Once in a lifetime

We often justify our expenses, our actions, our decisions by saying that they are "once in a lifetime". I think that phrase really is justification. The truth is that every moment of our lives is only once in a lifetime but we seldom treat them as such. I believe that we need to stop chasing expensive "once in a lifetime" opportunities, stop justifying things as "once in a lifetime" and start paying attention to the moments. I'll stop preaching now!

When you don’t know what to blog

Well since this is a weekly journal and it has been a week, I need to blog something. I don’t know if it is because I am tired or because there is a holiday this week or because I have too much to say or not enough but I don’t know what to say so may just log a few random thoughts like:

Why do people never say what they mean or think? Me included. For example, instead of telling my daughter I am proud of her college/uni grades. I say great you’re catching up with me. I should probably just have said I am proud. (Hi Mia, I am proud of you!) That is just one of many examples that I have come across this week.

Why do you just get to the cruise stage of something then it changes? Yeah, yeah, “Rejoice in our sufferings knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope and hope does not put us to shame…” (Rom 5:3-5a ESV) But do we need to remain in that cycle so much of the time?

Why does time go so fast? I am halfway through my Guam time and I don’t want to be halfway a quarter way would be fine. I am just catching on, see the paragraph above. Of course the reverse applies, if it were not fulfilling and educational, time would probably be dragging. Age old modern question, huh?

Well this will have to be enough rambling. I feel like I am just being silly and killing time.