from "do hard things" by alex and brett harris
five kinds of hard things
1. things that are outside your comfort zone.
2. things that go beyond what is expected or required.
3. things that are too big to accomplish alone.
4. things that don't earn immediate payoff.
5. things that challenge the cultural norm.
*ideas that were come up by teenagers, the fact that i cannot do them though i am past that age is disappointing, though understandable that such things require lifelong learning. with reading this as well as the observations made at men's group camp, i feel like doing hard things can be a good theme for this term's men's cell.*
from "you can experience... a spiritual life" by james emery white
three deceptions of spiritual living
1. deception of morality
2. deception of knowledge
3. deception of religion
*another shock here. i came across this book when i made a trip to the scbc library, because i didn't feel like talking to people at church. i read through the first chapter and found the deceptions of spiritual living. i thought that i was a good person, that i knew a lot about christianity, and that i did the right things at church. oh how i've been deceived.*
from "the five love languages (for singles)" by gary chapman
the five love languages
1. quality time
2. acts of service
3. gifts
4. physical affection
5. words of affirmation
*loving and unloving at the same time. when i try to think about the things that i do, it is almost never a deliberate act of love toward other people, and often the exact opposite of loving. yet there are many things that i do by nature that cause many (certain) people to notice the intricate caring that i give. reminds me most of doing hard things.. be it that my conditional loving be expanded to much more. *
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