Pointless Chatter (Little Upsilon)

I'm going to be old enough to drink in a few days. I'm wondering: why does maturity feel like dying? I don't know exactly why, but when I think about this, I remembered something from way back in eighth grade... one of my classmates thought to tell me, "You know, I think you've got to be the most average, ordinary person I've ever met. When I think about a normal guy, I think you're it."

At the time, I thought that was a damn funny thing for him to say considering that I was the most singularly anti-social kid in that class and I didn't think anyone particularly liked me real well. I didn't have more than 2 friends, and the most common experience of those years I remember is chasing down and kicking everyone that called me names... which happened almost daily. I didn't know what possessed him to ever say that: we weren't friends at all and he was one of the worse ones that I had to chase down d

"Way back" lol 5 years? "WAY" back? (I'm already commenting and I haven't even read it yet!)

It's amazing how people base their perception of time on how long they've existed. 5 years is 1/4 or 25% of your entire life so far. FYI expect full physical maturity around 30 years.

(going to finish reading now...)


College: You're doing what you don't want to now so that you can do what you do want to do later.

What you're feeling: Emotions lie. Weigh them against the facts you know to be true and deliberately deny emotions you know aren't based on truth. This year you have a different mind than you had 5 years ago. In 10 years you will have a different mind than you do now.

The reality is, no matter how old we get we would never trade our aged minds for our youthful bodies back. To be 20 again would rock and I'm not 'old' but

Well said Solomon, my 51 year old mind agrees. "Old people are just young people who's bodies are falling apart". lol

one of my favorite platitudes is "it's not about the destination, it's about the journey." I believe that and have tried to live my life accordingly. I'm concerned that you're feeling ambivalent about your life. I hope that you find your way. A few suggestions: as you probably have gleaned, much of my journey has been aided by my spiritual life. Not all churches can help set us on the right path, but if you look around there may be some help there. Another aid is to look outward while you're looking inward. you obviously are intelligent and have athletic ability. As a young man, do something to help other young men. There are millions of boys out there who don't have a positive male role model. It really pisses me off that men don't step up and help other younger men and boys. Find a school that needs tutors or mentors and help there or be a ooach for a team or other areas of service with kids. You may not thi

Don't be shy to say "We need Jesus". Don't pussy foot around! A 'spiritual life' is so many different things that it may actually be harmful.

Church... pfft. Religion... pfft.

The church is not the authority and never was. Though some would like you to believe that they are.

Religions: Since none of them agree with each other then the vast majority are lies and deception.

It's not found in a 'religion' or a 'church' it's found in a man. A man who is God manifest in the flesh.

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Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."


Jesus answered: Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?<!-/Quote-!>

i agree with you but i've found that if i get too "Christian" it turns people off because they have been abused by the church or they don't get past the first grade in their faith journey and when they realize that God isn't Santa Claus they turn off their mind to Him. so, thanks for saying it like it is.

Listen to what Tyrone has to say...

or Micky Robinson

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