Every time I think this blog has seen its last makeover and achieved perfection, both in form and content, I get distracted by life and neglect it again, only to circle back around months or years later, with critical eyes. So here I am again--hello, Written Word. I don't have much time for drawn out excuses regarding my long absence, but my reason for returning is to share the reason for my return. I have been reading Donald Miller's newest book, Scary Close, and found a new creed for this season of my life. Perhaps if I read it enough times I will really live into it. That time I gave my thesis presentation, then ran into the bathroom afterwards and cried and cried for no apparent reason? I think this had something to do with it.
From Chapter 11 of Scary Close (slightly revised):
I am willing to sound dumb.
I am willing to be wrong.
I am willing to be passionate about something that isn't perceived as cool.
I am willing to express a theory.
I am willing to admit I'm afraid.
I am willing to contradict something I've said before.
I am willing to have a knee-jerk reaction, even a wrong one.
I am willing to apologize.
I am willing to be human.
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