Knowledge

Today was the first day of school for a lot of kids today. My facebook timeline was filled with back to school pictures. Just got me thinking about all the experiences and things they will learn this year. Hope that they gain knowledge throughout the year....just not what is taught in classroom, but life experiences and things that are not always found in a book.

Day 2: Saving our Daughters

I am thankful for the group Saving our Daughters. It is a group of kids I mentor through church. I love them!! The mentors, the girls, the lessons, and activities keep me on my toes. Yes, I mentor to give back, but I have been poured into through this group also. We have our ups and downs, but in the end we are a supportive group trying to make a difference in the lives of the next generation. 

Hypocrisy!!!!

Last night I was really irritated by a conversation...and I said nothing. Does that make me a hypocrite? I think last night I had gotten tired of being the lone voice and what I was saying was not being listened to by anyone at the time. I love these people, but they honestly don't see reason or both sides of the situation.

I think about the idea of is my remaining silent condoning the behavior? We all have our own opinions and we all have the right to have them, but can people learn to agree to disagree civilly???

I will be the first to admit that I have been and can be judgmental and working on that daily, but why do people feel that other people's issues are worse than theirs? Do people not see that we are all works in progress and just because I fall short in on area does not make me better or worse than you? Life is a learning process...which I am learning from everyday.

Strive for Correction...Not Perfection

Today while on facebook one of my acquaintances from middle school wrote a note about relationships that was very good and very thought provoking and one statement really stood out to me...strive for correction, not perfection. Think about it, no one will ever be perfect except Jesus Christ and none of us are Him.

He talked about how we seek perfection in other people, but we are not perfect ourselves. This is in all relationships. None of us are perfect so we can't expect others to be. If you are always looking for that person to be perfect then your relationships will be void. Not to say not have standards and dreams, but not to have ideas of perfection that will never be met and don't expect people to live up to your ideas of perfection because they will always let you down.

Wrote all this to say...strive for correction, not perfection. Each experience in life take it as a learning one. When I was in band my director said it best....practice does not make perfect, it makes better. We are human and we make mistakes, but we should try to learn from our mistakes and move forward.