have an innate admiration (not necessarily attraction) for that which is moral/godly? Who knows.
I couldn't help but think that maybe these thoughts would make it easier to "do the right thing." It seems that "tough choices" might be easier if I took the time to realize that often my choices are between:
1) What I don't really respect (although enticing) and
2) What I admire
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| | Posted 3/19/2007 5:19 PM - 24 Views - 4 eProps - 2 comments
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