Last night I heard a man speak. For those that catch the reference, he was the best parts Rob Bell and Jon Tyson. What that means is that this man named Trent is one of the most compelling and profoundly moving speakers I have encountered in my life thus far.
About a month ago, I finished ‘Atlas Shrugged’. It was absolutely essential in making this new way of life concrete. The primary theme that became solid in my life as I digested this opus was this: my life is to be loved, through this love of my life I become equipped to create the life I want free of those that might attempt to loot off my effort.
All of this is to say, is that the past several months has been devoted to me waking up to a new type of humanity. Each morning I attempt to wake myself by splashing water on my face, it never quite works because, I love my home and quite often I’m not brave enough to go outside. This has been due in part to the vicious game I’ve seen people play with those that create their life.
I understand more so now than ever the nature of the game that goes on outside my front door. Evil is a supression of what it means to be human which leads to destruction. Trent mentioned a Rabbi last night by the name of Hillel that was asked to sum up the hebrew law, to which he answered “That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.” while this is nearly true it misses the mark by being a “do not”. Jesus turned this on it’s head when he said “Do to others what you would want done to you”. I love that Jesus teaches to go and “do”. When I hear this teaching, I hear “Go, become human! Be alive! Love your life and create”.
Last night Emilie started a conversation that I thought I wasn’t ready to have and didn’t know that I needed. Like most good information, it hurt. I went into my past and I realized just how much I had compromised. I realized just how much humanity I had supressed. This won’t happen any longer. At this point I am solid and I am ready to be made sharp.
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