I say all that to make my blog entry look bigger and have more lines. Kind of like how Rob Bell writes his books
like this where each line
is written in shotgun blast form
to make it look cool and fill up
150 pages with just 50 pages worth
but I chose to implent both of the obvious choices
authors use to make their writing look more than it is
double spacing short sentences and rambling on about
nothing related to the original intention of the writing.
ANYWAY.....
Each daily sheet has a quote for you to read and if we want to to think about. Famous people, athletes, actors, complete nobodies. Authors, poets, famous movie lines, Bible verses, slogans, etc., etc. Many of them are really good.
Well today's was this:
"To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against." - Christina Baldwin
So, to borrow from a famous blogger, what does this quote mean to you? What do you think about it? Can you define what you are for and not react?
9 comments:
Is my answer going to be reason 1,234,567,890,666 that you think blogging is stupid?
I'm for secular humanism. When you are for something you are inevitably against something else. The question is about motivation, and I don't see a problem with being motivated as a reaction. We all try to pursue something that has meaning, and the only way to accomplish that is within the context of our experiences... all inspiring reactions.
It's no wonder that planner was free.
jk.
Hey, I didn't say it was the best ever. You make due with what you got.
I see exactly what you are saying and that is what I was thinking to when I read the quote and posted here.
Can you define without reacting?
Isn't part of defining yourself reacting to something else?
I think you and me are more confrontational to begin with (again, I think, which means I doubted that at first but thought about it, and now I think, so I am...sorry guys, different conversation from a different day) so we see the diachotmy that exists in that sentence.
I don't mean confrontational in that we want to fight and go all Kimbo Slice on someone, but challenging and questioning everything that comes are way.
This is one of the smartest things I've ever heard you say. What's happening wih you these past couple weeks? I think the "real Brian" is coming out.
ha!
High fives all around, guys. High fives all around.
ROTFL
Awesome, love the high fives fellas.
How about a high 5 down low?!
High Fives died around the same time NKotB did.
The quote you mention is a call toward proaction. I like it. A mature balance person won't be sucked in by the stress and the drama.
Low fives are even dumber than high ones. And, before you guys start, fist bumps are for white, suburban, middle school kids.
I'm down with that, Corey. To split hairs, would proaction be a reaction to complacency?!
*evil grin*
Chest bumps anyone?
No?
How about an uncomfortably prolonged embrace?
Yeah but, NKotB are back!!!!
What about if we "make covenant" OT style. Grab each other inner thighs...Abraham did it!!!!
Anyway, proaction can be a reaction to complacency or it can be a proactive approach to not allowing complacency to set in...
Wait, did I just say that Proaction is proactively avoiding a reaction to complacency?
*zap*
........
Allright guys, whew, I'm back.
ANYWAY
It's an interesting take Corey, I didn't view the statement as a proactive one. Even though it mentions "rather than reacting."
Which is maybe why I asked the question in the first place. I'm not even sure the ability to be proactive is even possible.
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