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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
thoughts before work
8:28
Lots of thoughts on my mind recently, so I thought I'd take this short time that I have in the morning to jot them down -- my thoughts are more creative in the morning. This is basically my twitter, no? Except I can't express myself in 140 characters.
Wrestling with different philosophies:
There are two sayings that if I ever were considering to get a tattoo, it would be one of them, and one of them is this: Don't fear failure, fear not trying.
...or "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take," yatta yatta. In startup/cs world this is "fail early and fail often." This makes sense to me; we learn so much through our failures, that we shouldn't fear them. It's only really bad that when we fail, we refuse to get up again. This is seen through destroying relationships when one person is so put off by the other person, they "stop trying." Perhaps their sense of trust in the other gender (or same gender...) is lost.
Or even simpler, this is seen when you try to speak up in a group of people and your statement crashes and burns, and you've made a fool out of yourself. So you fear to speak up ever again.
I think this is a great saying that tells us to never stop trying. I truly believe that you can get farther than you ever imagined if you simply have the resiliency to never stop trying.
However, the Christian philosophy is this -- being holy is impossible, and trying to be holy is futile --you are already made holy by Christ. Some of my prayers recently have literally been -- Christ I can't do this. You do it. You go before me and do what I cannot. Honestly, I'm not to sure what it looks like for Christ to do something through you. Okay, maybe it's not too hard to imagine. It's when someone does something that WWJD. But it's not you who did it?
Of my tiny faith, I'm a believer in the holy spirit being able to produce action in people.
So ultimately, my question is there a merging of these two philosophies of "never stop trying" and "Christ do everything because I can't."
The point of resiliency in failure is to make progress, albeit maybe really slowly, but progress is progress. The point of watching the holy spirit take action in you is to build your trust in Christ.
So maybe the merging of these two is really that we should never stop trusting in Christ, so that our trust builds? Hmm...
Well that's oddly simple, and disappointingly seemingly correct.
Well, I thought that wouldn't take so long to jot down. Other thoughts for other times.
If you follow my train of thought, you get a gold star. Another goal of mine...to make my writing clearer and more concise.
Lots of thoughts on my mind recently, so I thought I'd take this short time that I have in the morning to jot them down -- my thoughts are more creative in the morning. This is basically my twitter, no? Except I can't express myself in 140 characters.
Wrestling with different philosophies:
There are two sayings that if I ever were considering to get a tattoo, it would be one of them, and one of them is this: Don't fear failure, fear not trying.
...or "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take," yatta yatta. In startup/cs world this is "fail early and fail often." This makes sense to me; we learn so much through our failures, that we shouldn't fear them. It's only really bad that when we fail, we refuse to get up again. This is seen through destroying relationships when one person is so put off by the other person, they "stop trying." Perhaps their sense of trust in the other gender (or same gender...) is lost.
Or even simpler, this is seen when you try to speak up in a group of people and your statement crashes and burns, and you've made a fool out of yourself. So you fear to speak up ever again.
I think this is a great saying that tells us to never stop trying. I truly believe that you can get farther than you ever imagined if you simply have the resiliency to never stop trying.
However, the Christian philosophy is this -- being holy is impossible, and trying to be holy is futile --you are already made holy by Christ. Some of my prayers recently have literally been -- Christ I can't do this. You do it. You go before me and do what I cannot. Honestly, I'm not to sure what it looks like for Christ to do something through you. Okay, maybe it's not too hard to imagine. It's when someone does something that WWJD. But it's not you who did it?
Of my tiny faith, I'm a believer in the holy spirit being able to produce action in people.
So ultimately, my question is there a merging of these two philosophies of "never stop trying" and "Christ do everything because I can't."
The point of resiliency in failure is to make progress, albeit maybe really slowly, but progress is progress. The point of watching the holy spirit take action in you is to build your trust in Christ.
So maybe the merging of these two is really that we should never stop trusting in Christ, so that our trust builds? Hmm...
Well that's oddly simple, and disappointingly seemingly correct.
Well, I thought that wouldn't take so long to jot down. Other thoughts for other times.
If you follow my train of thought, you get a gold star. Another goal of mine...to make my writing clearer and more concise.
Friday, November 14, 2014
minimalist
The topic of living minimally has been coming up in my life. The idea that less is more, and that stuff only ties you down those things. As a newly employed graduate, I admit that I've been buying little things here and there, so this idea was a bit humbling.
A guy on one these blogs counted everything he owned, and it came out to be 288. I sort of wrestle with this idea of having a cozy apartment, and not owning much stuff. The two seem to collide, although I've achieved neither because my interior design eye isn't so keen.
But an interesting idea, for sure. There's a saying -- the two best moments of a boat owner's life is when he buys the boat and when he sells it.
A guy on one these blogs counted everything he owned, and it came out to be 288. I sort of wrestle with this idea of having a cozy apartment, and not owning much stuff. The two seem to collide, although I've achieved neither because my interior design eye isn't so keen.
But an interesting idea, for sure. There's a saying -- the two best moments of a boat owner's life is when he buys the boat and when he sells it.
gaming
Was talking to a girl the other day when the topic of games came up. I admitted that I do play games, such as League of Legends, and I use the word "admitted" because everytime I bring that fact in other contexts, I receive this eyeroll of shame.
Although I myself will say that I wish I did less gaming, and I have many other thoughts on this topic of time-wasters, or relaxers, or w/e you want to call it ..
..it was oddly refreshing to see an honest reaction of understanding rather than eyerolls.
Although I myself will say that I wish I did less gaming, and I have many other thoughts on this topic of time-wasters, or relaxers, or w/e you want to call it ..
..it was oddly refreshing to see an honest reaction of understanding rather than eyerolls.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
on my mind today
Q: What is the single most revealing thing about any person?
A: What they do when they've just fucked up, royally. Do they find someone to blame? Do they pretend it didn't happen? Do they castigate themselves endlessly? Do they accept it and move on?
A: What they do when they've just fucked up, royally. Do they find someone to blame? Do they pretend it didn't happen? Do they castigate themselves endlessly? Do they accept it and move on?
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