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Facing myself
on Nov 16, 2006 in Goals life Change communication struggles I sometime don't like talking to people. No, not in the normal nice social sense, but in the "I have something hard to ask you or tell you" sense. I have never been very good at it. I have an idea as to why I am this way, but I wish I weren't this w...
on Dec 12, 2006 in Productivity life struggles Every once in a while a thought crosses my head saying, "what would it be like if I just dropped out?" Sometimes it sticks on, "and run away". Today, the thought didn't have the ending. Now don't worry, I am not going to drop out of school any more t...
I'm ready...
on Jul 13, 2007 in Preparing to Return Struggles ...for daily exercise. I am ready to get back into my two hour, six day a week gym schedule. I spent four years cultivating and enjoying that aspect of my life and I miss it. Dammit! ...a professional haircut. We've been cutting each other's hair for...
on Jul 30, 2007 in Preparing to Return Struggles You'd think I'd have something important to say on my last day in Turkey. Instead, I'm full of relative silence. I'm looking forward to the ease of life in the US. With no communication barriers and lots of familiarity, the thought of returning tomor...
Contentment Can Be Elusive
on May 9, 2008 in Faith backpacking Christianity contentment deployment God Jesus Lord's Supper Matt Redman struggles worship The sun was just coming up over the mountain in the distance. I watched the sun melt away the shadows as it rose. The slight chill at 6,295 feet in the Sierra Nevada Mountains was disappearing quickly with the rise of the summer sun. I was sitting th...