Posted by PS on April 30, 2004 at 12:08:18:
In Reply to: Attention Span posted by j on April 30, 2004 at 09:10:24:
: Howdy!
: Have you ever noticed how drastically priorities change in life? I remember a time, not too long ago, that my time was spent mostly to achieve success playing bass in a band. All my hopes, dreams, and aspirations were tied up in success as a musician. My body had a different chemistry then; smells had a different odor. Now I am trying to build my company, and that is where my "career" priorities are focused.
: I am also working on a balance between my work, my family, my spirituality, and whatever else fits in. It is funny, though, how I can get consumed by my own passions. Last week (Apr. 18 - 24) I had read through Acts, and if you read any of my posts, you would've seen how consumed I was. This week (Apr. 26 - 30) I have closed a deal with my business, and I am looking at another deal next Tuesday. I haven't touched my bible - I've been studying like a freak in my programming books.
: These are just some thoughts...
: j
OK, I can top that (bottom that?). You know that I am in my Bible regularly, what with being a New Testament grad student. Last night, for the first time in a long time, I opened my Bible without a plan of any kind, only to see if what I chanced upon would happen to speak to my need. It was not quite like opening the book and putting a finger on the page to divine a "Word," but it was close enough. It was like a return to the altar of the irrational, of Spirit and prophecy and mystical devotion, if you will, and a refusal to come as a scholar in any way. Jeremiah did speak to me. Who would have guessed? Maybe it wasn't Jeremiah...