There is much tension in my household since I have been spending the bulk of my time here. There have been arguments that have transpired about stupid things regarding his habits and comments that are said when he is on his high. I dismiss them because I do not feel like dealing with the ignorance, or his habits. As it turns out, I will be looking for my stable life sooner than expected. I need to get financially stable soon, because I need to move out before I become homeless!
I started substitute teaching in the Rahway Public School systems and I have to say the over all experience has been good. I had complained to Jay, Tyson and a few others by stating that the middle school students are "bad ass kids", and I meant it! I looked at the other side of that glass and I saw me being a nice pushover type of guy that kids will run over at every opportunity. This has had me somewhat of a backbone and hardened me to some degree. Now, I feel like I have some control over my classes. I have only taught in classes in the High School and Middle School levels. I have yet to deal with the younger kids. Wish me luck!
Church, Wow! I don't know how to stab at this one. I am almost in a place where I am about to become a spiritualist. I am tired of people telling me that I need to do this and I need to do that! I am Tired of the phoniness of the grand ol CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST!!! If it wasn't for the joy I got when I sing in the choir, I wonder would I even want to go into church! I have received word that my "Word 4 Today" is reaching more and more cell phones through networking everyday! I'm happy about that. I receive more gratitude and appreciation and testimonies of how the text has helped them in motivation, encouragement and inspiration. That warms my heart!
I talk too much. I have started being more private with things that should be private. I have reserved detail when talking to friends. I tend to say the wrong things to the wrong people at the wrong time and sometimes in the wrong way! Then I would be upset when people would comment! Well no more! You get the abbreviated version of everything that's regarding me.
On to the sugar! Ever want to tell something but you want to spare their feelings? You speak the truth but you state it in the nicest way possible. You just put sugar on it! The meaning or true feeling might have not been portrayed and communicated with this sweet version of the truth. I have a "no sugar" rule now. I say it like it is. If you don't like it fine! If it terminates a friendship, oh well! I am no longer willing to spare peoples feelings at the expense of my character being questioned.
Telephone; this should be good! I was thinking about something the other day. Has anyone ever played that game telephone, where you whisper something into someone’s ear to see what the message would be when it gets back to you? I made a comparison of that game to the Bible. Assuming that the authors were 100% truthful in their writings and their experiences and conversations with God, it was still written in another language. Now this is where it gets translated into what we know today as the Bible. This is what I like to call the first stage if telephone! Now you have the bishops, pastors, preachers, ministers and etc that base religion off of this book. They read, some study, and they interpret it and preach it to the hearers (church members, TV tuners, etc...). This is what I like to call the second translation and second stage of telephone. People in their situations will receive the word in very different ways, according to their situations and beliefs. This is the third translation and third stage of telephone. I wonder, “How much of what God originally said we actually received?” I'll throw something else in there, what if what was written was slightly false than what actually took place. The base of all Christianity would be in question!
I am done for this post. I had a lot to say... lol