to the wire...

sometimes i just like to write for writing's sake. i don't think it's necessarily that my thoughts are so important that they must be made public, but it does help to create a more peaceful thought atmosphere than if i was to keep it all to myself.

i'm on this "people" kick right now. i mean, we all are in one way or another at all times, but i suppose i've been contemplating what exactly it should look like when i interact with people of all cultures and backgrounds. It's interesting, and daunting. But it's really hard you know? Like how in the world do you act when your family cuts you deep? Or when a friend closer than a brother just becomes like a stranger? What do you do then? There are moments to verbalize what your mind is shouting but there are other times when silence is the best option. Sure i'm being uber generic right now. Jesus said if a man asks you to go a mile with him, go two miles. ? Yeah, what? So basically, back in the day when the Romans ruled most of the known world there was a practice in Jerusalem where a Roman soldier could legally make a Jew carry all his stuff (armor, etc.) for a mile. So obviously Jews didn't like this. i would not either. And then Jesus came along and He said, "oh guys, please just have a good attitude about that mile."

Except.

Wait.

He didn't say that. He said go two miles.

That's a huge paradigm shift from the way i live most of the time. My philosophy tends to be more of a "go .95 miles, complaining the whole way". Like Jesus said though, it's really easy to be nice to the people that are nice to you. Everyone does that. But to be nice to the people around you who just irk you? That's extremely difficult. And yet, that's where your true mettle is tested. It's where you get a chance to see what it's all about.

Maybe it's like running. The first mile is the worst, but it's like you break through a wall after that. Just maybe in our lives if we would grit our teeth every now and then and just do the hard stuff, just maybe we would find that it makes all the difference.