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Thoughts 9/27/2006 September 27, 2006

Posted by Kelsey Martineau in Sociology.
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Thought about posting on one of the topics in the upcoming post category, but I don’t feel like doing that tonight, so how about some general rants/discussion?  I don’t even know about the category, so I’ll just type and try to categorize after I get done.  So what is the deal with the world?  Everything seems to be getting more typical and predictable.  I go to work, get off, come home, do the same stuff over and over.  People just have become so predictable and cliche.  It really sickens me.  I just get tired of those predicted, ridiculous jokes.  I’m growing restless, I really am.  I’ve said that before, but it’s become worse in the last week.  I want to travel.  I want to get a job where nothing is predictable, and the world is ahead of me.  I like the thought of being on the go, staying in hotels, not knowing where I’ll be going next.  That excites me.  The norm is killing me. 

Do you ever feel like you are one of the only sane people on the earth?  I get so tired of dealing with illiterate people.  When I go somewhere it seems like I can just almost predict what’s going to happen, or when I send a message or talk to someone, I know what they are going to say or how they are going to respond, so I’m basing my decisions on asking them or telling them something based on how I want to make them feel.  I know that’s complicated, but read it twice and it will make sense.  The sad thing is, most people don’t do anything about it.  Ever seen the movie office space?  I know how that guy feels now.  I just feel like there is so much more out here, and I’m tired of feeling like I’m held back.  I want more, I want to make money, be successful, have a great family.  I woke up this morning and thought, “Dang, I’m 21 and I have no idea what I want to do with my life.”  I mean sure I have a job, I work.  I get up, go to work, tap my foot until the weekend, do so called fun stuff, and rinse and repeat.  I’m so tired of cliche stuff I could just throw up. 

I absolutely hate walking around on friday at work or at the store or something and someone saying, “So glad it’s friday!” or “Alright the weekends here!”  Just makes me sick!  Or people that feel they have to say something, and you pass by them the first time and say, “Nice day eh?” Then later that day you may pass them again and you’re thinking to yourself, “Oh crap, I’ve already mentioned that it’s a nice day, should I think of something else to say or just ignore him?”  Ahh!  Stereotypical stuff!  I’ve got to do something more exciting.

Thoughts 9/17/2006 September 7, 2006

Posted by Kelsey Martineau in Religion.
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Today’s topic is, “When I have problems, is God punishing me?”  I don’t think so.  I don’t think God punishes.  However I do believe he will allow things to happen to us, that He has no control over.  It’s kind of like this: If you have the ability to stop a crime, but you don’t, are you affecting it?  Yes, you are affecting the outcome, however you directly had nothing to do with it, yet you didn’t stop it.  Kind of mind boggling if you think about it.  I think God allows things to happen to us sometimes, perhaps to learn, or perhaps simply because we didn’t come to Him for help.  I don’t think God dabbles in every single thing we do in life.  I believe He will help us; however I don’t He’s got His hands in everything.  Does he have the ability to?  Sure, but I don’t believe it works that way.

If God did everything for us, we would be puppets, wouldn’t we?  Even devout Christians.  Do we want God to control our lives?  I want him to be my co-pilot.  Not that I don’t want him making decisions, but it’s just that He leaves some of them to us.  So when we have problems, is it God?  No, but there are consequences to things.  Things we do cause bad things to happen sometimes, and what’s our favorite thing to do?  Blame it on God, and point a finger.  It’s funny that we seem to be closest to God when something isn’t right in our life, but very distant when things are going good.  That’s how it is for me anyway.  When life is good, I’ll be honest, I forget to pray.  I feel guilty about that but I can’t help it.  In closing I believe that it is solely ourselves that cause bad things to happen, however had we prayed in the first place, God may not have allowed those things to happen.