either wake up or just go back to sleep
you ever feel like the biggest challenge of every day is just waking up in the morning? for me, this has been a pretty huge problem for years. ever since i started going to school 12 years ago, my parents have basically had to wake me up every single day. and if you know me well, you know that this process of "waking me up" does not simply consist of shaking my shoulders a bit or gently calling my name. most of the time, it entails several trips to my bed, constant yells from downstairs, taking away my blanket, etc etc. honestly speaking, i dont know how they did it.
here at UT, i guess for the most part ive been getting up on my own pretty well. with a few slips here and there, most everyday i wake up between 10:00-10:30, in time to take a morning shower, brush my teeth, grab a quick bite to eat, and hurry off to class. the problem is, most of the time, for the first half of the day or so, im still not entirely "awake." i mean, of course, im "not asleep," but at the same time, i can't really say im..eh...what word am i looking for..ok here's some words that kind of fit from thesaurus.com: active, bright, cagey, careful, circumspect, clever, good hands, heads up, heedful, hip, hopped up, intelligent, jazzed, lively, looking, observant, on guard, perceptive, psyched up, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, switched on, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake, wired, wise, with it.
a couple days ago, i was walking to class kinda half-awake, and i see phil and angela on the way. i stop to chat for a bit, and i remember phil telling me these exact words as i was leaving: "dude, either wake up or just go back to sleep."
i know phil was just kidding around and everything, but, well, knowing me, it made me think. when you walk around half-asleep, you might as well be sleeping. am i right? of course i am. hehe but seriously, being half-asleep doesn't do you or anyone else any good. you can't really pay attention to what people are saying, you don't really learn anything in class, etc.
(ok so you're probably thinking, "what is mok blabbering about today"? well, believe it or not, i do have a point to all this. i think..)
somehow, all this reminded me of the fbcc high school fellowship t-shirt from a few years back that read: are you living, or just breathing?
to me, "just breathing" is sort of like walking around half-asleep. sure, you're breathing, but that's about it. it's when you truly "wake up" and start "living" that you truly get the most out of life. when you truly start living for God, that's when He can mold you into the person He wants you to be and use you to do His will.
man, im talking in analogies now. what's going on...
ok so congratulations if you made it through this entire post. you either completely followed my train of thought, or you're just really really bored =P
you ever feel like the biggest challenge of every day is just waking up in the morning? for me, this has been a pretty huge problem for years. ever since i started going to school 12 years ago, my parents have basically had to wake me up every single day. and if you know me well, you know that this process of "waking me up" does not simply consist of shaking my shoulders a bit or gently calling my name. most of the time, it entails several trips to my bed, constant yells from downstairs, taking away my blanket, etc etc. honestly speaking, i dont know how they did it.
here at UT, i guess for the most part ive been getting up on my own pretty well. with a few slips here and there, most everyday i wake up between 10:00-10:30, in time to take a morning shower, brush my teeth, grab a quick bite to eat, and hurry off to class. the problem is, most of the time, for the first half of the day or so, im still not entirely "awake." i mean, of course, im "not asleep," but at the same time, i can't really say im..eh...what word am i looking for..ok here's some words that kind of fit from thesaurus.com: active, bright, cagey, careful, circumspect, clever, good hands, heads up, heedful, hip, hopped up, intelligent, jazzed, lively, looking, observant, on guard, perceptive, psyched up, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, switched on, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake, wired, wise, with it.
a couple days ago, i was walking to class kinda half-awake, and i see phil and angela on the way. i stop to chat for a bit, and i remember phil telling me these exact words as i was leaving: "dude, either wake up or just go back to sleep."
i know phil was just kidding around and everything, but, well, knowing me, it made me think. when you walk around half-asleep, you might as well be sleeping. am i right? of course i am. hehe but seriously, being half-asleep doesn't do you or anyone else any good. you can't really pay attention to what people are saying, you don't really learn anything in class, etc.
(ok so you're probably thinking, "what is mok blabbering about today"? well, believe it or not, i do have a point to all this. i think..)
somehow, all this reminded me of the fbcc high school fellowship t-shirt from a few years back that read: are you living, or just breathing?
to me, "just breathing" is sort of like walking around half-asleep. sure, you're breathing, but that's about it. it's when you truly "wake up" and start "living" that you truly get the most out of life. when you truly start living for God, that's when He can mold you into the person He wants you to be and use you to do His will.
man, im talking in analogies now. what's going on...
ok so congratulations if you made it through this entire post. you either completely followed my train of thought, or you're just really really bored =P
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