Dinner and a kick in the butt
Dinner and a kick in the butt
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This was my fortune last night. I got this immediately after telling Jared that my goals are ridiculous and that I cannot achieve them unless I use ridiculous measures, and that people will think they are dumb…hmmmm.
November 12th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
I knew you were going to start juicing.
November 12th, 2006 at 8:41 pm
ha ha. shhh.
November 12th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
For the most part, I agree with the fortune cookie. Except I would add “except you.” at the end. Maybe a question would be, do our goals line up with God’s will? But I’m not sure I buy that. But I’m not interested in getting into theology on a blog. Either way goals are important. I think having them is more important than acheiving them too!! I think there is some saying about it’s the journey that’s important not the destination.
PS I’m curious to what goals you have that could be considered ridiculous??
November 13th, 2006 at 9:45 am
i go back and forth on this…but i keep getting pretty cynical about “success” on any grounds. i can’t help thinking that the only way to achieve goals is to put yourself in front of others and therefore achieving goals is contrary to a life with Christ. then again, i’m not convinced that God would give us a drive towards our dreams if we were to live in constant denial of the desires of our hearts.
anyways, i do love it when i get awesome fortunes, especially when they miraculously relate. it’s like a big thumbs up from the Big Guy upstairs via a factory in china.
November 13th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
I like it, except I would change it just a little, by rewording it to say, “There are tons of things that can keep you from reaching your goals.” I’m sure you can reach your goals though Martha, as long as they aren’t ridiculous and dumb. I know a good way you can test this fortune. Go buy a lottery ticket and if those numbers win, then you’re bound to succeed in your goals, but if the numbers lose, you doomed to fail. I hope that this has been encouraging to you Martha. Really though, I’m absolutely sure you can reach the goals you have made…probably…I mean, there’s a chance.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
I think you can have personal goals that don’t involve other people at all, but I’m not even sure where the conflict is if the achievement of your goal is something that other people can see. A life with Christ is a life with other people as well, so it would be difficult to avoid doing everything that other people might notice. To have other people notice as the goal itself is perhaps what you’re talking about, but there are lots of other goals and motivations that don’t involve that, I’d say.
As for the fortune, I slipped it in there right after our conversation - don’t tell anyone. But seriously, as we align ourselves in living with God, I think His desires do shape our desires to conform to His, and if so, then He will aid us in achieving them.
November 13th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
Nick, you should be one of those life coaches.
November 13th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
I’m not sure how reaching goals can be contrary to Christ, unless your goals are contrary to Christ. Goals of losing 5 lbs, quitting smoking, reading the Bible everyday, telling you kids you love them everyday, finishing college…where do these contradict God’s word?
My goal…although, I’m not sure it is a goal yet, but a thought…is to do a fitness competition. Why, not sure yet. So, go ahead, laugh, make fun, have your conversations behind my back. If I decide to go for it. Just smile and nod. Don’t tell me I’m dumb.
November 14th, 2006 at 9:04 am
it seems that anything i do for myself is time, energy, thought, etc i could have given to someone else. the life of a servant is not a fulfilled life. even reading the bible takes time that i could spend feeding the hungry and clothing the naked. obviously that is an extreme stance (and i certainly don’t live like that - should i?), but i can’t help feeling like schindler looking at a watch and wondering how many lives it could have saved.
call it my deep rooted desire to live in guilt and shame.
November 14th, 2006 at 9:06 am
all that aside (now’s your turn to call me dumb), what exactly is a fitness competition? it sounds interesting.
November 14th, 2006 at 9:54 am
Well said, Jared and Martha. Regarding your fitness competition…what sort of fitness competition? One of the “dancy” ones? Whatever type you mean, I think that you should totally do it, if that is your heart’s desire!!! It could be a really to cool way to praise God for your body and what it can do!! I would love to come and watch too!!
November 14th, 2006 at 5:43 pm
I want to be the water spray girl again. Although, at those competitions they might go for something more shiny, like Pam.
You’re not dumb…go for it!
Are you still doing BFL?
November 14th, 2006 at 6:56 pm
so nathan, would “feeding the hungry and clothing the naked” be your goals? Then do it. I have other goals including being healthy and exercising, I just think my other ones are more controversial because they don’t appear to fall into the ” feeding the hungry and clothing the naked” category. Although, I might if I decide to do one, cuz I’m gonna be cold and hungry.
(For you, Jac)
November 14th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
Oh, and it is where you train your muscles naturally and pose all weirdlike so they can see how much you’ve trained. It is all natural, it is not a bodybuilding competition. Those people are hardcore and I think they use steroids. I don’t think I would do the dancy one.
November 14th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
I think it could be fun. Is the competition through BFL or something else? Do we get to come watch and cheer you on?
November 14th, 2006 at 11:04 pm
Hope defered makes the heart sick but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life. (I quoted that from memory. Hope I got it right. It’s in Proverbs if anyone wants to look it up.) I don’t think it’s so much about this dream or that goal, but about priorities. It’s OK to have lots of goals that cover the whole spectrum of life(like a fitness contest), but we need to keep them prioritized correctly. If building your body causes you to leave your old sister up in the attic all cold and hungry, well you better think again.
November 14th, 2006 at 11:05 pm
my goals are simple: to be the most influential artist of my generation.
November 15th, 2006 at 8:28 am
That’s awesome. Go for it.