mission impossible.
As part of my physical education class this semester (yes, I am in University, and yes, I did say phys. ed.) I am required to make a mission statement for myself. I thought it was a bit of a silly idea at first, and was a little bit insulted that they assumed that I hadn't already made one for myself. As I worked on putting my mission statement into words, however, it became a very interesting exercise.
When you have to put all your life's ambition into 2 sentences, it can be quite difficult. I was just going to go with the word "others", thinking that would be sufficient, but then I saw a number of ways that "others" could be misunderstood.
It is important to be clear and specific, and that anyone who reads the sentence can understand the full meaning of the words. At first, it seems like an easy thing to do, but the more I work at it, the more I am discovering that it is not.
Here is what I came up with.
"To live humbly and to walk faithfully and actively with God."
Right now I am trying to decide whether I should replace "humbly" with "modestly", or whether I should put both in.
"To live humbly and modestly, walking actively and faithfully with God"
"To live modestly, walking actively and faithfully with God"
I think that the word "humbly" holds more meaning in this day and age.
Of course, walking actively and faithfully with God could mean different things to different people. I suppose that this exercise is more for my benefit than anyone else's, so I think I will leave it.
In conclusion, having a laptop at school makes me feel very wealthy and...western. I'm not sure I like it, even though it helps me a whole lot with studying and getting things done.
When you have to put all your life's ambition into 2 sentences, it can be quite difficult. I was just going to go with the word "others", thinking that would be sufficient, but then I saw a number of ways that "others" could be misunderstood.
It is important to be clear and specific, and that anyone who reads the sentence can understand the full meaning of the words. At first, it seems like an easy thing to do, but the more I work at it, the more I am discovering that it is not.
Here is what I came up with.
"To live humbly and to walk faithfully and actively with God."
Right now I am trying to decide whether I should replace "humbly" with "modestly", or whether I should put both in.
"To live humbly and modestly, walking actively and faithfully with God"
"To live modestly, walking actively and faithfully with God"
I think that the word "humbly" holds more meaning in this day and age.
Of course, walking actively and faithfully with God could mean different things to different people. I suppose that this exercise is more for my benefit than anyone else's, so I think I will leave it.
In conclusion, having a laptop at school makes me feel very wealthy and...western. I'm not sure I like it, even though it helps me a whole lot with studying and getting things done.
posted by Ryan at Wednesday, September 19, 2007
4 Comments:
hey! sweet hanging out with you Redeemer people yesterday.
that's an interesting excersize. i like what you came up with though. i like the 'actively' part. that's a challenge!
praying for you all in your studies!
Ryan, you are a smart guy.
"To do justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with God."
-Micah 6:8
...the Bible puts it nicely. It looks like you were on that track in your mission statement.
yeah, I thought about using that verse. It was actually the first thing I thought of when the prof. told us about the assignment. Unfortunately we were not allowed to use Bible verses for some reason.
I really do love that verse...
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