what do you do when surrounded with immaturity? i'm attending college full time now. yep, i'm a 24 year old freshmen. to my knowledge, the oldest in my class. though i'm not setting any records, it's obvious the difference in age and generation. sure it's only a few years but somehow it's such a large division. i graduated high school then went off to the army world for some intense hands on training/traveling/mentoring etc, then into the real world in between. i've had a decent share of hard knocks and been around the block. when i step on campus and into the classroom i'm surrounded by bubblegum smacking, smack talking, and materialistic youth. (i exagerate a bit here, i admit) i'm occasionally overcome with the immaturities surrounding me. i'm appalled at the behavior of my peers. their disrespect of our professors and each other and even of the premises! i simply can't comprehend the common disregard. why can't they all be more mature? like me.
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do you ever get hit right between the eyes on something? you are whacked so hard, that it hurts. your eyes loose the ability to focus for a moment and then when sight comes back again it's sharper. so sharp that it aches. that's happened to me recently. i got hit right between the eyes today with something about 3 inches in size... my associate id card. yes, i have a job. i'm involved in the real world. i work hard for the money. and i've been doing decent, if i must say so myself. anyways, pats on the back aside... i haven't exactly been the most responsible, courteous and... yes!.... even mature adult that i should be. there isn't a good enough excuse for my negligence. yet it's still there. without reason, i've push aside responsibilities without a second thought. what's wrong with me?!
i've somehow become the very thing i strived not to. i'm a hypocrite. what did i do to put myself in this hole? and how do i dig myself out? how can i get my maturity back and repair my reputation? how can i refocus on what i need to? i've got so much more growing to do, i can't believe that i ever believed i'd arrived. i've got to kick myself in the pants and kick it up a knotch. to quote the ever so popular high school musical, i've gotta get my head in the game.
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Hello Ms. Jenn,
You made your site so simple yet elegant. I see that you are a student. I’m glad that’s all over with for me!
I want to help people to really know why these are troubled times and what God intends to do about the people causing the world’s problems: "And those slain by Jehovah will certainly come to be in that day from one end of the earth clear to the other end of the earth. They will not be bewailed, neither will they be gathered up or be buried. As manure on the surface of the ground they will become." (Jeremiah 25:33) (YLT)