It is so much easier to gain weight than it is to lose it.
It's so important to celebrate the good times that we have. Many of us focus on what is wrong, what went wrong, and how it went wrong. This seems to happen immediately. (I think here of the Louis C.K. bit where he talks about being on one of the first flights that ever had WiFi. It didn't work the best, and the guy next to him complained. He was like, "Until 5 minutes ago, this thing didn't exist").
Instead of those complaints, we should ask: What's good?
And then we should celebrate that.
Like, people will get a promotion, have a great new job, and complain about it without realizing that they got the job in the first place.
The NBA finals might the best event we have in sports.
The only event I could see possibly having an argument for being better would be the World Cup. The W.C. has the advantage that the entire world pays attention. It takes a month, dominates conversation and attention, and is very, very cool. So maybe it's the best; but, the NBA Finals happen every year. So there are 4 of them for every 1 W.C. So perhaps I'll retract the thought above, giving the nod to the World Cup, but...
God.
I thought about God a lot this month, and the the question that was circulating the most was this: Is your God big enough to handle that?
It started with this premise: what if we discover that (quick interjection - I identify as a Christian) Jesus wrote a book, and this book is found in a cave somewhere, and it is undeniably authored by Christ. And what if this writing is basically his journal or philosophy on human life. Let's call it: A God Reflects on Being Man. Now, what if the thoughts of this book went against a lot, or even most, of what your church had taught you to believe about God? What if it actually went against some of the teachings you were taught? Would your God be big enough to handle that; or, would you be forced to ignore the word's of Christ?
(This same thought can easily be applied to any other religion as well).
Getting older is weird. In some ways it's great. Like your mind gets a lot sharper, and you're naturally more confident, and people respect what you say more; but the body gets more tired, takes longer to heal, and stays sore a lot longer than it used to.