A study of the human condition

So I've discovered I have this weird habit- I watch movies and TV, read books, and listen to music all looking for another way to look at humanity. As I said...weird. Yet, it's interesting to see what comes out in these medias that allow for some kind of realizations that then lead to a personal change for the better. Ok so now that I've sufficiently freaked everyone out let me explain with an example. Last night roomie and I went to go see Love Happens (which is really cute, btw.) It's about a guy who lost his wife in a car accident and wrote a book on getting over grief based on his experiences. Well, as the story line goes on you learn that he doesn't take his own advice that millions of others have tried and succeeded in getting over grief. It was a pretty good show of how people never seem to take their own advice. We are so busy trying to fix other people that we learn to ignore our own issues and soon deceive ourselves into thinking we don't need help. As the Pharisee standing in the Temple praying to God, "At least I'm not as bad as THAT guy," we stand helping those "worse" than we are and soon we could never be as bad as THOSE people. Yet nothing further from the truth could be true. I know that I've slowly had to realize that yet, I am as bad as "those" people. I've got some issues of my own that I need to take care of before I start pointing my prideful, hypocritical prone finger at others. It's really hard to not let myself do it too. I think...no I know it's part of our humanity- we don't want to be "worse." We want someone else to be worse than us so we can point our finger at them making them feel horrible for what they have done while helping ourselves back on our self made pedestal. So now that realization has been re-iterated in my life I need to work on it some more. :) 

Stronger by Hillsong

There is Love

That came for us

Humbled to a sinners cross

You broke my shame and sinfulness

You rose again victorious

Faithfulness none can deny

Through the storm

And through the fire

There is truth that sets me free

Jesus Christ who lives in me

CHORUS:

You are stronger

You are stronger

Sin is broken

You have saved me

It is written

Christ is risen

Jesus You are Lord of all

No beginning and no end

You're my hope and my defence

You came to seek and save the lost

You paid it all upon the cross

BRIDGE:

So let Your Name be lifted higher

Be lifted higher

Be lifted higher

Same song, third verse

So I think I've probably used this title before but oh well, it fits well with my life right now. Hmm perhaps that says something me? Anywho, life has been pretty good. School as I've already written about is going well. I'm learning alot of stuff how much applies to my degree? Pshaw, not much but oh well. In Sociology we discussed how moral decay from within has destroyed every society that has ever been. I was shocked that a professor at a liberal college would say such a thing especially when the word moral is described as a necesity for societies to survive. I could have told them that when I was 10. lol I grew up hearing that. It's strange how colleges work- my Sociology teacher blames lack of morality (in whatever way the society defines "morality") for the decay of society and yet another of my teachers shows us a video on science in which the speaker laughs in the face of Creationists views saying that you can call something a miracle and science at the same time. (Although in the next breath he explained it was ok for evolutionists to make up names for stuff they can't explain and call THAT science. Well, just as long as there is a double standard...retarded.) Anywho, my point of writing this is not to argue evolution or Creation. I just wanted to point out how this school still blows my expectations out of the water. That's one reason why I still love it.
I'm excited to see what happens this year. I have a feeling that it's gonna be amazing. I'm in a position to be able to make a difference here. The question will I take it and do something with it or am I going to sit on my hands saying it's too hard? I am determined for it to be the first option. Sigh. I'm so content right now it's not even funny....it's amazing. Well, off to work on homework. :)
PS- I love "Hey There Delilah" too.