1) An analogy I came up with relating to the Protestant/Catholic thing - the reason I have so much trouble at these Protestant Bible studies is because it's like the smartest kid in class getting tutoring by someone who has a C in the class. As long as the kid with the C is saying stuff that the Honors student agrees with, all is fine. But as soon as there's some question, or a discrepancy, the honors student just can't trust the guy with a C telling him how it is; he has to go to the professor. That's the difference for me between Protestantism and Catholicism. I just don't trust what these Protestant people are telling me. Why? Because I know they don't know - it's just what they think. They haven't tapped into the 2,000 years of history of biblical scholarship to get to their interpretation like Catholic thinkers and theologians have.
2) I came to realize that in judging a person or life in general, it's not what a person values that's the most critical component, but it's the order of what the person values that really separates things. For example, let's take a sports team. Everyone on the sports team cares about the team and wants the team to win. But some players may have their priorities like this: 1) me first 2) team winning second, while others: 1) team winning 2) any stats that have to do with me. That's a very critical difference. Both players came about the team winning - it's just in a different order and that makes all the difference. I can liken that to certain people going to Church vs not going to Church, or going out of their way to help others vs not - down to what career choice in medicine you choose.
3) I was thinking about why Bill Simmons was such a great writer, and about why I check ESPN.com about 10x a day to see if he's written a new column. What is it that drew me in in the first place, and what keeps me there? To be simple, there's 2 factors: he's hilarious and he's insightful/eloquent/passionate. When I think back on BS, it was really his humor that drew me in in the first place. If the guy wasn't funny but he was really insightful and stuff, I probably wouldn't have ever gotten into him. Just not worth it. But the fact that his writing was so hilarious drew me in, and his passion/care/insightfulness is what kept me there. If someone is just funny and has no insight, then he's not worth my time either. All this to say about me and girls. I just have to be true to myself and stop trying to force the whole caring/nice/insightful thing and just be more laid back and funny and try not to take myself so seriously. Once that brings them in ("someone I want to hang out with"), then my care/insightfulness/eloquence just might keep them invested in me. Just a thought.
No comments:
Post a Comment