Things are on the up and up right about now. Today I think class went fabulously well. I like that I'm already at the point where I'm not really nervous in front of the students anymore. I just have to handle business. I really like my students too. I hope they like me. I hate that I have to give them so much work to do, but in the long run it really is in their best interest. I admire them for coming to the challenge program actually, because the theme of my last summer before college was definitely CHILL. I wasn't trying to be about the books because that's what the semester was going to be for... but anyways...

I'm starting to learn how valuable my time is, not in the 'time is money' kind of way though. Each moment I spend is an investment in something. Each person I spend time with, I'm investing in them. So I've been thinking, what kind of investments am I making? Am I investing purely in my own desires or am I investing in God's kingdom? I think I'm definitely doing a lot of the first one. I've definitely decided to stop wasting my time on people that I probably shouldn't invest in... that would account for the folk I've dropped recently. I hate to say it but some other people are moving towards disqualification with me. I know you shouldn't give up on people, but there's only so much of you that you have to invest in others so why do it when it's not meaningful? Now I'm a lot more picky regarding who I share my time with, especially upon first meeting... especially when dealing with the opposite sex. I just don't have the time to evaluate everyone's case thoroughly so if the initial vibe I get from you is a bad one then the situation is a no go.

Enough of this journal entry tho, peace.
Posted on 6.28.2006 at 11:37 AM