November 1st, 2008
We have the power to organize, to make a change. Now we sit in our homes, along with our possessions. We have our place to sleep, eat, and our source of entertainment. Jobs for us to make a good living.
As kids, we’re thrown into school that we don’t like. School, where we’re turned into plastic by the failed and still failing further “education” system of the liberal wackos. Personally when I, a former grade A student, started to fall into the cracks of the public school system, I went to speak with my counselor. This was middle school. On talking about moving me up a class, I was asked the following: “Have you ever thought of suicide?” Now at the time, for me it was a serious business going to school. I ignored just how random it was of a question and replied with a ”no”. Just recently, I found out that a friend of mine ran into the exact same scenario, same city, another public school. I can only imagine just how many of these events occurred, that I know not of. My friend didn’t take the question as lightly as I did; he told the counselor some things that his parents would not like to hear him say. He got in trouble for it at school, and at home.
This isn’t the worst part of public schools, of course. But the best part is that you are stuck with others who are treated as badly as you are. It’s easy to make friends, once you get past the mean kids who have the lowest education at school as well as at home. When you’re stuck with others like you, you make the best of it, you have fun. Looking back, is this the only way to meet people and have fun? To be stuck in a world you would want to escape, are cages the only places to go to these days?
So, you’ve now either put up with school and graduated, or most likely dropped out. Welcome to your new life, free from school. And after time we lose contact with our school buddies. We sit and look outside in thought: “What is there to do?…” So we go visit a park, but there aren’t any benches there. We go visit a local school ground, there’s nothing there. We visit a church, in thought of a good crowd – but the church is only open on sunday mornings. We visit the dirty roads of where we used to kick rocks out of frustration. It’s not the same. We turn on the TV to see the good ol’ empty promises from those who are worth more than us because they talk as leaders. We go online to realize how immature the kids on MySpace are. Nothing to do. Once we find something mildly entertaining, we go at it full speed until we’re done, what’s left is nothing. So many organizations claiming to make the world a better place, where are they now? We get a job, we earn some money. We give our half-way smiles out to random strangers, happy as a clown.
Some just don’t realize what they’re doing. Looking for something in the wrong place. Our cities have adult entertainment places, bars, and clubs. Parents crying over where their child ended up.
Give us an alternative. Give us something to do, something we can hold on to.
All this time we wait for change, we want some hope for something new. Barack Obama is not this change, television is not change, change comes from dreams, realistic dreams come from negativity. I hear a lot of “don’t do”, but where is the alternative?
If you can relate, stop feeling sorry for yourself, organize something.
If you’re on the wrong side of “nothing to do”, that little voice that says “this is wrong” means it.
November 1st, 2008 at 4:49 am
We are built to have a purpose, a destiny, a calling. It’s in our DNA. Even if we reach the pinnacle of worldly success, if we’re not in our calling, we will always have that nagging voice inside that says this is not who I am, this is not what I’m supposed to be, this is not what I’m supposed to be doing. Dissatisfaction rules our lives until or unless we come to God and sincerely ask…and wait for the reply. Even when we have the answer of what we will be doing someday, the paths we will take to get there are unclear. Yet, as believers, we know that everything we do or that happens to us ‘works out for good’, so we can know that if we are listening to His voice, even in the strangest or most difficult of circumstances, that we are on the right path.
I like your posts. They make me think.
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:11 am
Good post.
stshores24, how do you know God is speaking to you? What is God’s voice?
We do have a purpose carved out for us by God. We have talents (modern meaning), we have preferences, we character strengths that hint at what we were designed to do. Yet, how do we know that God is talking to us?
Is it through trying different things in life that you finally hit the right button? Is it through walking with Christ and hoping that that is enough?
One of the most disagreeable with me things pastors of every church I have been to (that’s no small number, btw) preach on is your purpose in life. You must discover what your purpose in life is and throw yourself 100% at it. I say I agree, and keep listening for further instructions on finding what I was made to do. The only answer I get is “listen to God.”
It seems there are two possibilities: 1) There really is a recipe for finding your purpose and you must try really hard to “get it right.” or 2) Leave the whole thing up to God and in your walk with God, just do what seems to be the right thing to do.
Of courses there always is the possibility that I will hear a male voice in the middle of the night spelling my purpose out in a sentence, but I am giving up on that.
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:16 am
Den,
I think it is through organizing something (for others it might be contibuting to something) that you will know whether you’re made for it or not…
Many people get stuck on the whining about all of these things. I think you refer to them as “liberal wackos” – lol.
November 4th, 2008 at 11:45 am
My theory has always been:
Do SOMETHING! Anything! Hey, if you really are having trouble figuring out your passion, try 5, 10! However many it takes. Better then sitting around waiting for it to come to you!
At the very least – you’ll be that much more well-rounded, it could only help wherever it is you are supposed to be! If there is such a thing…..
I do believe that God has a plan for everyone and everyone has their own talents. However, you are the only one who can physically get off your rear end!
I love this book – “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” Try the first habit – Being Proactive. Steven Covey, the writer, says it takes 28 days to develop a habit…so try being off your butt for 28 days, then things will straighten out.
I don’t think teenagers are confused about what to do, or are bored because they were given a reason, it’s just plain simple – they’re lazy.
I’m a bit straight forward and generalizing, but you get the idea….this one hits home!
January 27th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Good work! Thank you!
I always wanted to write in my blog something like that. Can I take part of your post to my site?
Of course, I will add backlink?
Regards, Timur I. Alhimenkov
February 4th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Feel free to, thanks for asking.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Hello. Your site displays incorrectly in Firefox, but content excellent! Thanks for your wise words.