College.... stream of thoughts about college during finals week... this could be bad.

It doesn't matter what your degree is in, nor where you received it. They all say the same thing: I paid to get a piece of paper that says that I am capable of doing at least 70 percent of anything and everything people tell me to do for four years. Now that is something to be proud of. Trouble is, you practice this since birth. What happens when most get out of college? They realize that there isn't anyone to tell them exactly what to do anymore. They dabble... dabble... wander.

How to think? How to ask? How to wonder? How to live?

I propose this: teach people how to ask to answer high-level "how to" questions. Teach them how to live on their own, how to survive and thrive, how to be problem solvers and how to practice something new. Then maybe people wouldn't be so dependent and "educated" and maybe they would be forced to think for themselves. Don't ask, "what do my grades tell me I should do with my life?" Rather ask, "what was I born to be?" We can't all squeeze into that cliche little box.

Oh what a night.

Ok, so it was like a month ago. I love friends/ roommates! We had a great night dancing our butts off. Dancing gives an undescribable liberating, joyous feeling... Thank God for dancing!

You turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy
-Psalm 30:11

Oxfam America is dedicated to creating lasting solutions to global poverty, hunger, and social injustice.

10% of America's population controls 70% of its wealth. 90% of America's population is left with the remaining 30%. Cool. This is not to say that I am a Commie or anything, just to say that people are starving. The combined population of Florida, Oregon and Illinois is how many people in AMERICA (one of the monetarily richest countries in the world) are hungry.

This Christmas whilst you are opening gifts that you will stuff away in the closet, or complaining about not getting that new $500 iPod, or feeding your Christmas feast "scraps" to the dog, just remember that there are people at that very moment dying of hunger. And you think your minor family spews are bad. It wasn't your choice to be born into that family, just as it wasn't a child's choice to be born into a family that couldn't provide food or clean water. You might be fortunate enough to have never experienced hunger, but don't take it from me; as I (thankfully) have never experienced real physical hunger. A humble hypocrite like me has no right to judge the conscience of others; due to my obvious brokenness. Hopefully I can influence you to become aware of this problem of hunger....

Wake up! People are hungry! I challenge you to give up one gift from christmas and give the money to someone who can use it to put food in their belly. Oxfam has a great program that allows you to donate money to help out by... buying even a camel for a family! Out of thankfulness for all of the wonderful things you have, share your wealth with someone so that they might eat better than your dog this Cristmas.

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