September 2010
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Soullessness
liangcai:
Sometimes after we embark on a journey for some time, we concentrate so much on what lies ahead that we forget why we set of on the journey in the first place. In essence, we’ve lost our soul, and it is our duty to never let that ever happen.
Sounds like Nietzsche! But in a more general context. Lovely, short writing - couldn’t help but repost :)
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Drip. Drop.
Spheres of water from the sky - Drip. Drop. Plip. Plop. Each one beckons to its kind. Drip. Drop. Plip. Plop. Down my head, my back they fall Drip. Drop. Plip. Plop. Into my eyes, and out with more Drip. Drop. Plip. Plop. My shirt, my clothes, all start to cling Drip. Drop. Plip. Plop. The open wounds once again sting Drip. Drop. Plip. Plop. Soaked shoes add to laboured feet Drip. Drop. Plip....
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I had to walk in the rain yesterday
There was no shelter to where I needed to catch a bus home. Before fifty meters, I could already feel my shoes getting squishy, despite careful attempts to not step into puddles - the drops of water that naturally flung up with each step were enough to dampen my shoes for a start.
Squishes became squelches, and then turned into splashes, putting more weight into my shoes, making my steps heavier...
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The Irony of Trust
…is that it cannot exist until a first step is taken in its name.
If that step is not taken, it cannot exist. Yet if we were to take that step, it would be prior to its specific existence.
The very characteristic of trust is that we do not know if it is justified. It can be proven otherwise, and it is because it can be proven otherwise that it is valued when it is proven positive.
The...
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Word of the Day
the·ol·o·gy
/θiˈɒlədʒi/ [thee-ol-uh-jee] –noun, plural -gies.
1. the field of study and analysis that treats of god and of God’s attributes and relations to the universe; study of divine things or religious truth; divinity.
2. a particular form, system, branch, or course of this study.
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Approval Addiction | WithoutWax.tv by Pete Wilson →
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“Advertisers and marketers know where to aim their messages — directly at...”
– Dr. Albert Mohler, The Marks of Manhood
Tumblr game: Everyone has a superpower! →
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Here are the rules:
1 - Go to the Superpower Wiki.
2 - Click the “Random page” button on the left hand side once. Only once.
3 - Revel (or dismay) in the fact that this is your new superpower. But I bet it’s awesome even if it’s crappy because you now have a goddamn superpower. Who wouldn’t...
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The world’s version of battle and joy is striving and indulgence. Push hard, and then reward yourself with a little something. Work like a dog, then buy yourself a big-screen TV. It’s a cheap counterfeit of battle and a cheap counterfeit of joy.
If you walk with God, you will find yourself called up to the real thing. Intense battle. Authentic joy. The battle will find you. But you have to...
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ineffable
ineffable |inˈefəbəl| adjective
too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words : the ineffable natural beauty of the Everglades.
not to be uttered : the ineffable Hebrew name that gentiles write as Jehovah.
DERIVATIVES ineffability |-efəˈbilitē| noun ineffably |-blē| adverb
ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French, or from Latin ineffabilis, from in- ‘not’ +...
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“The sights of sunrises, sunsets and blue skies haunt me, because they were once...”
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What Wisdom Is, and Isn't | Boundless Line →
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“Fairy tales are true - not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because...”
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“But “everything happens for a reason” is no reason not to ask...”
– John Mayer, Why Georgia
“Most people dabble in symptom management, and that is why most people...”
– John Eldredge
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Gentlemanliness
I’m tempted to think what’s the point of it, when all it seems to do is make you left out, and allow other people to take advantage of you while they enjoy themselves grabbing whatever it is they want. When it leaves you hurt, raw and bearing it in silence because you’re a gentleman and therefore speak no ill of another.
I’m tempted to think what’s the point of it,...
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“Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But...”
– David Hume
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“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without...”
– Aristotle, Metaphysics (via wordpainting)
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Being Mentored
I wrote previously on the responsibilities of being a mentor and the things we should look out for when we are mentoring someone. Yet I acknowledge that placing all the responsibility on the mentor for all purposes is unreasonable and those being mentored or those in need of a mentor (I’m no exception - everyone needs a sage!) also have certain aspects in which they can help themselves and...
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"This hurts me more than it hurts you"
I heard that phrase a lot when i was younger.
<Warning: much heartfelt thoughts ahead. Read only if you really really really want to.>
As a kid (and I was one naughty kid) I got disciplined quite a bit. Note that I used the word “disciplined” and not “punished”, because it was abundantly clear that I had done something wrong and needed to be reminded otherwise. I may have been playful but...
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“Though we cannot control another person, God will fight our battle on our...”
– MD Mitchell
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Guard Your Heart
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life” (Proverbs 4:23). The spirit of the passage is this: you’ve got to be really careful what you give your heart over to. And of what you let in your heart. In the midst of this struggle, I know I cannot make agreements with anything. Not discouragement. Not unbelief. Not striving. Not resignation.
It would be so easy to make a...
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The Sorrows Of Our Lives
The sorrows of our lives are in great part his weaning process. We give our hearts over to so many things other than God. We look to so many other things for life. I know I do. Especially the very gifts that he himself gives to us - they become more important to us than he is. That’s not the way it is supposed to be. As long as our happiness is tied to the things we can lose, we are...
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“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at...”
– Hermann Hesse (via melancholynotes)
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“Those of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.”
– Findings
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Random Thought of the Day
There is no need to lie or change stories to impress. Not even to omit information or skew accounts to sound better. It is far more impressive to be blantantly honest, than to pretend or selectively choose what to reveal in order to package self nicely.
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Right? Or Wrong?
We all know the fabled “grey areas” - places or circumstances in our life where things aren’t really concretely defined and it can go either way. Areas that for one person may be poison but for another is totally permissible, where we can argue and reason to no end what is actually right and what is actually wrong because these aspects lie between the rules and definitions that...
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Some Small Changes To Announce
Hello everyone!
In case you haven’t noticed, this tumblr is now redbeanjon[dot]com! I’ve finally gotten my own domain URL and actually have some plans in mind that will take some time for me to implement.
I also wanted to separate the long posts from the everyday random stuff, because I know there are people who don’t want to read the long posts, and there are also people who...
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Macworld dishes on AirPrint iOS printing →
This is a very welcome feature - and makes a doubly compelling case for the iPad if i eventually decide on one.
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Left4Dead Comic - The Sacrifice →
For fans of the game! Comic is released to commemorate the new DLC coming ou!
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Order, Protection and Blessing
Ransomed Heart Devotional - Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Order, Protection, And Blessing
A good king brings order to the realm. God brings order out of chaos at the beginning of creation, and then he hands the project over to Adam to rule in the same way. Not as a tyrant or micro-manager, but offering his strength to bring order to the realm. The reason we depict a king on his throne is...
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“If you go against the authorities that are set in place by God, you have to be...”
– Ravi Zacharias
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“The Christian faith, simply stated, reminds us that our fundamental problem is...”
– Ravi Zacharias, The Grand Weaver
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Daily Devotional from Ransomed Heart
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - Numbed
The way to render a man happy, is to engage him with an object that will make him forget his private troubles. - Pascal
Don’t be fooled by the apparent innocence of the object you’ve chosen as an idol; what is the function of it? Most of our idols also have a perfectly legitimate place in our lives. That’s their cover, that’s how we get away with our...
Frat House for Jesus →
The entity behind C Street.
Monster.
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. - Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 146
And it feels now that i have become a monster, and the abyss not only looks into me but emanates from me.
I think there is a deep need to pit the values and understandings of virtues from the world’s perspective against those that come from a truly redeemed heart.
So many things are being misunderstood in today’s world - nonchalance for strength and patience, stubbornness and arrogance for perseverance and confidence, knowledge for wisdom, action for heart.
It feels that so much is...
Crap not again
Must. Remain. In. Focus.
The Wordsmith is Dead
I was trying to write something earlier on, an article, when I found myself stuck at not just expression, but with what to say. A part of me, the counselor inside, saw this with great detachment, and analyzed it as a third party.
I realized, at that point, that I feel far smaller that I could have been. Inadequate, in every aspect, and not knowing what can be done. Or perhaps, knowing that...
It is interesting to see the development of the subject’s psyche in this stage - apparently the prolonged duration is not induced by an inability to accept fate (if we may allow the term to slip past scientific analysis at this point of time) but rather the fact that the subject sometimes feels that he does not deserve to feel blessed or recovered. Self-punishment seems to make things...
Three Days in a Row
..that i wake up with my warning instincts blazing. It’s VERY uncomfortable, and doubly so when i feel i don’t have the right to ask whether something is going on.
It’s driving me up the wall.