A Million Miles in a Thousand Years has to be the best book ever! I'm now thirty chapters into the book about to start Chapter 31, and I can't believe the story I've been told. I love this book more than any other book I've ever picked up.
In the later chapters of this book, Don talks about how how he and his girl he's been chasing dated for a while. He said he loved her more than any of his other girlfriends. They were even to the point of where they were talking about Marriage. At that moment, I smiled, and was like "That's awesome!" Anyway, he then says the he and her began to fall apart. They went on a trip to have their families meet, but on the plane ride home, they broke up. This was probably a low point in Don's life, because from what he said, he really really loved that girl.
He also talks about the memorable things that happen in a person's life. Our own little stories that have really memorable things happening. He talked about how these memorable things happen when stuff we consider outside the box happen, and it probably makes us laugh or something. He also talks about how we have to MAKE these things happen sometimes.
I love that he said that. It has inspired me to make a memorable moment happen. I've been waiting for a moment of opportunity to knock on my door. Well, how's about we all stop waiting for opportunity to knock on our door, and we go and knock on opportunity's door, and make things happen. There are only three people in the world. Those who watch things happen, those who MAKE things happen, and those who are saying "What happened?" I don't think I need to say which kind of person everyone should want to be.
These people can be found in any aspect of life. Football for example: There are the players who are just on the team to say "I play football". These are the people who sit by and watch everything happen, even in practice where they should be giving their all to be going for a starting position on a Friday night game. The people who make things happen are the people who give it their all in practice, the ones who don't just go for the big hit every time, the ones who work together with the other 10 people on the field with them to get one common thing accomplished. These are the people you non-football playing types watch on Friday nights, winning the game for their school, or even losing, because the other team worked harder. The people who say "What happened?" are the people who don't touch the field, who don't know what's going on, the ones who show up to the Friday night game to see their team win. They're also the people who are very negative when their team loses. They can say things like "We suck", or "Our team's a joke". These people need to understand that there is more to football than they can possibly imagine. I believe that there are a lot of people who think football players are not as high as them. The ones who think if they were in pads, they'd do better than everyone out there. Thing is, when people talk that talk, they NEVER, walk that walk.
In school: The people who make things happen are the ones who study for their tests, or the ones who actually pay attention in each class getting all the information they need to pass that final exam at the end of the year. These are the kids that get into good colleges easier because they have worked for it. The ones who watch things happen in school are the people who just skate by, maybe even fail grades, because in all reality, they've stopped caring about it. These people probably either cheat on tests, or copy other people's homework a lot because they're too lazy to do it themselves. The people who say "What happened?" in school are the ones who don't know how to make things happen. They might work their tails off, but they will fail a lot of quizzes and tests because they don't get it. They also are the ones who are too scared, or too lazy to go to the teacher and ask for help, or even go to a friend and ask for help. These could also be the people who think they're doing really well in a class, but when that midpoint grade comes out, they have a D or an F. Because their fear paralyzes them however, they refuse to get help to raise that grade up.
In your faith, there are many ways you can make things happen. For me, and my friends, it's going into the broken world we call Earth every day and loving on other kids, trying our hardest to show them the love that Christ first gave us. There are also many ways you can show love to kids. Be it buying them lunch, or hanging out with them on the weekends, broin out or something to that effect. You can also pray for them, maybe even with them if they would like. It's a very hard task though, because many people are persecuted because of their faith, and are told they're wrong, and are just shut out of the world. The people who watch things happen in Christianity, are the ones who attend Church semi-regularly. The ones who know a few verses because they think that's how it works. They don't go on missions trips because they don't want to. The reason I don't go on missions trips is because I don't feel called to be a missionary. Anyway, the watchers also probably haven't given their lives to Christ, or probably have, they just don't want to go farther than that. It's not necessarily a bad thing, because like it says in the Bible, Our greatest deeds are like filthy rags to Him anyway. The one's who don't know what happened could be the ones who think religion is just a cultist activity to get people behind an idea. This idea constitutes that religion is just a closed minded idea, and that people use religion to feel welcomed somewhere. They also might be the ones who just don't know what to do with their faith. They could be Christians. They just don't know what to do after that. I don't really know how to describe this section, but there are probably ways that I just can not think about right now.
I have a feeling calling me into the uncomfort of our broken school. I have a calling to be the light for the kids in the darkness of Cave Springs walls. I am being called to just love the people around me who aren't my brothers and sisters in Christ. I am also feeling called to better love/serve the brothers and sisters in Christ that I do have. I think that the break this year has taught me many things about myself, including that I am a very lazy person when it comes to getting off my butt, and loving kids. In short, in the months of school we have left, I'm going to be a person who goes out into the world, and MAKES things happen. No matter how long it takes me to actually get there. I don't make New Years Resolutions, but I promise you all that I am going to make something happen over the couse of the rest of this year. Belive me, you'll see it on here later.
That's all I have for you now. It's a little more than I usually write, but oh well. I need to get better at typing anyway.
Love you guys
TJ
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