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Mar. 2nd, 2005 08:24 pm1) The church has this room they set aside for prayer and meditation during Lent (that's the 40 days leading up to Easter). It includes some exercises if you want to contribute. One's a jigsaw puzzle; if you want to, put in a few pieces, then use it as an inspiration to think about how you're contributing to the larger church, and how each piece is important.
Well, I go in there every week for about an hour and spend at least ten minutes on the puzzle every time. (Often more; it puts me in a good zen mode.) But the past few weeks I haven't seen any noticeable difference between visits. Just my contributions. If anyone else is trying to help complete the puzzle, they're being subtle about it. I was almost annoyed at first, but I had a bit of an epiphany while mulling that over. There are several situations where I've contributed without seeing anything resembling an end result. And I've just got to give what I can and trust that others will step in to keep things going when I'm not available. I may not see their contributions, but that's not my job to worry about; my job is to do what I can do.
2) There was some Chinese radio station playing at the restaurant I ate at tonight. I was largely ignoring it, since I didn't understand the words, but then... *geek sense tingling...* I know those opening bars. Can't place them; what are they? *lyrics begin* ...Oh my God, they're playing Eyes on Me.
3) For those who think Republicans all think with one mind (or no mind), there's a fascinating debate going on over a recent Supreme Court decision at The Corner on National Review Online. From what I can tell, the positions include Good Decision, Bad Decision, Good Decision With Bad Justification, and Good Decision That Was Nonetheless Not The Court's Business To Decide.
Also, in between the debate you can find Jonah Goldberg griping about the continuing decline of Star Wars, commenting on fun tech developments, and making references to the Treaty of Algernon.
Well, I go in there every week for about an hour and spend at least ten minutes on the puzzle every time. (Often more; it puts me in a good zen mode.) But the past few weeks I haven't seen any noticeable difference between visits. Just my contributions. If anyone else is trying to help complete the puzzle, they're being subtle about it. I was almost annoyed at first, but I had a bit of an epiphany while mulling that over. There are several situations where I've contributed without seeing anything resembling an end result. And I've just got to give what I can and trust that others will step in to keep things going when I'm not available. I may not see their contributions, but that's not my job to worry about; my job is to do what I can do.
2) There was some Chinese radio station playing at the restaurant I ate at tonight. I was largely ignoring it, since I didn't understand the words, but then... *geek sense tingling...* I know those opening bars. Can't place them; what are they? *lyrics begin* ...Oh my God, they're playing Eyes on Me.
3) For those who think Republicans all think with one mind (or no mind), there's a fascinating debate going on over a recent Supreme Court decision at The Corner on National Review Online. From what I can tell, the positions include Good Decision, Bad Decision, Good Decision With Bad Justification, and Good Decision That Was Nonetheless Not The Court's Business To Decide.
Also, in between the debate you can find Jonah Goldberg griping about the continuing decline of Star Wars, commenting on fun tech developments, and making references to the Treaty of Algernon.
