Thoughts and Other Things

One thing I’m enjoying most about my studies right now, is how with each subject I treat, I’m encouraged to have my own say. With my degree, it was all about studying the given subject as others have defined it. All I had to do was express my understanding of what others had said. But now, after thoroughly going through all there is on the market, I have to introduce my own product to the market. Of course I have to take into consideration what others have come forth with through years of study, but at the end, I’m given room to come to my own conclusions, to agree or disagree, to add or to take away. I love the freedom. This got me thinking that this is exactly how life works. Life should be lived on your own terms. But that shouldn’t mean you don’t consider existing terms, and it doesn’t mean you know it all, but it means you have the freedom to choose your own terms because you know what will work for you, well at least you think you do. Allow me to pick on a Scripture. Matthew ...

The older I’m getting, the more I’m learning to accept and deal with the fact that bad things are part of life. At some point I thought I was lucky that bad things are only coming my way now, but I learned that they were always there, I was just protected from them. And part of growing up is being left to see and experience life in its bareness and rawness. From my own experience, I’ve noticed that we tend to resist bad things when they come our way, because, well, bad things never feel good, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t good, or rather, that they don’t serve a good purpose. Think of a pregnant woman. I’ve heard women experience pregnancy differently, and that even with one woman, pregnancies aren’t the same. Let’s think of the group of women who experience more hell than others. Morning sickness, fatigue, discomfort, aches and pains, swollen feet, bloatedness, heartburn and sleeplessness are among the common ailments. For nine whole months. Imagine that. And just when you think...