Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Summer Blues
With summertime in full swing I find it hard to drag myself to my classes. Yes, I'm taking the dreaded summer classes. This is particularly hard for me because I enjoy everything about the summer. I love the warm weather, beach trips (accompanied with the infamous sunburn), blooming flowers, and most importantly having a break from the school. As I grit my teeth through lectures on adverbs, dangling gerunds, the fundamentals of secondary education, I realize how selfish I really am. I'm so concerned with graduating on time from college that I let myself forget what a privilege it is that I'm able to attend classes at the collegiate level and I complain about having to study and do a little schoolwork.
I've never really thought about whether or not I would even go to college, it has always just been in the cards for me. I was more concerned about what school and what major to choose than sitting down and thanking Jesus for what opportunities I have. We are so ignorant, especially in America, to think that going to college is a burden. Most people in foreign countries would be thrilled to receive what we dish out for an college education yearly.
I'm not trying to be 'preachy', but think about it. If we look at all of the opportunities that we have here, we'll see that there actually isn't too much to complain about, even a few summer courses in the summertime.
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." James 1:17
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