tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19603194.post113427777831302544..comments2023-11-03T07:38:08.318-06:00Comments on Searching for the Prufrockian Dream: Ready for the WeekendPruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17682110056581947778noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19603194.post-1134607422890005182005-12-14T17:43:00.000-07:002005-12-14T17:43:00.000-07:00I hesitate to sound preachy but considering what I...I hesitate to sound preachy but considering what I am studying I suppose I am asking for it...<BR/><BR/>Besides, if you post it then its fair game.<BR/><BR/>"Man cannot live by bread alone..." Matt 4:4.<BR/><BR/>But preachiness aside, it fundamentally is about priorities. One ought to ask "What is most important to you?" This question, however, can be dangerous because sometimes what is most important to us is the least important thing at all.<BR/><BR/>"distract from distractions by distractions," etc.<BR/><BR/>So, sometimes the question is "what is <I>should</I> be most important to me?" This speaks both to church and to your stress.<BR/><BR/>Now you gotta understand, this is coming from a guy who is a full time student AND working 35 hours a week. I am constantly stressed, but sometimes...just sometimes, I wonder if I am taking this whole excercise a bit too seriously.<BR/><BR/>As for the vengeful god bit, I feel ya, yet sometimes we need to be <A HREF="http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/sonnet14.htm" REL="nofollow">bludgeoned</A> to be roused from sleep.Andrew Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14566187471298904513noreply@blogger.com